Our U.S. Capital

By: Mary Firestone

U.S. Capital, Interesting Facts about the Capital, During war, Expanding, Congress

This book takes you on a tour of the U.S. Capital. It gives you the history on what the original design was of the building and how they expanded it. It also shows they read what the Capital is used for.

Suggested Delivery: Read Aloud
Lexile Reading Level: 7301G

Electronic Resources:

Architect of the Capital

This website shows the details of the architecture of the capital. It also has different parts of the capital where students can explore. This will be used before students of read the book. This will give them basis information so they better under the book.

Timeline

Students will use this online interactive timeline maker. They will use the significant events on the U.S. Capital and out them on the timeline.

Key Vocabulary:

This vocabulary should be taught before reading the book.

Chamber

Restored

Architect

Rotunda

War of 1812

Democracy

Civil War

Reading Strategy:

Students will complete a KWL chart. They write what they know about the U.S. Capital before they explore the website and read the book. Then they come with information they want to find out as a whole class. After they explore the website and read the book, they can find out what they learned.

Writing Activity that demonstrates Inferential Comprehension:

Have students write two paragraphs on what they learned about the U.S. Capital that they did not already know. They will put what they found most interesting about the Capital in their writing piece.

Firestone, M. (2008). Our U.S. Capital. Minneapolis: Picture Widow Books.

What To Do About Alice?

By: Barbara Kelly

Kelly, B. (2008). What to do about Alice?. Scholastic Press: Scholastic Press.

Lexile Reading Level: 800L

Women’s Rights, Theodore Roosevelt office life and family, eating up and enjoying the world, exploring, mischief, love, history

Theodore Roosevelt has a daughter named Alice who is always getting into trouble and makes it difficult for Teddy Roosevelt to control her and be the President of the United States. Alice loves to explore new countries and make new friends. She is ahead of many woman of her time. Alice likes to live at the moment and not worry about what others think of her actions.

Suggested Delivery: Read Aloud
Electronic Resources:

Read Write Think Online Timeline:
This is an online timeline machine made just for students. The students can create a timeline of Alice’s life because they are so many of her father Teddy’s but not as many of hers.


Timeline of Teddy Rossevelt:

Students can learn more about Teddy Roosevelt’s life before after and during his term as President from this easy to read timeline. 

Key Vocabulary:

This vocabulary should be taught before reading the book.

Leg braces

Eat up the world

Unruly

Inconsiderable

Shriveled

Boarding school

Publicity

Inauguration

Trinkets

Reading Strategy:

Have the students make predictions of “what eat the world means.” Put this phrase on the word wall in addition to the other vocabulary words that students are not familar with. This will be done before reading the book. 

The students create a fishbone concept map on Alice’s adventures. This will be done after the students read the book.

Writing Activity that demonstrates Inferential Comprehension:

Have the students write a persuasive essay on how Alice “ate up the world” and changed Teddy’s Rooselvelts life for the better. The students should include tradition words and specific details from the story. This will be four paragraphs with a opening sentence which grabs the readers attention.