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Presidents' Day Worksheets

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American symbols, counting, an if I were president writing page, Washington and Lincoln, a class vote graph and word searches.

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Presidents' Day worksheets for preschool

Color and match American symbols, count and circle, big and small, and star and flag patterns.

Presidents' Day worksheets for kindergarten

An if I were president writing page, count the coins, word tracing, a word search and circle the American symbols. Also on the site: a Presidents' Day read-aloud.

Presidents' Day worksheets for 1st grade

A reading passage on Washington and Lincoln, a compare organizer, opinion writing, a class vote graph and a word search.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these presidents' day worksheets

Presidents' Day is the third Monday in February. Its official name is Washington's Birthday, and many people use the day to honor all presidents. These worksheets keep the facts simple and true: George Washington was the first president, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th, and the president lives and works in the White House.

Preschoolers color and match American symbols, count, compare big and small and finish patterns. Kindergartners pick out American symbols, count coins, trace words, do a word search and write what they would do as president. 1st graders read about Washington and Lincoln, compare them in an organizer, write an opinion, read a class vote graph and find words.

For more, see our American symbols and national holidays worksheets for kindergarten; the Presidents' Day read-aloud from that set is included here. Pages with one right answer have an answer key on page 2.

Standards

  • ELOF P-MATH 3Child understands the relationship between numbers and quantities.
  • ELOF P-MATH 7Child understands simple patterns.
  • ELOF P-MATH 8Child measures objects by their various attributes using standard and non-standard measurement. Uses differences in attributes to make comparisons.
  • ELOF P-MATH 9Child identifies, describes, compares, and composes shapes.
  • ELOF P-SE 11Child has sense of belonging to family, community, and other groups.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.9Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
  • C3 D2.Civ.14.K-2Describe how people have tried to improve their communities over time.

How to use them

  1. Show a penny and a quarter and find the president on each.
  2. Hold a real class vote before the graph page, so children see how voting works.
  3. Read the 1st grade passage together, then fill in the compare organizer with a partner.

Teaching tips

  • Keep politics out: talk about what presidents do (lead the country, work with others, help people) rather than any current leader.
  • Lincoln is on the penny and the five-dollar bill; Washington is on the quarter and the one-dollar bill.
  • The coin counting page shows a simple coin picture; children count coins, not money values.

Questions teachers and parents ask

How do you teach Presidents' Day to kindergarten?

Keep it to a few facts: the president leads our country, George Washington was the first president, Abraham Lincoln was another famous president, and the president lives in the White House. Then let children draw and write what they would do as president.

When is Presidents' Day?

The third Monday in February. Its official name is Washington's Birthday; Washington was born in February, and so was Lincoln.

Are there answer keys?

Yes, for every page with one right answer, including the reading passage, the graph, the counting pages and the word searches.