Familes+and+Homes

=**Families and Homes**=

Viewing
The Family Book by Todd Parr All About Families video on Discovery Education Compare this photo and this photo My Family written and illustrated by Penny Condon (Join a Metis family gathering) Just Me and My Dad (video on Mercer Mayer site)

Listening
The Family Book by Todd Parr- personal connections The Berenstain Bears are a Family by Stan and Jan Berenstain - rhymes Mama Do You Love Me by Barbara M. Joosse (Inuit) Animal Families DK Publishing Families by Debbie Bailey Stellaluna on Storyline Online

Reading
A Week with Grandpa on Raz Kids (read aloud) My Little Sister (Collections, Time to Play) Cherry Pie (Collections, I'm Busy) Family poems on Can Teach

Representing
Graph of how many people are in your family Graph of how many people have brothers and sister, how many have only sisters, how many have only brothers and how many have neither Draw a picture of who lives in your house Pretend you are someone in your family. Show what that person does.

Speaking
Sharing - Bring an item that reminds you of something that your family did together and describe what happened Tell your elbow buddy what your family did at Christmas, or how you celebrate your birthday and then your elbow buddy will tell the class Make up a guessing game to ask questions to guess which family member is represented.

Writing
Make a list of people in your family Write about something your family did together. My family likes to ... I can ... with my family. My family celebrates ... Make an imaginary story about your family. I help my family by ...

Integrated Resources
Treaty Kit