I've Got Your Number! Election Math
When I’m doing a themed unit like the election, I like to cover all of my subjects, so I whipped together a Math Election Packet for you.
This 40-page packet has a nice variety of activities.
Including:
Teachers/parents can give this information to younger students, and assign the research aspect of it, as a fun online assignment for older students.
I’ve included a blank number template for students or adults to fill in additional numbers greater than 50 for more difficult addition and subtraction equations.
Students can sequence these as well as make equations with them. Pair up children and have them play “Speed” games to see who can solve problems the quickest, or sequence a set of numbers the fastest.
You can also use the manipulatives to make patterns, or have students design a shape (circle, triangle, rectangle, square) with them.
Click on the link to view/download Election Number Fun Packet.
For more election lessons, activities, and fun, click on the link and you'll go to the main election section where you'll find election ballots, election buttons, election booklets, etc. Simply scroll down and click on whatever you want to download. It's all FREE-always!
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“He who asks a question may feel foolish for a moment, but he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” –Chinese Proverb
Election Fun: Show Me Your Card!
A Voter Registration I. D. is a fun way for students to practice writing their name and address.
It's also a good way to assess how they are listening and following directions, as they fill out pertinent information that they should know, on an "important" form.
To make the Voter Registration I.D. more realistic, have students glue their school photograph in the box provided. If you don't have one, they can draw a self-portrait.
Teacher's sign the template on the teacher blank space, before they run off copies. So that students can make up their own, refer to your signature, when you are explaining what a signature is to your students.
Have children show you their Voter Registration I.D. before they vote in your mock election.
To show them how important their I.D is, if they've forgotten it, when they come up to vote, send them back to their desk to get it, before they can cast their vote.
Afterwards, you might even want to have a discussion whether they think a voter I.D. is important, and discuss how voters verify who they are in real state and national elections, before they can vote.
Click on the link to view/download the student Voter Registration I.D. Card.
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It's Election Time. Look It Up!
Are you looking for some quick and easy lessons that you can plug into your day that have an election theme?
You've come to the right place! You can run the Election Dictionary off now and have students work on a letter or page a day for "word work" for their Daily 5 activities, or during your reading or writing block time.
Use my templates, or make up your own with other words, as your students come across them, when you discuss the election, watch it, or read about it.
The Election Dictionary will help you teach the Common Core State Standards: RF.K1d, L.1.1a, L.1.4a, L.1.5b, L.1.5c, L.1.6
Students trace the alphabet letters and election words and then write them. Teachers can have older students define them as well.
Keeping a dictionary is a wonderful way to build vocabulary and categorize specific words that go with a large theme, that students will be reading, and studying about, like the election.
Encourage students to use these words in their writing. Add these words to a separate election portion of your word wall.
I've made word wall word flashcards for all of these words + a patriotic election header card for your word wall, if you'd like to post them. Click on the link to view/download Election Word Wall Word Flashcards.
I've included a certificate of praise when students have completed their Election Dictionary. What a nice booklet your students will have at the end of November to take home and share with their families.
Click on the link to view/download the Election Dictionary.
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