Abe Lincoln's Hat

In honor of President's Day we read, Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner.  We discussed that one comprehension strategy that readers can use is identifying the problem and solution that characters have in the story.  In our book Abe Lincoln was always losing important papers.  To solve his problem he began putting them in his hat.  What a clever idea!  The kids wrote about what would be important to put in their hats and then we made Abe Lincoln and glued our papers on his hat.  Look how cute they turned out...

Students chose a variety of items to put in their hats: teddy bears, lipstick, chap stick, Legos, family pictures, etc.  They were fun to read.