Childhood+Years

Section Description: In this page you see information the discuss the childhood of George Washington. This should be the first topic of the unit that you discuss. In this section you will see a book that you can read to your students by David Adler. After this book their is a link to a website that tells the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. After you have read the book there a craft that the students could make. For this craft the students will be constructing a cherry tree. The last link is a link to a rubric that the you can use to grade this activity.

Links : 1. Book- http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Book-George-Washington-Biography/dp/0823408000- With this book the can write a blog post to David Adler asking questions to him. These questions can be based on question they have about the book or the topic. 2. The story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree- http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/george-washington/short-stories/the-cherry-tree.html 3.Cherry Tree activity- http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/7319.aspx For this reading you can use Diggo to highlight the important information from the text to help the students follow along and get the essential meaning of the passage. The class can also write notes an d comments on the reading. [|4. Rubric for project- http://www.first-school.ws/t/cpholiday/washington1.htm]