Family Time

 

 

Family Time

Lesson One Lesson Two Lesson Three Lesson Four Lesson Five Lesson Six Lesson Seven Lesson Eight Lesson Nine Lesson Ten Lesson Eleven Distance Learning Lesson

South Dakota Kindergarten Standards Met in this Unit 

  KINDERGARTEN ALGEBRA STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      compare collections of objects to determine more, less, and equal.

2.      recognize and create a variety of sets and patterns using symbols.

3.      use informal methods to solve everyday problems.

4.      explore and model possible addition and subtraction combinations for a given number.

KINDERGARTEN GEOMETRY STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      identify and describe geometric objects in the environment and describe their position. (example: such as next to, top, bottom)

2.      explore various geometic patterns.

KINDERGARTEN MEASUREMENT STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      .explore and compare orientation in time. (example: yesterday, today, tomorrow, days, hours, minutes, weeks, months, years, seasons)

2.      order a group of objects by measurable attributes.

3.      compare objects or events using direct comparison according to a given attribute. example: length (longer/shorter), height (taller/shorter), volume (holds more/holds less)

KINDERGARTEN NUMBER SENSE STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      count and group numbers, objects, and simple events.

2.      recognize patterns from counting by number groups, using concrete objects and a calculator. (example: 2s, 5s, 10s)

3.      represent numbers through the use of physical models, word names, and symbols.

4.      identify ordinal positions of objects in a set. (example: 1st, 2nd, 3rd )

5.      use objects to model addition and subtraction.

6.      determine the number of objects in a set when one object is added or subtracted.

7.      demonstrate and describe that a whole is composed of fractional parts using things encountered in daily experiences.

8.      represent problem situations using concrete objects.

9.      estimate answers to problems using comparative words. (example: greater, fewer, more, less)

10.  explain how to solve story and picture problems.

11.  order a set of numbers based on value.

12.  use relationship vocabulary to describe value and magnitude of objects. (example: bigger, smaller, more, less, same, equal)

KINDERGARTEN PATTERNS, RELATIONS, AND FUNCTIONS STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      sort and classify objects according to similar attributes. (example: size, shape, or color)

2.      identify common attributes found in different groupings.

3.      explore effects of change on a pattern.

4.      identify and extend repeating patterns found in common objects, sounds, and movements.

5.      create repeating patterns.

KINDERGARTEN STATISTICS & PROBABILITY STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      .describe ways to sort and/or group given sets of objects or data.

2.      collect and record information using tallies, picture graphs, or other strategies.

3.      describe and compare observable quantities of collected data. (example: the flavor of ice cream most people liked)

KINDERGARTEN NATURE OF SCIENCE STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      observe and ask questions about the world around them. (example: Where does rain come from?)

2.      show an interest in and willingness to investigate unfamiliar objects and events.

3.      use their senses and simple instruments to make observations. (example: magnifying glasses, balance scales)

4.      use non-standard units of measurement to compare objects.

5.      use scientific thinking skills. (example: observing, communicating, and comparing)

KINDERGARTEN PHYSICAL SCIENCE STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      explore objects in terms of physical attributes.

2.      find similarities and differences of various objects.

3.      explore vibration and sound.

KINDERGARTEN LIFE SCIENCE STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      describe the basic needs of living organisms.

2.      recognize similarities and differences in diverse species.

3.      describe changes that are part of common life cycles. (example: seed to flower to fruit to seed)

4.      recognize that offspring of plants and animals are similar, but not identical to their parents or one another. (example: pets and plants)

KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      recognize technology in school, home and community. (example: computer, pencil refrigerator, Velcro, fire truck)

2.      describe ways technology makes life easier for people.

3.      care for the environment around the school. (example: litter, paper)

KINDERGARTEN READING STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      .name all upper and lower case letters and identify the representative sounds.

2.      use pictures, illustrations, and personal knowledge to make and confirm predictions about stories.

3.      connect information found in stories to personal experience.

4.      identify and describe characters, settings, and key events.

5.      identify the role of both the author and illustrator.

6.      retell familiar stories using beginning, middle, and end.

7.      identify patterns of rhyming words. (example: poems, songs)

8.      describe how books, stories, poems reflect things people do.

9.      note similarities and differences in various stories and poems.

10.  identify the characteristics of a variety of simple genres. (example: fairy tales, poems)

11.  identify everyday print materials that provide information. (example: labels, newspapers)

12.  distinguish between "make believe" and "real" in print materials.

13.  1identify the main idea in simple print materials.

14.  identify appropriate sources of information to answer specific questions. (example: weather forecast,calendars)

KINDERGARTEN WRITING STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      write upper and lower case letters as appropriate.

2.      .use pictures and words to tell a story.

3.      retell or restate what has been heard or seen.

4.      write using left to right, top to bottom progression.

5.      create sentences or word representations to explain events.

6.      write notes to classmates and family members.

7.      use the writing process to generate stories about personal experiences. (example: a family trip)

8.      create illustrations which represent information. (example: a personal trip)

KINDERGARTEN LISTENING AND VIEWING STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      follow various one and two step directions.

2.      take turns in conversations and group situations.

3.      use appropriate volume and tone of voice when responding to others.

4.      recognize and respond to non-verbal signals. (example: expressions of excitement, disapproval)

5.      recognize the difference between true and false information.

6.      identify information that can be used on a personal basis. (example: 911, home phone number)

7.      explore what makes various audio or visual presentations appealing. (example: color, sound effects)

8.      use visual organizers to remember everyday information. (example: labels, calendar, helper charts)

9.      ask appropriate questions.

10.  restate what others say to demonstrate recall.

11.  use patterns to recall information. (example: alphabet song)

KINDERGARTEN SPEAKING STANDARDS

THE STUDENT WILL:

1.      retell an experience in logical sequence.

2.      use pictures when telling a story.

3.      participate in choral speaking and recite short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.

4.      use words to describe and name numbers, colors, size, shape, location, people, places, things, and actions.

5.      recognize and use correct grammar when speaking.

6.      follow simple rules for conversations: (example: taking turns, listening)

7.      use complete sentences when speaking.

8.      recognize that body movements and facial expressions represent feelings.

9.      identify ways the speaker can help others see and hear a presentation.

KINDERGARTEN GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      compare and contrast the relative size and location of people, places, and things by identifying here/there, near/far, up/down, left/right, and behind/in front.

2.      use map symbols to recognize land, water, roads, and cities.

KINDERGARTEN CIVICS STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      recognize the important actions required in demonstrating citizenship: respecting roles of members and leaders in a group; sharing

2.      responsibilities in a group; identifying ways to help others; respecting the individual right to express an opinion; and acknowledging

3.      that people think and act differently.

4.      discuss the attributes of a good citizen with emphasis on trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, and caring.

KINDERGARTEN ECONOMICS STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1.      match occupations with simple descriptions of work.

2.      will identify basic economic concepts, including the difference between basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) and wants (luxuries); and the practice of exchanging money for goods.

LESSON ONE

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Families are special in their size and composition.

Materials and Resources

1.        Big book, Just Like Daddy, by Frank Asch

2.       Copies of sentence pattern for each student

3.       Family Power Point and hardware to support it

Objectives:

1.        Identify the names (labels) of people found in a family

2.       Make predictions about a story from the title and pictures.

3.       Notice and repeat a familiar pattern in a story

4.       Recognize and appreciate different kinds of families

Activities:

1.        I will show a Power Point presentation of my family album to show the students one form of family composition.

2.       Display big book Just Like Daddy and read title.  Have the students predict what the story will be about.

3.       Read the book.  Ask open-ended questions afterward (How is Little Bears family like yours?)

4.       The students will then get into groups and tell about something they have done with their families. They can talk about the different members of immediate and extended family.

5.       As a whole group we will mimic actions that fellow students act out.

6.       The students will complete the sentence pattern from the story: “I can ___________ just like ______________, filling in the action and another student’s name.  These will be compiled into a class book and placed in our classroom library.

 

Assessment:

1.        Observation of student participation in class discussion.

2.       The product for the class book will show if they understood the concept of the repeated pattern in the story and the actions that took place.

 

 

 

LESSON TWO

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

People who make up a family

Materials & Resources: 

Art materials (clay, paper, yarn, sticks, sacks, etc)

Paper for family pictures for graph

Objectives:

1.        The students will be aware of different kinds of families (i.e. members who make up a family).

2.       Students will understand there is no “one” right kind of family.

 

Activities:

1.        Web the word “family”.  The students will say words that they think of when I say “family”.  These will be charted for the students.

2.       Each student will be given a piece of paper to draw a picture of his/her family on, using a different color for boys and girls.  The pictures will be compiled into a class graph.  We will make and write general statements about the graph (The largest number of people in a family is 5).

3.       The students will create a display of their choice of their family.  (i.e. with paper, clay, sticks, sacks, etc.)

4.       Each student will present his/her display to the class and then the display will be placed in a center so students can explore more independently during free time.

 

Assessment: 

1.        Observation of student interaction during webbing, predicting and open questions.

2.       The product the student produces will show me if they understood how to represent their family.

3.       After the presentations we might use some of the design team techniques to evaluate each other’s presentations.

 

LESSON THREE

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Comparing and contrasting fairy tales to our own families.

Identify every-day sounds.

Materials and Resources: 

Chart paper

Tape recording of every-day sounds

Objectives:

1.        Identify fairy tales have the family make-up with in it.

2.       Compare and conclude how fairy tales are like and unlike our families.

3.       Analyze everyday sounds that we hear each day.

Activities:

1.        The students will be divide into groups.  Each group will be given the challenge to act out a fairy tale that has family members in it.  The rest of the class guesses what they are acting out. (If it is too difficult for them to come up with these on their own I will give them ideas)

2.       We will list the fairy tales the groups acted out and draw picture representations of the members of the families.  We will graph these families as we did our own.

3.       We will make comparisons of the fairy tale families to our own.  We will also talk about some of the other members in the fairy tale families that might not be in some of ours. (i.e. grandma in Little Red Riding Hood)

4.       We will play “Name that Sound” where I will play a tape recording of different sounds.  The kids try  and identify the sounds being made.

5.       The student will be given the chance to make a secret sound and have the rest of the class guess what it is.

Assessment:

1.        Observation again will be the main form of assessment.

2.       During a free play time I will play the tape recording to individual students that I observed having trouble to reinforce this concept.

 

LESSON FOUR

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Family members share household jobs, follow rules, help each other, and enjoy spending time together.

Materials and Resources:

Read-Aloud Anthology (mother/father poems)

Just Like Daddy big book

Computer w/ internet and e-mail

Word cards & sentences

Pocket chart

Theme book pages 3 & 4

Objectives:

1.        Identify feelings associated with families

2.       Recognize that family members work together

3.       Recognize that families have rules.

4.       Recognize that families have fun and share special times

5.       Recognize that families solve problems

6.       Match words that are the same

7.       Identify characters in a story.

Activities:

1.        I will read the poems, “My Mother” and “My Father” from Read-Aloud Anthology.  As a group we will name the descriptive words that describe mother and father.

2.       Review Just Like Daddy. We will name the characters in the story and then discuss the different feelings Little Bear and father show through out.

3.       We will visit Frank Asch’s web site.  We will then compose and e-mail a letter to Frank Asch about our feeling about the story.

4.       Discuss things families do together and how they get along together.  I will have cards with words that go to sentences that state things families do together.  As we read each sentence the students will come up with their word that matches the ones in my sentence.  There is a Theme Book page that goes with this that they will do (p 3 &4).

5.       I will have groups of students act out the sentences of the different things families do together.

Assessment:

1.        Observation of participation and of ability to match their word to the correct one in the sentence.

2.       Theme book page

 

LESSON FIVE

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Family members share household jobs, follow rules, help each other and enjoy spending time together.

Materials and Resources:

social studies big book

theme book page 5.

Just Like Daddy

Objectives:

1.        Review that family members work together.

2.       Review that families have rules.

3.       Review that families have fun and share special times.

4.       Review that families solve problems.

5.       Identify environmental print.

6.       Identify and print Dd

Activities:

1.        We will review what we had learned about the things families share and do together.  We will also talk about how our families keep us safe.

2.       I will display the social studies big book with the pictures of different signs we see every day.  We will discuss how families help keep us safe and connect that with these signs.  We will discuss what the signs are saying.

3.       The kids will be divided into groups and I will give them different situations where they might come across a sign and they need to present it to the class.  The class decides what the group should do.

Situations:

1.        Little Bear is looking under the sink for a bar of soap when he comes across a can that says POISON

2.       The Bear family sees some utility poles with big boxes nearby, and each box has a sign that says DANGER.

3.       The Bear family walks to the corner and sees a STOP sign.

4.       When the Bear family gets to the fishing place, they see a NO SWIMMING sign.

5.       We will sing the song “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” to demonstrate different thing we can do to help out around the house.

6.       The students will identify all of the letter d’s on the cover of Just Like Daddy. I will review how we form both the capital and the lower case letter.  The students will mimic forming this letter with their finger in the air, on their table, on the carpet, on their neighbors back and then with their pencil on the paper.  We will describe how we are forming the letter as we do it.

7.       The students will complete theme book page 5.

Assessment:

1.        Ability to role play situations and identify the words shown on the signs.

2.       Ability to form the letter d on their own.

3.       Theme book page 5.

   

LESSON SIX

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Families provide for our needs and wants.

Materials and Resources:

Dinorilla.

Dinosaurs ABC Book

Theme book page 6.big book

A Chair for my Mother

Old magazines and paper to glue them on

Objectives:

1.        Identify food, clothing, shelter and love as the four basic needs of families.

2.       Understand that families make and buy some of their needs.

3.       Recognize that wants are not necessary for people to live

4.       Distinguish between needs and wants.

5.       Recognize the relationship between letters and sounds for the letter D.

Activities:

1.        I will read the story, Dinorilla.  We will make a class list of all of the /d/ words we heard with pictures.  We will look at the D page in Dinosaurs ABC Book  and add to our list.  The students will complete Theme book page 6.

2.       We will web the words “needs” and “wants”.  With the word “needs “  I will direct the kids to come up with the four basics, food, clothing, shelter and love.  We will discuss the difference between the two.

3.       I will read the big book, A Chair for my Mother.  Discuss how this story shows needs and wants.  We will also discuss earning and saving money to buy needs and wants.

4.       The students will be given old magazines and will cut pictures out of needs and wants and glue them onto a piece of paper.  These will be put in a display for the kids to compare their needs and wants with the other students.

 

Special Note: During computers we will be working on our D page for our computer alphabet books.  The students will be using the “Kid-Pix” program to do this.

Assessment:

1.        Ability to identify and say the sound of d.

2.       Product of theme book page 6

3.       Observation of participation in webbing.

4.       Product of wants and needs.

 

LESSON SEVEN

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Families live in many kinds of homes in neighbor hoods.

Materials and Resources:

Different pictures of homes

Poem “Homes”

Magazines

Construction paper & other art media

House pattern

Counters

Objectives:

1.        Recognize that families live in many kinds of homes.

2.       Recognize the reasons that families live in homes.

3.       Identify that a neighborhood is a place where families live.

4.       Recognize that homes have addresses.

5.       Represent different combinations for different numbers.

Activities:

1.        I will read the poem “Homes” to the class and have it displayed with different pictures of homes.  We will discuss why both people and animals need homes.

2.       I will put the pictures of the different homes on the floor in a line.  The students will line-up behind their type of home and we will make a human graph of this.

3.       We will brainstorm a list of rooms found in our homes.  From that list the students will be divided into groups and each group will be assigned a room to make a display for.  They can draw their own or use magazines to cut pictures from.  We will put the rooms together to make a house. ( *NOTE: this will be done in learning centers)

4.       Each student will use construction paper and other art media to create an example of his/her home.  When the homes are complete, I will write each child’s address on his/her home.  We will discuss the different kinds of address (St, Ave., RR, etc).  These homes with then go on a bulletin board display and will be used to help the students learn his/her own address.  The display will also demonstrate a neighborhood to the class.

5.       Each student will be given a copy of a house pattern and will draw a line through the middle to create an upstairs and down stairs.  Each student will be given counters to represent family members.  I will start out telling number stories and the students represent the stories with their counters.  They will then work with a partner and tell each other stories with their house and counters.

Assessment:

1.        Rubric to keep track of learning address progress (see attached)

2.       Participation in discussions

3.       Product of their own house.

4.       Observation of them demonstrating number problems and working with partner.


Rating: sticker = accomplished  I = improving    DK = doesn’t know

Skills Check List for ________________________________

 

Skill
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Rating

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Tie shoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knows Birthday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knows Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knows Phone #

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

LESSON EIGHT

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Comparing family groups and feelings we have within different groups.

Materials and Resources:

One of Three

Just Like Daddy

Paper

Pattern of 1/2 person

Construction paper

Objectives:

1.        Apply knowledge of numbers to personal information.

2.       Acknowledge feelings associated with family members

3.       Demonstrate left to right tracking.

4.       Find likeness’ among different groups

Activities:

1.        I will say a number and the students will stand if they have that number of people in their family.

2.       I will display the book, One of Three;  we will make predictions of what we think the story is about.  I will read the story and ask open-ended questions after the story.  As we go through the story I will have the kids help me remember where I need to start reading.  As I read, I will track from left to right.

3.       I will also ask questions about the different feelings of the characters in the story using the sentence pattern of… “Where in the story did someone feel….

4.       I will have individual students come up and do the left to right tracking for the story, Just Like Daddy.

5.       We will discuss how different groups that we are part of can be like a family.  Students will make family circles of a group they are part of using the pattern given to each student.

Assessment:

1.        Observation of the students standing for the correct number according to his/her picture in the graph.

2.       Observation of each student tracking left to right.  This would be something I would record in my grade book.

3.       Product of what they chose to be their family group.

 

LESSON NINE

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Families consist of more that just immediate family.

Materials and Resources:

name necklaces

“Where is Grandpa?” song

clay, toothpicks, straws, pencils, string, etc

complete Theme book page 8.

Objectives:

1.        Recognize the labels of extended family members.

2.       Ordering from big to small

3.       Identify and print Mm

Activities:

1.        I will divide the students into groups.  Each group will come up with a list of family members (immediate and extended).

2.       Each group will share their list and I will make name necklaces with the family names for each student, there will be more than one of each.

3.       We will sing “Where is Grandpa?” to the tune of Frere Jacques while standing in a circle.  As each family member is named the students with that necklace step into the middle of the circle.

4.       The students will get into groups by their necklaces.  They need to arrange themselves from biggest to smallest.  Then they will have to find a new person from each of the other groups and repeat activity.

5.       I will print various letters on the board including the letter M. The students will have a chance to circle the letter M.  I will give students different materials that they will form the letter M with. (clay, toothpicks, straws, pencils, string, etc)

6.       The students will complete Theme book page 8.

Assessment:

1.        The list they compiled as a group.

2.        Observation of them getting into big to small order.

3.        Their sample letter M’s

4.        Theme book page 8

 

LESSON TEN

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Families have many different experiences.

Materials and Resources:

story Koala Lou

song, “The People in a Family”

Paper for stories

poem “Hippity Hop to the Barber Shop”

Computer lab

“Claris Works for Kids” program

Objectives:

Review different kinds of families

Respond to a story by writing about personal experiences

Identify rhyming words

Activities:

1.        Review types of families by listening to the song, “The People in a Family”.  The students will stand together to represent each family group.

2.       I will read the story Koala Lou.   The students will make predictions before and reflect after.

3.       We will make connections from the story to the same type of things that happen in our own families.  We will make a list of some of the experiences that were talked about.

4.       The students will use the list to write a family story of their own.  They will have the option to share their stories with the group.

5.       We will go over the poem “Hippity Hop to the Barber Shop” and discuss the different rhyming words.  We will play “Rhyme Time”.  Children take turns giving other words that rhyme with the first word until they can think of no others.  We will practice creating more rhyming phrases using the same wording from the poem only substituting new words with family member’s names.

6.       In computers the students will work in teams of two with the “Claris Works for Kids” program.  The teams will be given the endings to words to try and come up with a list of rhyming words (i.e. _at, _og, _up, _ad, etc).  We will print out the lists and share them with the whole class.

Assessment:

1.        Observation of students participation in class discussion.

2.       Observation of the student’s ability to identify different kinds of family make-ups.

3.       Product of their family story. (keep for conferences)

4.       Observation of their ability to rhyme.

5.       Product of the partner rhyming word lists.

 

LESSON ELEVEN

 

Subject Matter Emphasis:

Reviewing the Family Unit.

Materials and Resources:

Theme book pages 11 & 12

Copies of different activities throughout unit

Objectives:

1.        Review the family topics learned throughout this unit.

2.       Apply family concept knowledge

Activities:

1.        The students will use Theme book pages 11 & 12 to fill in their family facts.

Assessment:

Completed Family Fact Book (theme book 11 & 12)

DISTANCE LEARNING LESSON 

Total Time: This will be done in 30 minute blocks of time until all of the students have had the opportunity to share with someone.

Goal:

The goal of this lesson is to show my students the similarities and differences of families no matter where they are from.

Materials and Resources:

Net-meeting loaded onto a computer

Computer camera

Other student contact made and set-up

Printer

Objectives (Standards):

1.      Count and group numbers, objects, and simple events.

2.    Represent numbers through the use of physical models, word names, and symbols.

3.    Describe ways to sort and/or group given sets of objects or data.

4.    Collect and record information using tallies, picture graphs, or other strategies.

5.    Describe and compare observable quantities of collected data. (Example: the flavor of ice cream most people liked)

Pre-Requisites:

The students will have already done activities in our class discussing their family and comparing with the class.

Activities:

1.      The students will be given a sheet of paper to draw out a picture of his/her family, a meal that they eat together and something their family does together. 

2.    I will have a net-meeting set-up with a class from a different part of the country.  Each student will have the chance to meet with another student from the remote site.  They will use the whiteboard to draw their pictures on of their family, food and activity.  Their partner will also draw the same things on the other half of the whiteboard.

3.    A hard copy will be made of the pictures drawn.

Assessment:

 The students will present what they learned from their net-meeting friend and conclude how their families were alike and how they were different.

They will also have the picture that they and their net-meeting friend created together.

 

 Technology Integration


Below is a list of ways that I plan on integrating technology throughout this unit.  Some of these can be found within the lessons.  The ones that are not in the lessons are general things that weren’t done at that lesson time but would still be integrated into the classroom.

 

:   Make letter pages for a computer alphabet book on the “Kid-Pix” program

:   Visit the web sites of the authors for the stories we will be reading

:   E-mail some of the authors about what we are learning with his/her story.

:   Use PowerPoint presentation to show my family album.

:   Type up the poems and saying we have used throughout the unit using the Simple Text program.  This will enable my kindergartners to hear the poems over again.

WEB SITES
 

 

Frank Asch’ s Web Site      http://frankasch.com

Mem Fox’s Web Site          http://www.memfox.net

  Art Projects

The following are some art projects that can be implemented with this theme.

 

Button Family Trees – The students will make their own family tree using paper, glue brown markers, and a variety of buttons.  They will draw a simple tree on their papers, then glue on a button for each family member, including themselves.  When the glue dries, we will label each button with the name of a family member.  These will be displayed on the bulletin board along side their house that they made.

                                                          “Lollipops”, Issue 95, 1999

                                                                   Good Apple

Helping Handprints – Each child will get a piece of white construction paper and flat containers of different color tempera paint.  They will make a left and a right handprint onto the construction paper using different color paints for each palm.  When the paint is dry, they will cut out the handprint and glue them onto a large sheet of colored construction paper.  Below each handprint I will write the sentence the child dictates about jobs they can do to help out at home.

Hugging Cards – Children will fold a 15 1/2” x 6” piece of paper in half to find the middle.  They will then trace a 6” circle onto a flesh colored piece of paper and cut out.  They will glue this circle to the center of the strip of paper.  I will explain that this is their head and arms.  Now the kids will trace and cut out their hands on flesh colored paper.  They will glue their hands to the end of the arms.  They will decorate the face to look like themselves and the arms to look like a shirt.  I will demonstrate how to fold the arms so the fingers overlap slightly to make a hug.

                                                          Both of the above are from:

                                         Here I Am Kindergarten SS

                                                          McGraw-Hill School Division

 

Bibliography

The following is a list of resources that I used for this unit.

Cecchini, Marie E., “My Family, Myself,” Lollipops, Issue 95, 1999, pp 26-29.

Williams, Vera B., A Chair for My Mother

Asch, Frank, Just Like Daddy

Johnson, Angela, One of Three

Fox, Mem, Koala Lou

Teacher’s manual, The Treasure Tree, HBJ, Inc., 1993, pp T128-T190.

Teacher’s manual, Here I Am, Adventures in Time and Place, McGraw Hill School Division, 1999, pp 40-79.

 

 

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