Lesson Plan
My Family: Writing Practice
Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to describe what they already know about families by sharing relevant details and facts about their own families.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- The day before your lesson, instruct your students to bring pictures from home that they can paste into a book that they will make.
- Explain to your students that they are going to be discussing families.
- Discuss with your students what family means to them. Potential discussion questions include:
- "How do families work together?"
- "Who is a part of a family, what are some things family members do for each other?"
- "What events do they share with each other?"
- "What are some places they go together?"
- "How are families the same and how are they different?"
- "What do families around the world look like?"
- "How do you feel about your family?"
- List on the board some details students share.