Abraham Lincoln!

Tomorrow is Lincoln's birthday! To celebrate we spent our literacy time learning all about Honest Abe. First we read the book Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner. Kids loved learning that this famous president was so disorganized and forgetful that he put his important papers and letters in his tall black hat. Next kids read books at their level from enchantedlearning.com.

After sharing the facts that we learned about Abe, the second graders decided what they wanted to write in their paragraph about him. We brainstormed a list of topic sentences and kids started writing. Our target today was to write a topic sentence, three details and a concluding sentence. Kids got started on their details and after we brainstormed concluding sentences.

Then kids used a tracer and made Abe's beard and hat. Together we drew his face. Here they are! I'll post some of their writing when we are finished!