Cat for President | Read Aloud
Support Materials
Grownups – Here are some fun activities to engage your little learners even further:
Take a family vote with this voting ballot activity.
Write a letter to the president.
📩Queen Sara and King Friday want to put a new piece of playground equipment in the playground, but they can only choose one – a swing or a slide. So, they explain the process of voting to Daniel Tiger and his friends and ask them to stop, think and choose before voting on the one they’d like. Watch the video.
📩Daniel Tiger is asked to vote on whether he’d like swings or a slide in the new playground. His father explains the process of voting, Daniel makes his choice, then the votes are counted. When the winner is announced, Daniel is disappointed, but only at first. Watch the Video.
About
Liz, from the WQED Education Team, is back to read you a wonderful story – entitled Cat for President, written by our good friend, Liam – a winning story from the 2016 WQED Writer’s Contest. You can listen to Liam read the story here.
Credits: WQED
Standards
1.3.PK.C – Answer questions about characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CC.1.3.K.A – Retell familiar stories including key details.
CC.1.3.1.A – Retell stories and demonstrate understanding of the central message.
CC.1.3.2.A – Recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
CC.1.3.3.A – Determine the central message, lesson, or moral in literary text.
CC.1.5.K.A–B, CC.1.5.1.A–B, CC.1.5.2.A–B, CC.1.5.3.A–B – Speaking and Listening standards for discussion and comprehension of a read-aloud text.
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