Today's Classroom Activities :

Presidential Lessons

Presidential Cards
Go to www.weeklyreader.com for a trading-card reproducible page. Your students can draw or paste a picture of a president on the card. Then have them find fun facts about each president to write on the reverse side.

Make Classroom Connections to This Year’s Elections
Don’t miss one of this year’s great teachable moments! This week, Education World provides five lesson plans to help you drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what its like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Dear Presidential Diary
Students will use a series of Web sites and other sources to experience a day in the life of a president. Students will discuss and become familiar with the President's surroundings and tasks during a typical day. This lesson will challenge students to participate in presidential tasks such as writing letters, meeting with foreign leaders, working on a budget and giving a speech. This lesson will culminate with the sharing of information learned about a president's life.

Ask a Candidate: Interview Skills
During election season, Scholastic Kid Reporters will be covering election news all over the country. In this activity, your students get a chance to "play" reporter and develop their own interviewing skills.