Academic Standards
Learning Objective:
Children will discover what happens at a military air show.
Social Studies Focus:
Veterans Day
Page 4 skill:
read a photo
Vocabulary:
pilots, salute, autographs, veterans
CCSS (and states that have similar standards):
RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.3 sequencing, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RI.K.7 use visuals, RL.K.1 key details (literature), L.K.2 Conventions of language, SL.K.1 collaborative discussions, SL.K.2 confirm understanding by answering questions
Watch the video
Watch the video
Build background knowledge about veterans by watching “Thank You, Veterans!” When you’re done watching, ask the following question: What is a veteran?
Preview new vocabulary words
Preview new vocabulary words
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured words.
Set a purpose for reading
Set a purpose for reading
- Have students do a picture walk through the issue. Then read and discuss the cover. Ask children if they have ever seen a military air show.
- Then, before turning to page 2, say, “As we read the article, think about what the Blue Angels do at an air show.”
- Read the issue once through. Then read it again, this time asking, “What happens next?” after each box. Let children use the photos to describe what will happen in the next step.
- When you get to the sidebar, have children give a salute to thank veterans for their service.
- Complete the page 4 activity as a group or individually.
- When you’re done reading, do the Dance Break!
- Show What You Know (skill: comprehension)
- Veterans Day Word Search (skill: spelling)
Deepen students’ learning with any of these supplemental activities:
Play the online game: Build a Thank You Letter
(skill: letter writing)
Complete a hands-on activity: Make a Veterans Day Mini Book
Children will cut, color, and put together their own Veterans Day mini book. (skill: reading, writing, number order)
Read a paired text:
Veterans Day books for kindergartners can be hard to find! Hero Mom and Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin are ageappropriate books that celebrate military parents by comparing them to superheroes.