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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Looking at Lincoln

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Use Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Looking at Lincoln offers readers a unique perspective on America's 16th president. From his childhood spent in a log cabin to his love of Mozart and apples, students will enjoy learning fun facts about Abraham Lincoln while they practice summarizing, identifying the author's purpose, and making inferences.
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Asking Questions with Looking at Lincoln

Looking at Lincoln is the perfect springboard for a minilesson focused on asking questions. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help your students form questions about America's 16th president.
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RI.5.1,RI.5.7,RI.5.8,RI.5.10,RF.5.3,RF.5.4,SL.5.1c,SL.5.1d,SL.5.2,W.5.8,W.5.9,L.5.6
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5.7F,5.13H,5.13E,5.13C,5.13A,5.9D(iii),5.9D(ii),5.9D(i),5.7G,5.1C,5.7E,5.7D,5.7C,5.7B,5.6I,5.6B,5.6A,5.1A
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Determining Importance with Looking at Lincoln

Students will enjoy learning about one of America's most beloved presidents while reading Maira Kalman's Looking at Lincoln. Help readers determine which presidential facts are most important to remember with this page by page guide and set of resources.
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RI.5.1,RI.5.2,RI.5.3,RI.5.8,RI.5.10,RF.5.3,RF.5.4,SL.5.1c,SL.5.1d,SL.5.2,W.5.8,W.5.9,L.5.6
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5.7D,5.13H,5.13E,5.13C,5.10A,5.9D(iii),5.9D(ii),5.9D(i),5.7G,5.7F,5.7E,5.1C,5.7C,5.7B,5.6I,5.6H,5.6G,5.6E,5.6B,5.6A,5.1A
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Looking at Lincoln

Maira Kalman's purpose for writing Looking at Lincoln was to inform her readers about Abraham Lincoln. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help readers discover the ways in which Kalman reveals her purpose for writing this book by examining the text.
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RI.5.1,RI.5.2,RI.5.8,RI.5.10,RF.5.3,RF.5.4,SL.5.1c,SL.5.1d,SL.5.2,W.5.8,W.5.9,L.5.6
TEKS Alignment
5.7F,5.13H,5.13E,5.13C,5.10D,5.10C,5.10B,5.9D(iii),5.9D(ii),5.9D(i),5.8A,5.7G,5.1C,5.7E,5.7D,5.7C,5.7B,5.7A,5.6I,5.6E,5.6B,5.6A,5.1A
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Making Inferences with Looking at Lincoln

Looking at Lincoln takes a look at the man behind the tall hat. Help readers to infer aspects of Lincoln's personality and his opinions on the issues that he dealt with as president by using this lesson plan and set of resources.
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RI.5.1,RI.5.3,RI.5.4,RI.5.8,RI.5.10,RF.5.3,RF.5.4,SL.5.1c,SL.5.1d,SL.5.2,W.5.8,W.5.9,L.5.6
TEKS Alignment
5.7D,5.13H,5.13E,5.13C,5.9D(iii),5.9D(ii),5.9D(i),5.7G,5.7F,5.7E,5.1C,5.7C,5.7B,5.7A,5.6I,5.6F,5.6E,5.6B,5.6A,5.1A
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Retelling & Summarizing with Looking at Lincoln

This lesson plan and set of resources for use with Maira Kalman's Looking at Lincoln offers readers the opportunity to retell and summarize the information they learn about Abraham Lincoln. Use the page by page guide to help your students identify the main idea and key details in this text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.5.1,RI.5.2,RI.5.3,RI.5.8,RI.5.10,RF.5.3,RF.5.4,SL.5.1c,SL.5.1d,SL.5.2,W.5.8,W.5.9,L.5.6
TEKS Alignment
5.7E,5.13H,5.13E,5.13C,5.9D(iii),5.9D(ii),5.9D(i),5.7G,5.7F,5.1C,5.7D,5.7C,5.7B,5.6I,5.6G,5.6A,5.1A
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Parts of Speech with Looking at Lincoln

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman as a springboard for instruction focused on parts of speech.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how adverbs are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with adverbs.

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RF.5.3,RF.5.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Looking at Lincoln

This set of vocabulary development resources for Looking at Lincoln highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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L.5.4a,L.5.6,L.5.5c
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5.7E,5.7F,5.3A,5.3B
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Comprehension Assessment with Looking at Lincoln

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Looking at Lincoln.
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Running Record with Looking at Lincoln

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Looking at Lincoln. 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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Retelling and Summarizing with Looking at Lincoln

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Asking Questions with Looking at Lincoln (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with Looking at Lincoln (Spanish)

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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Looking at Lincoln (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Looking at Lincoln (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Looking at Lincoln (Spanish)

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Title: Looking at Lincoln
Author: Maira Kalman
Genre: Biography
Themes: History, President's Day
ISBN: 9780147517982
Publisher's Summary:
Who was Lincoln really? This little girl wants to find out. She discovers, among other things, that our sixteenth president was a man who believed in freedom for all, had a dog named Fido, loved Mozart, apples, and his wife's vanilla cake, and kept his notes in his hat. From his boyhood in a log cabin to his famous presidency and untimely death, Maira Kalman shares Lincoln's remarkable life with young readers in a fresh and exciting way.
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