Storytown : Challenge Trade Book Story 2008 Grade 2 Duck/President

from eecnelsen

This book would be great when talking about government and how elections work and how much responcibility it is for the person who wins. Duck desides he doesn't like his jobs on the farm so he becomes a polition. He goes all the way up to president of the United States. Duck decides that he would...

from cporte8

 I thought this book was hilarious. My favorite parts of the story were when they counted up the votes. Whenever Duck won the election, the person that he was running against would always call for a recount. After each recount their are extra votes found but they are all in Duck's favor. I also l...

from Analley

I just want to start off by saying how cute the illustration was for this story. Betsy Lewin did a wonderful job making the drawings geared toward children. Farmer Brown was the owner of a farm and at the end of everyday he would be covered in hay, mud, corn you name it he was wearing it. Farmer ...

from cscapp1

In my opinion, this is a great book. I felt that this book could be used to teach children about the election process in the classroom with its straight forward themes and easy to understand and humorous text. The central message is that being in charge isn't always easy. The use of repetition he...

from ecalford

This is an excellent book to use in the classroom! Even though it is a fictional story, it does show some very real truths about the responsibilities and concerns about being President (or about holding any office position, really). The kids LOVE the fact that Duck runs against Farmer for Preside...