Martin Luther King Jr. Activities
Hollie Griffith
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Description
Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. with this meaningful mini-unit! It includes an original informational book/PowerPoint presentation, opinion and informational writing activities, three literacy stations, a cute craft, language arts printables, and so much more!!
Included in this unit:
I Have a Dream: A Look at the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. – An original informational book/PowerPoint presentation
Writing Activities
- Martin Luther King, Jr. – Was/Had/Loved/Wanted/Is Remembered Because…
- Opinion Writing Piece
- Martin Luther King, Jr. web
- Graphic Organizer
- Martin Luther King, Jr. informative/explanatory writing piece
- I have a dream web and writing paper (Students can write about their dreams.)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Craft – Use the pictures as a guide! Copy directly on colored paper or make patterns. The craft can be displayed with the informational writing, opinion writing, or I have a dream… writing.
Language Arts Printables
- Venn Diagram – Students compare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to themselves.
- Action Verb and Linking verb Sort – Students cut and paste verbs on a flap book.
- Correct the Sentences – Students rewrite the sentences correctly. {quotation marks, commas in a series, commas between cities and states, capitalization, punctuation}
- Fact or Opinion – Students cut and sort facts and opinions. The statements can be glued on the recording sheet or in an interactive notebook.
Literacy Stations - The stations are in color but print great in black and white or greyscale!
- ABC order - Students put cards in ABC order and record answers on the recording sheet.
- Vocabulary – Students determine the meaning of a word based on the context. Students write a definition and draw a picture of the word on their recording sheet.
- Rhyming Words – Students group words {Words that rhyme with King and words that do not rhyme with King} and record answers on the recording sheet.
Total Pages
61 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
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