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Use So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Both entertaining and informative, So You Want to Be President? is an informational text all about the people who have been America's Presidents. Readers will enjoy learning about America's presidential personalities while working to identify important facts and to form opinions about what it takes to be a truly great President.

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Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President?

So You Want to Be President? is chock full of facts and information about America's Presidents. It's easy for students to become overwhelmed by the amount of information in this book. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help students comprehend this text by determining which facts and pieces of information are most important.

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RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8RI.3.2L.3.6RI.3.5RI.3.6RI.3.7

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3.1E3.7F3.6A3.7G3.6B3.9D(i)3.6E3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6I3.10A3.7A3.13A3.7B3.13C3.1A3.7C3.13E3.1C3.7D3.13H3.1D3.7E

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President?

Judith St. George knows how to make a point and how to have fun doing it. By taking the time to engage readers with zany facts about America's Presidents, she is able to highlight the qualities that every good President should have. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help readers identify the author's purpose for writing So You Want to Be President?

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SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.2RI.3.4RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2

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3.10A3.7B3.10B3.7C3.10C3.7D3.10D3.1A3.7E3.10F3.1C3.7F3.13C3.1D3.7G3.13E3.1E3.8C3.13H3.6A3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6I3.9D(iii)3.7A

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Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President?

For most students, a President is someone who is both serious and very important. So You Want to Be President? challenges that assumption by exposing the quirks of America's Presidents. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help readers synthesize the information in this text in order to form new opinions about America's President.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RI.3.1SL.3.1cRI.3.2SL.3.1dRI.3.3SL.3.2RI.3.4SL.3.3RI.3.5W.3.8RI.3.6L.3.6RI.3.7RI.3.8RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4

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3.6A3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6H3.13C3.6I3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.7D3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.7G3.1E3.9D(i)

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Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President?

So You Want to Be President? offers readers examples of several text structures. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help your students understand why authors use description, compare and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect text structures.

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RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.5RI.3.7RI.3.8

TEKS Alignment

3.1D3.9D(iii)3.1E3.9E(iii)3.6A3.10B3.6H3.10C3.6I3.13C3.7B3.13E3.7C3.13H3.7E3.7F3.1A3.9D(i)3.1C3.9D(ii)

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Visualizing with So You Want to Be President?

This Caldecott award winner provides readers with an array of hilarious illustrations that support visualizing with the text. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help students create mental images for this informational text.

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RI.3.5RI.3.7RI.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RI.3.1

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3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.9D(i)3.1E3.9D(ii)3.6A3.9D(iii)3.6D3.10C3.6E3.13C3.6I3.13E3.7A3.13H3.7B3.7C

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Comprehension Assessment with So You Want to Be President?

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of So You Want to Be President?

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Running Record with So You Want to Be President?

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with So You Want to Be President? Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: So You Want to Be President?

Author: Judith St. George

Genre: Biography, Informational, Nonfiction

Themes: Award Winners, Laugh Out Loud, President's Day

ISBN: 9780399251528

Publisher's Summary:

Don’t miss the deluxe paperback version of the Caldecott Medal winning classic, fully updated with current facts on all our presidents. The timing could not be more perfect with the election coming up. From Washington to Lincoln, from Nixon to Clinton— catch up with all your favorite (and not-so-favorite) presidents as the nation prepares to elect our next

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Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President?

Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President?

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President?

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President?

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President?

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President?

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President?

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President?

Visualizing with So You Want to Be President?

Visualizing with So You Want to Be President?

Antonyms with So You Want to Be President?

Antonyms with So You Want to Be President?

Vocabulary Connections with So You Want to Be President?

Vocabulary Connections with So You Want to Be President?

Comprehension Assessment with So You Want to Be President?

Comprehension Assessment with So You Want to Be President?

Running Record with So You Want to Be President?

Running Record with So You Want to Be President?

Retelling and Summarizing with So You Want to Be President?

Retelling and Summarizing with So You Want to Be President?

Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President?

Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President?

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President?

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President?

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President?

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President?

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President?

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President?

Visualizing with So You Want to Be President?

Visualizing with So You Want to Be President?

Antonyms with So You Want to Be President?

Antonyms with So You Want to Be President?

Vocabulary Connections with So You Want to Be President?

Vocabulary Connections with So You Want to Be President?

Comprehension Assessment with So You Want to Be President?

Comprehension Assessment with So You Want to Be President?

Running Record with So You Want to Be President?

Running Record with So You Want to Be President?

Retelling and Summarizing with So You Want to Be President?

Retelling and Summarizing with So You Want to Be President?

Determining Importance with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Synthesizing with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

Understanding Text Structure with So You Want to Be President? (Spanish)

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