October 23, 2018

by Lily Jones

Lesson plan

My Family

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Grade

Preschool Kindergarten

Subject

Reading & writing Reading Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Comprehension Non-Fiction Comprehension Questions

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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to describe the makeup of their family.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Ask students who is in their family.
Tell students that many different people may be in their families, from grandparents to parents to cousins.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(15 minutes)

Read aloud Families.
Ask students to make connections between what they see in the book and what they see in their own families. Have students turn to a partner and share one thing that is the same and one thing that is different.
Have the group come back together and share their comparisons.
Explain that we are going to focus on the family that lives in our homes. Share that families can come in many different varieties. Families can have two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, a grandma, etc. Some people may have more than one home that they live in.

Guided Practice

(5 minutes)

Tell students that they will be drawing pictures of the family members that they live with.
Show students how to draw pictures of each family member.
Ask students to share the difference between family members and friends.

Independent working time

(15 minutes)

Hand out the papers to each student. Have them work independently to complete their family pictures.
If students finish early, they can complete the Family and Friends worksheet.

Differentiation

Support:

Provide students with cutout figures of people that they can color in and glue on their pages instead of drawing.

Enrichment:

Dictate descriptions of the students' families.

Assessment

(5 minutes)

Assess how students are describing the members of their families and distinguishing between family and friends.

Review and closing

(10 minutes)

Display the community pictures around the classroom.
Have students go on a "gallery walk" to check out each other's pictures.

Lesson plan

My Family

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Assessment

Review and closing

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Lesson plan

My Family

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Assessment

Review and closing

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