LESSON PLAN

Date:  Nov. 12th, 2002                                                                         Title of the Lesson:  Family Trees

Curriculum Area: Social Studies; Visual Arts; Writing                                  Unit of Study:  Family Trees

Background Information:

Students have a site recognition of common family nouns (mother, father, sister, brother, uncle, aunt)

Some trouble with the grand-nouns

Students have been studying different types of celebrations

Groupings:

Whole group instruction

Individual seat work

Learning Expectations:

Visual Arts: O1-produce two- and three-dimensional works of art that communicate ideas for specific purposes and to familiar audiences; S9-produce two- and three-dimensional works of art that communicate their feelings on familiar topics

Social Studies: O2-describe family history and traditions as they relate to being Canadian; S2-demonstrate an understanding that traditions are passed down from parents and grandparents

Language: O7- use and spell correctly the vocabulary appropriate for this grade; S9-correctly spell words identified by the teacher

 

Assessment:

     Observation                                      Learning Log/Journal

     Presentation Performance                Self-Assessment

     Anecdotal Notes                               Peer-assessment

     Work Samples - X                             Rubric

     Interview/Conference                       Test

     Checklist

Lesson:

Review: -set up a family tree like structure on the board; ask the children family

              member names, and the spelling for these

             -take a poll of the number of family members for each student in the class

Purpose: -to teach students the “grand” pronoun

               -to have students consider where their names come from

               -to introduce the idea of a family tree

Body of Lesson:

1-ask who is your mother’s/father’s mother/father; “do you know what you call these people? How can you spell this? Point out that you just add the word grand to mother and father

   -add these people to the list of family names, and take a poll of the number of family members for each student in the class;

   -for fun, add up the totals of all of the family members in the class

2-ask students where they got their names; what other traditions and ideas are passed down from generation to generation?

3-introduce how a family tree structure shows you the relationships both witin and between a generation

4-tell students that they will make their very own family trees today, but ones with more pizzazz:

·         hand out circle sheets for each family member, and have students write the family nouns on one side, and draw their face on the other

·         hand out soft paper (30 by 45), and instruct students to roll it up, then tape it closed together

·         about 10cm from one end, cut three strips in the rolled up paper

·         pull the strips down, and then from the center, pull outwards and a tree-like structure should be formed

·         have students paste the pictures of their family members’ onto the branches     

 

Materials/Resources:

 

 

-30 (30 by 45cm) soft paper sheets (a few extra for mistakes)

-templates of circles already cut out (about 200)

-scissors

-clear tape

-crayons or markers for coloring

Bloom's Taxonomy:

  Knowledge - X

  Understanding -X

  Application - X

  Analysis

  Synthesis

  Evaluation

 

Instructional Methods:

Cooperative Learning

Lecture (Direct) - X

Brainstorming

Role Playing

Guest Speakers

Videos/Slides

Discussion (Interactive) - X

Independent Study

Experiential

 

Modifications:  Input___                                        Output___                                     Alternate Curriculum___

Size___             Difficulty___                                   Level of Support___

Time___            Participation___                             Alternate Expectations___

Personal Notes/Reminders/Homework/Other Considerations:

 

-make sure that the students write all of the family members’ names first, before going on to drawing their faces

-after about 10 minutes on this, have all students stop (regardless of being finished or not) and as a class, make the family tree together

 

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