Veterans Day will be here before we know and what better way to teach our students about this special holiday than having them create their very own Veterans Day Emergent Reader.
My students enjoy reading our stacks of USA Books this time of year. If it’s an election year we hold mock elections so our little learners can have a better concept of what elections mean. Students enjoy making patriotic crafts as we honor and celebrate our Veterans.
If you’re looking for ways to manage your literacy curriculum you’ll want to check out my literacy stations.

Veterans Day Emergent Reader
This Veterans Day Emergent Reader is a great way to connect veterans with social studies. This resource will be the perfect addition to your lesson plans and allow your students to combine social studies and language arts.
Inside You’ll Find
- 14 pages to complete your emergent reader (download below)
- Each page has 2 sides to the readers
This Veterans Day Emergent Reader walks students through a very basic introduction to what Veterans Day is about. Each page contains one to two sentences and then has an image above it.
There is a color and black and white version for students included in this freebie. You can print off a color version to go in the classroom library and print off black and white versions for each of your students.
To get this freebie, use the ‘click here to download’ button at the bottom of this page
If you choose to do black and white, you can have your students color their Veterans Day Emergent Reader prior to reading. I always find this helps introduce students to the material, while also providing them with some ownership over their own book.
If you use the Veterans Day Emergent Reader in the classroom while you are learning about this special holiday, you can send it home with your students to add to their book collection at home.
If you do not have time to incorporate Veterans Day into your lesson plans this year, no worries! You can simply send the book home and have students complete it at home.
Download your free Veterans Day Emergent Reader below!
Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.
Click the picture below to download.

I hope that you and your students enjoy this Veterans Day Emergent Reader!
The download button for the Veterans’ Day emergent reader doesn’t seem to be working. I would love to use it. Is it an issue on your end? Thanks!
Hi Laura,
I think I have fixed the issue. Can you try it again?
Thanks!
Hi Jennifer!
I seem to also be having trouble/the doc is not going through..
Thank you so much, hopefully I can access for my emergent Multilingual Learners!
Hi there Michaela, everything seems to be working with it. Once you fill out your name and email, we’ll send you an email so you can download it. Be sure to check all your folders and your spam, they often hide out in there. Also, school emails sometimes get blocked so you might want to use a private email. Have a great day.
Love, love, love this Veterans Day book. So glad you’ve distinguished Memorial Day from Veterans Day….confusion among even adults! So thanks!
I agree! Thank you for your comment, Lisa!
Thanks for sharing!
Would you be willing to correct the word “everyday “ into two words? I’d love to be able to use it with my firsties!!
Oh no! I’m sorry about that. I have it on my list to fix!
I signed up and got an email but it didn’t include the veteran’s day emergent reader packet freebie. And it’s not in my spam. Help!!!
Hi there Katie, Thank you so much for letting me know. The download is fixed now. If you go ahead and click the download button again and fill out the box you’ll receive another email with the veteran’s day emergent reader download. If you have gmail it may go to your promotions folder. Let us know how you enjoy it!
I can not get it to download 🙁
Hi there, once you click on the download button and enter your info I’ll send you an email with the download in it. It may go to your spam or other folder. Also, if you’re using your school issued email it may block some emails. Let me know if you have any issues!
I am in my Junior Year of school for My Elementary Education and absolutely LOVE your site. I tried a couple of sites and got no results for what I need and you had it. Thank you for the printout!!!!
Download is not working! I have tried 3 times with two different email addresses!
Hi!
Thank you for this great resource! I would love to download this file but I haven’t received it after two requests.
Thanks for your help!
I like this post, enjoyed this one appreciate it for posting.