Family Traditions
Thanksgiving is just one week away and is a time to reflect and appreciate what we have and spend time with our family and friends. It is also a time to honor family traditions; and our lesson plan this week is centered around that idea.Teachnology is again the source of this weeks lesson plan and I hope you will visit their site which features 42,000+ lesson plans, 9,000 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, worksheet makers, web quests, math worksheets, and thousands of other great teacher resources for K-12 teachers.Visit their site to see their complete list of Thanksgiving teaching resources.
Lesson Plan of the Week : Family Traditions
Age Range: Grade 3-5 (Though I think this lesson could apply to students of most grade levels)
Overview and Purpose: Traditions are important part of family life. In this activity, students learn about how one of their family's traditions was started.
Objective: The student will be able to describe one family tradition and how it was started.
Activities:
- Talk with students about traditions and why they are important. Ask them what they think some common traditions for Thanksgiving are.
- Have them talk in small groups about some of their families' Thanksgiving traditions. Give them an opportunity to share one with the whole class.
- For homework, have the students talk with a family member about one of their family's traditions. Have them find out how long it has been going on and how it got started.
- Have them draw a picture showing the tradition and a sentence or two explaining it. The students can share the traditions with the class the next day.
Wrap Up:
- You can extend this activity by having students write two paragraphs about a new tradition they want to start when they grow up. Have them include why they would have the tradition and who would it include.
