Presidents Day Activities – Presidents Day Writing – If I Were President

Engage upper elementary students with Presidents Day Activities including task cards, writing extensions, and creative thinking. This resource includes word search, fun fact task cards, writing pages, and a president fact finder. Suitable for 3rd-6th grade, offering digital and print options.

$3.95

Description

These Presidents Day Activities are great for your upper elementary students! With research and interest-based task cards, writing extensions, and lots of creative thinking, this pack will work well as extra enrichment for fast finishers or at a center. Many of the cards would also work as discussion prompts in small groups.

WHATโ€™S INCLUDED:

  • Presidents Day Word Search and Crossword Puzzle: Incorporate facts from the task cards to challenge and educate students about presidential history.
  • 20 Fun Fact Enrichment Task Cards: Engage students with interesting presidential facts and higher-level thinking tasks. Great for fast finishers or center activities.
  • Enrichment Writing Pages: Provide space for responses to task card prompts, enhancing writing and critical thinking skills.
  • President Fact Finder: A tool for president research and creating informative bulletin board displays, featuring all 45 presidents.
  • “If I Were the President” Activity: Encourages creativity and articulation through coloring pages and writing pages, allowing students to imagine their presidential agendas.

This pack combines history, critical thinking, and creativity into a comprehensive resource for celebrating Presidentโ€™s Day in the classroom.

DIGITAL:

  • Task Cards – Google Slides
  • Task Cards – ***Easel Activity (only available if you purchase on TPT)

DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:

  • Digital or Print
  • 3 Challenge Cards to extend the lesson
  • Multiple versions of the recording sheet included

Great for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!

NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.

Teacher Tip

Hereโ€™s what teachers are saying:

โœ๏ธ “So well organized and easy to use. Extra practice and a great tool for students who are early finishers.” -Y. C.

โœ๏ธ “This was an engaging resource to use with my emerging EL’s to help introduce American presidents.” -Theresa G.

โœ๏ธ “These are a lot of fun! I can think of so many ways to use them in discussion!” -Elizabeth S.

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About the Author

Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Childrenโ€™s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.

If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.

This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom.

SKU: 203975

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14 reviews for Presidents Day Activities – Presidents Day Writing – If I Were President

  1. Carley M.

    LOVED THIS RESOURCE. IT FITS IN SO WELL IN MY CLASSROOM.

  2. Kellie E.

    Great resource for students who like to work at their own pace.

  3. Nancy D.

    My fifth graders enjoyed learning details about the presidents. Some facts were very surprising to them!

  4. Elena P.

    My 3rd graders enjoyed this activity, although in the future, I will split it into 2 assignments instead of one. Lots of fun facts and activities! Thanks!

  5. Elena P.

    My 3rd graders enjoyed this activity, although in the future, I will split it into 2 assignments instead of one. Lots of fun facts and activities! Thanks!

  6. Y C.

    So well organized and easy to use. Extra practice and a great tool for students who are early finishers.

  7. Melissa O.

    Really fun to incorporate into a scavenger hunt and learn more about presidents in the process.

  8. Kristen G.

    A student finds history interesting so this was a reward for a student that completed work.

  9. Jill Z.

    Good resource for a Reading Center that helps students learn about President’s.

  10. Theresa G.

    This was an engaging resource to use with my emerging EL’s to help introduce American presidents.

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