Election 2012 Freebie and If I Were the President

With all the adds, debates, commercials, yard signs, news coverage, and such, I decided to try a get a heads up on changing and adding to the items I usually do for elections.  I updated my Election 2012 Smart Notebook and Power Point I used during the 2008 election.  It is full of links to different websites and has a power point that I adapted from the 2008 election.  I hope you can use it too.  I love having everything in one spot!

Also I decided to do something different for writing too.  I made a new writing unit, If I Were the President.  I cannot wait to see what my kids come up with this one.  I think it is going to be fun!  Hope you can use one of these or both!

 

Witches, Monsters, and Elections, Oh My!

Planning for October is always lots of fun!  I love all the things we study in 2nd grade that tie into themes/curriculum for this month. 

Sound - Bats and echolocation - Stellaluna and nonfiction bat books
 

Life Cycles - Pumpkins - I have several nonfiction books for this too!
 

Witches and Monsters - Character Traits - Too many books to name - Check out this post for a list.

 

 

As I sit on the couch with the TV playing, I start to get really excited annoyed it is debate time!  Listening to the responses, I realized I want to know what the kiddos think of the candidates this year.  We have not even talked about it at all.  I love hearing their take on the commercials and what their parents have been saying.  In the past, during elections I have used Kids Voting USA.  I usually hold an election in the class as well.  I am working on some new writing activities and a interactive smart notebook.  I hope to finish it this week.  Once I am finished I will share some of the things I create for elections.  What are you planning?