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Classroom Lesson Plan: Family Celebrations (Families)

Teacher: Zachary D Crothers


Grade Level: Third
Topic: Family Celebrations
State Standards:
MLS Writing 2.A Grade 3 Informative/Explanatory Compose well-developed writing
texts for audience and purpose. Write informative/explanatory texts that:
a. introduce a topic or text being studied
b. develop the topic with simple facts, definitions, details, and explanations
c. use specific, relevant words that are related to the topic, audience, and purpose
Lesson EQs:

What are some special celebrations our families take part in? What do we do during these
celebrations? Why do we celebrate them? Where did this celebration come from? How do
families celebrate differently?

Materials:
Writer's workshop notebooks
Families by Ann Morris
Chart paper
Pencils, crayons, markers, etc.

Goals/Objectives:

1. Students will be able to describe and represent a family celebration through drawings and
words.

2. Students will be able recognize that all families celebrate different things and in different
ways.

3. Students will be able to appreciate and gain information about classmate's celebrations.

Lesson Context:

This is the last lesson in the unit on family. In this lesson, the students will write and draw to
describe a celebration their family participates in. The students will share their celebrations in
different ways: by reading their writing, bringing in pictures, bringing in food, bringing in family
members, or bringing in artifacts from the celebration.

Lesson Opening:

Read Families aloud again to the students. Discuss what we learned from this book the first time
we read it. Turn to the page that says "All families like to celebrate special days together!" Have
someone read it out loud.

Lesson Procedure:

1. Discuss with the students what they think that page means. Validate their answers by telling
them that even though all families are different, we all like to celebrate special days together. Do
you think that every family celebrates all the same special days in the exact same way? The
students should answer no. Tell them that there are many different celebrations and many
different ways to celebrate. The way we celebrate with our family makes each one of our
families special.

2. Ask students to brainstorm different celebrations families might celebrate (birthdays, holidays,
graduation, etc.). Record these ideas on chart paper.

3. After this, discuss ways families celebrate (parties, presents, cakes, stories, dancing, eating,
lights, etc.). Record these ideas on chart paper.

4. Have students think pair share about the special celebrations their families
celebrate. Encourage the students to think of celebrations that maybe not everyone in our class
celebrates. We want our class to learn about all different kinds of celebrations. Share with their
partner their celebrations and what do they do? With who? How? When?

5. Tell students when they have finished sharing, to go get their writer's workshop notebooks
and start a new story about a celebration their family participates in. Now, this can be something
that happened one time or you can talk about a family tradition which is something that your
family does every year or more than once.

6. Walk around the room to observe their ideas and progress.

Closing:

The students will have ample time to work on their writing of their celebrations. Tell students
that next week we will each get a special day to share our writing with the class. Also, tell them
that I sent a letter home to your families talking about ways you can show how you celebrate. I
will talk to the families about what they would like to do, if anything, for the day their child
presents and base the presentations off of then.
Assessment:

Informal assessment: I will informally assess the students by walking around the room and
helping them during writer's workshop. I will help them develop ideas and details about their
celebrations.

Formal assessment: I will formally assess the students by looking at their final writer's workshop
story. I will look for a celebration and ways in which the family celebrates.

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