| Me & My Family |
| Kentucky Core Content Links SS-E-2.3.1 Various human needs are met through interactions in and among social groups. VS-E-4.2.1 Self knowledge is helpful when selecting and preparing for a career path. PL-E-1.1.2 There are positive ways to express feelings during conflicts at home, school and in the community. |
| Predictable Chart Title: I Like Me! Sentence starter: I can _____. |
| Predictable Chart Title: Family Sentence starter: My family ______. |
| Shared Reading: I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson Day 1 - discuss title, cover, background knowledge read aloud Day 2 - students re-tell during a picture walk choral read (students assist teacher in reading the story) Day 3 - choral read, discuss how the pig feels about herself chart descriptive words about the pig students write "I am ______" Day 4 - discuss character find problems and solutions encountered by the main character |
| Fingerprint Study We looked at various types of fingerprints...arches, whorls and loops. Students traced their handprint and stamped their fingerprints at the tip of each finger. We then discovered if our prints were arches, whorls or loops. |
| All About Me Book Contents >I can write my name >Height and Weight of child >Handprint with fingerprints >family drawing >self portrait |
| Handprint Family Trees |
| After reading Me, Too by Mercer Mayer, we completed this Brother/Sister Venn Diagram. |
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| Students used cut outs to illustrate their family. |
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| Our Kindergarten Family Quilt |
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| After reading and discussing Building A House students discussed what kind of shelter they lived in. We completed this graph and students then drew their home. |
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