Social+Cultural+and+Historical



=Viewing=
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * pictures of family and other cultures
 * pictures of types of homes
 * class, job charts, home/school
 * video "Bully Dance"
 * WDM - Christmas Theme

=Listening=
 * song "Hello, Hello" (Hi! - in different languages)
 * Recess Queen
 * //Enemy Pie// (storyline online - web)
 * //Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now?// (Seuss)
 * //Arthur's Baby Sister//
 * //Donald Crews -// all (transportation)

=Reading=
 * literature from other cultures and special needs
 * //Free to Be You and Me//
 * //George and Martha//
 * //Frog and Toad//
 * //The Block Party//
 * //The Family Book// (Todd Parr)
 * //Rookie Read About Holidays// (Scholastic)
 * family structure
 * Madonna & Bill Cosby

=Representing=
 * graph how you get to school, family size, type of homes
 * acting out //George & Martha// stories
 * design "imagination" transportation
 * family tree
 * glyphs - All About Me / Family (Scholastic)
 * respect looks like / sounds like / feels like - dramatization

=Speaking=
 * show and share - family pictures, family celebrations
 * career day - tell about a job in your family
 * what are some of your jobs/roles? (classroom / home)
 * respond to "Bully Dance"
 * tell the person beside you how you celebrate birthdays at your house
 * in my family __...__
 * Brainstorm things to do with our friends

=Writing=


 * Names of family members (xmas gift tags)
 * __I can help by__ ___.__
 * __I am responsible when__.
 * Christmas at the _.
 * "My Family" book
 * On my birthday
 * I like to _ with my friend.
 * Respect looks like / does not look like.

=Curriculum Connections=

Health - feelings and behaviours for healthy relationships