Sunday, November 6, 2011

Veterans Day Power Point

To help my firsties understand Veterans Day a little more, I created a power point of this holiday.
Here's a preview of some of the slides in the power point...








I thought it would be a good idea to add some writing to go with the power point, so there's a tree map for creating sentences to describe what the kids took away from the power point.


I don't know about you, but I LOVE using the tree map organizers to help my kiddos create their own sentences and stories.  If you haven't checked the info on the soldier craft project from Deanna Jump's unit, google it!  They're terrific!


Thanks to all those who serve our country....
both the families who sacrifice the time away from their loved ones and the soldiers that keep us safe!
God Bless!
Heidi

Here's a link to the PowerPoint...I hope it works :)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zDlDtKsAcQ09R8DsbIg1z2huajaytO9U/view?usp=sharing








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32 comments:

  1. barbkiblerNovember 6, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    Thank you so much. I will share this with my students. We are making cards for a WWII veteran who is going to DC on the flight of honor this week. So excited to use this powerpoint to get them ready to create the cards!

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  2. AmyNovember 6, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Thank you so much for the power point.

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  3. TinaNovember 6, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Thank you so much! I will be adding this to my plans for this week.

    Quench Your First

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  4. SallyNovember 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Great power point! I'll use this in my plans this week!

    Sally from ElementaryMatters

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  5. Susan BowlesNovember 7, 2011 at 12:12 AM

    Thank you so much! It's extremely useful. I'll share it to my kids these days. You did the excellent job.

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  6. Mrs. KNovember 7, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    This is AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your hard work!!! Can't wait to use it this week:)

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  7. HollyNovember 8, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    THANKS!!!!!!!

    I'm a new follower and can't wait to explore your blog! :)

    Holly
    Crisscross Applesauce in First Grade

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  8. DuffNovember 8, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    Thanks for sharing the powerpoint! I shared it with my first graders and they loved it!

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  9. Mrs. Yazzie's Classroom NewsNovember 8, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    THANK YOU!!!

    I have searched for meaningful ways to teach my 2nd graders about Veteran's Day. And yes, just a few days ago I found the soldier project by Deanna Jump. But still, I lacked the content. I so appreciate that you shared this powerpoint!!!

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  10. Mrs. Yazzie's Classroom NewsNovember 8, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Oops, I just learned something new from your power point. I've been spelling Veterans Day wrong!!!

    :)

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  11. A Middle School Survival GuideNovember 9, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Great Post! It was linked over at my blog....

    http://asurvivalguidetomiddleschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/red-white-and-blue.html

    Come visit!;)

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  12. Ginger SnapsNovember 9, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I love it!!

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  13. SusanNovember 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Thanks for the PowerPoint. I showed it today and the kids loved it. Of course I had to share it with my first grade team and they all thought it was awesome!

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  14. Pam HoffmanNovember 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    What an interesting way to help young people understand. I'm not sure what the 'tree map' is or how it works though.

    Thank you for your kind words - my daughter is in the Navy!

    I came here from the "Teaching Blog Addict" site because this is a great idea for our Linky Party too this week. The theme is 'Veterans Day' this time.

    Would you like to add your post to our site? We're somewhat new, yet getting good traffic already and ranking very well for the search engines.

    We'd love to host your 'link' there this week too!

    Pam Hoffman
    http://conservationofeggs.blogspot.com/2011/11/5th-conservation-linky-honor-our.html

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  15. Heidi SamuelsonNovember 12, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    So glad you are finding things useful! We had a great time using the power point and creating DeAnna's Veteran. We'll use the tree map this week (ran out of time on Thursday) to develop our sentences to write about Veterans...we use the tree map to organize our thoughts and come up with sentences using Veterans and then one of the verbs...for instance...
    Veterans are kind. Veterans are people who serve our country. etc.
    Thanks for all your kind words! Hope you all had a blessed Veterans Day!

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  16. Mrs. ZahndNovember 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM

    THANK YOU for sharing this resource with us...perfect for my Kdg friends!

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  17. Miss Lauren RollinsNovember 9, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    I am having a difficult time downloading this powerpoint!

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  18. Miss Lauren RollinsNovember 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM

    I came across this powerpoint and would LOVE to download and use it with my first grade class. However, I am having some trouble downloading it! Help!

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  19. Heidi SamuelsonNovember 9, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    Try this link to see if it works better for you :)
    Thanks,
    Heidi
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0zttz7he0thfqs/veterans%20day%20ppt.ppt

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  20. Doug OrseskeNovember 2, 2014 at 9:48 PM

    I am having trouble with the link. Is their a new one that I could use? Thanks!

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  21. Doug OrseskeNovember 2, 2014 at 9:49 PM

    I am having trouble with the link. Is there a new one I could try? Thanks!

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  22. Heidi SamuelsonNovember 3, 2014 at 6:07 AM

    I've updated the links to the powerpoint to a dropbox URL. Please let me know if you can not get this to open. Thanks for letting me know it wasn't working.

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    1. CocodesilesNovember 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM

      Hello Heidi ! I love your powerpoint and I would like to use it with my students but I am unable to download it. Can you help me please ?

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    2. CocodesilesNovember 4, 2014 at 6:00 AM

      Hello Heidi ! I love your powerpoint and I would like to use it with my students but I am unable to download it. Apparently the file has been removed or deleted. Can you help me please ?

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    3. Heidi SamuelsonNovember 4, 2014 at 6:30 AM

      I've tried updating the link again. Dropbox and I are not playing nice right now...but we're going to try to get along. :) If you find the link to the powerpoint is not working, please email and I'll try again. Thanks so much!

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  23. Angelia CourtneyNovember 3, 2014 at 7:30 AM

    It would not let me open the link saying that it had been moved.

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  24. Lorelei FlahertyNovember 9, 2014 at 9:07 PM

    The link worked for me :) Thank you so much for sharing this! It's perfect for my firsties. Love it!

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  25. Lorelei FlahertyNovember 9, 2014 at 9:08 PM

    The link worked for me :) Thank you so much for sharing this! It's perfect for my firsties. I love it!

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  26. The Terrific yet Tired TeacherNovember 11, 2014 at 7:57 AM

    THANK YOU!

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  27. Anita DallyNovember 1, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    Your powerpoint is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  28. AmmyoungNovember 12, 2017 at 11:46 PM

    I could not get the link to work, can you help me? I would love to share this with my students.

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    1. Heidi SamuelsonNovember 13, 2017 at 6:15 AM

      Just uploaded a new link to the post. Please let me know if it doesn't work. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zDlDtKsAcQ09R8DsbIg1z2huajaytO9U/view?usp=sharing

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