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The Relatives Came Family Read-Along
Third graders brainstorm on what they believe they do on their summer vacation. They explore how family and relatives are important in their lives. They read along with their teacher a book about relatives.
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Family Structures
Young scholars organize information about their family into a family record. For this research lesson, students collect information about their families and organize it chronologically.
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Family Traits
Students investigate the study of pedigree designs and human genetics. They construct the pedigree representing two, three, or four generations. They investigate their family members' traits for ear lobe attachment, tongue rolling,...
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Managing Multiple Roles
Students identify the roles balanced in family and career activities. In this family and career balance instructional activity, students identify the roles each family member has and discuss problems problems they see in their own...
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Family - Mish-pa-cha
Students review and practice Hebrew vocabulary for family members, listen to and sing the "Mishpacha Song" as a class, create vocabulary flash cards for each family member, and introduce family members in Hebrew while incorporating...
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My Family and Me
Students discuss the family unit and compare it to an ant colony. In this family lesson, students draw their family and extended family and talk about their jobs and family roles. They compare this to an ant colony and observe the...
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Family Responsibilities
First graders discuss the possible jobs each family member may do in the home. They view picture cards of each task and decide which family members would best perform the given task. They learn a song about family tasks and complete a...
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Elementary Spanish: Family
Learners explore the Spanish words for family members. They identify family members in Spanish and say the words for where people live. Students explore how say where people are from and they describe a family member in a poem.
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The African-American Family in Crisis
Students create a definition for family that is applicable to the African American. The make a collage made up of family pictures and present it to the class giving a brief explanation of the family members present in the collage....
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The Family: Louisiana Family Folklore
Students develop family folklore portfolios, , such as collecting family expressions, foods, or songs. They view themselves and family members as important tradition bearers, and families will deepen their understanding of the...
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Family Traditions and Special Times
Second graders recognize that families have a history through discussions with their own family members, identify traditions and how they vary in different families, and create entries in class book about traditions in their families.
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Family: labels
In this family members worksheet, learners pick the correct name for the family members, fill in missing letters, and write family member names. Students complete 3 activities total.
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My Family
In this ESL family worksheet, students will focus on basic vocabulary development of family members. Students will complete 8 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology and...
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Family Diversification
In this Family Diversification instructional activity, students answer questions about theories of family roles and functions in society.
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Vocabulary: Family Relationships
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students fill in a graphic organizer with 7 words that name male and female family members.
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Decker Family Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 20 words in a word bank. All are names of family members in English or Spanish. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. The meaning of the title is unclear.
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Depicting Motherhood in Family Stories
Students examine the roles of mothers and grandmothers by looking at black-and-white photographs of one American family and comparing that family's multi-generational story with their own. In this mothers and grandmothers lesson plan,...
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I Have to Change!? The Role of the Adolescent in the Family
Sixth graders examine the changes occuring during adolescents using children's literature. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the various roles they play in their family. In groups, they use excerpts of plays from Shakespeare to...
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Language Arts: What Is a Family?
Students discuss the attributes of a successful family after listening to the poem,"What Is a Family?" After sharing information about their own families, students work in groups to act out scenes from books that were previously read...
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Historic Flight of the Wright Family
Students write a persuasive letter. In this persuasive writing lesson, students view a video of the first flight and read The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer. Students discuss societal roles of women.
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ESL Vocabulary and Writing: Family
In these English Language vocabulary and writing worksheets, students use the pictures to help identify the family words and then write a sentence for each word.
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Making a Family Tree
Students, in groups, produce a family tree using computers to facilitate research and presentation. They plan, discuss and evaluate different technologies used in this assignment.
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Family History
Students research information about their family history, record the information and create some sort of family tree. Then they present it orally to the class.
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Family Tree
First graders read with teacher several books about families and their relationships such as ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES. They take a family tree template home to fill out with their families and design and draw their own family tree on paper...