Altara

Title:          Voting and Elections

Author:       Dennis Fradin

Topic:         Presidential Elections

Grade:        4-6

 

Title:          The Presidency

Author:       Patricia Ryon Quiri

Topic:         How can a person become the President of the

                  United States?

Grade:        4-6

 

Comments:  We asked the students how much they knew about the elections. What criteria does a person need to meet to be able to run for President of the United States?  How do they determine how many electoral votes each state may have?  Does the candidate who receives the most popular vote win the election? We would find the answers to these questions and read some more interesting facts about the president, the elections and the government.  Since it was election week, we decided to have our own kind of election in our media center.  We had each student vote for their favorite book that was in our library.  We tallied the votes for each grade and then did a book chat on those books the following weeks.  It was interesting to see which books were the most popular at this time.  The students enjoyed this and it also gave us some ideas on what books to review with them.  Some examples of the winners:  Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Junie B. Jones and  the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park.

   Also for the younger grades' election theme we read:

Title:        Duck for President

Author:     Doreen Cronin

Topic:       Elections 

Grade:      K-3