Did you know tomorrow is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!? And while many of us have the day off from teaching, there’s ample time throughout the month to share the legacy of Dr. King with your kids.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
This unit, about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is perfect for little learners in Kindergarten and 1st grade. It is a great tool to use to teach about MLK Jr. and Black History Month.
Included you will find:
*MLK Jr. Full color reader about the life of Dr. King
*Mini Book to go with the reader for students
*Be Like Martin –Whole group & Center work sorts
*MLK Jr. Sight Word Sentences Cut & Paste
*Martin Build-A-Word Centers (2 levels)
*Cloze Sentences Cut & Paste
*I Have a Dream Bulletin board Writing Craftivity
*Facts about Dr. King Thinking Sheet
Product Description: Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with this activity packet and craft! This packet will nicely supplement and/or add to your current Social Studies/Language Arts curriculum. This activity packet can be used all throughout Black History Month!
In this 85 page packet you will find:
Teacher To-Do sheet to help keep you organized (provides you with book suggestions with links, web links to learn about MLK, whole group activity ideas that teach diversity)
-Martin Luther King Jr. Read Aloud Book (for teacher to read)
-Martin Luther King Jr. Mini-Book (for each student)
– “I Have a Dream” Craft and Thinking Bubble Writing Activity
-Then and Now picture sort with REAL pictures (this is an excellent activity to show students how much has changed!)
Then and Now independent activity
– Dr. King Timeline (with REAL pictures!)
-Martin Luther King Jr. Biography Activity (includes an organizer sheet and all of the pages needed to write a MLK biography book)
-“What is a Biography?” Definition Poster
-Peaceful or Not Sorting Activity (students read a short sentence and determine if the act is a peaceful one or not)
-“Martin’s Big Words” Activity (students choose a word to write, draw, and use in a sentence). This activity is an excellent one to complete after reading the book, “Martin’s Big Words
– All About Dr. King K-W-L chart
-Then vs. Now Venn-Diagram (students can complete this after learning about how things have changed from the time Dr. King was alive to now)
– Dr. King and Me Venn-Diagram (students can compare themselves to Dr. King)
-What Peace Means to Me writing activity
-If I Met Dr. King writing activity
-True or False sorting activity (students read a short sentence and determine if the sentence about Dr. King is true or false)
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For additional studies, you can use Units like the Civil Rights and Rosa Parks Or even Lesson Plans and Unit Studies on the following topics like the March on Washington and More Work to Be Done, to help students make cross-curricular connections and understand King’s impact on society well after his death.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
