Election Picture Books and Voting Read Alouds to perk the ears of your students
How to use Voting and Election Read Alouds in your classroom
With elections and voting happening around this time every year. Read aloud and picture books are great to support the learning of your students.
Use a read aloud to introduce voting for your students
Use a picture books to learn vocabulary about elections and how they work
Use a picture book or read aloud about voting and elections to compare and contrast what students are learning and seeing.
Many schools are voting locations and this can be important to help students understand what is happening in elections.
Election read aloud picture books go great with these FREE Digital Emoji Reading Response Templates. They are perfect for ANY BOOK so can be used all through the year!
Picture Books about Elections and voting for any classroom!
Here is a great list of picture books to use as read alouds whether learning about voting or even deeper into how elections work and run, this can be a great jumping off point!
Light hearted and funny Max for President introduces elections through a run for Class President against another opponent.
Using schema that students know about the President’s position, this book dives deep into why their teacher would make an ideal candidate.
As an election read aloud it is super relatable and has many connections students can make!
As an elementary closes for polling, this connects with many school buildings and students learn exactly what is taking place and how important it is in Vote For Our Future.
A voting read aloud for sure excellent for an elementary classroom!
Elections are important and candidates must have a position, in Monster Needs Your Vote students learn how a stance on topics can affect your election.
The Night Before Election Day is a great picture book for voting and elections.
With an easy to follow poem narrative, students can fuel excitement for what changes happen with voting and elections.
Political Parties, who can run, why do candidates focus on states – this takes the facts and makes it digestable for young students.
What is a Presidential Election is a great nonfiction picture book about voting and elections especially for the middle grades.
How do decisions lead us to vote? I Voted is a picture book about voting that gets students involved in decision and more the process of choosing a candidate based on a platform in great introduction!
While it may look whimsical, Democracy for Dinosaurs is PACKED with info relating to democratic principles that govern our society – freedom of speech, religion, and more!
This Election and voting read aloud would be a great addition to your classroom!
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