Smith and Bunnell: Kindergarten Unit

Lindsey Sievert
Theme: Family – Kindergarten
Title: Winona Family
Materials:
- Pictures/family Tree of Bunnell Family
o Picture of John, Louise, Frances, Minnie, and Irene
- Documentation of Family Group Record
- Poster Board
- Markers

Goals: Students will recognize differences and similarities between families.

Objectives: Students will journal either one difference or one similarity between the Smith Family and the Bunnell Family.

Procedure:
- Introduction (5 minutes)

Sing “We are Family” song by Jack Hartmann. It is a call/response song.

We’re big – We're big

We're small – We're small

We’re young – We're young

And we're old – We're old

We’re all different people living together with love.
We laugh – We laugh

We play – We play

We learn – We learn

Everyday – Everyday

We’re all different people living together with love. Together with love.
And we – We

Are –Are

a – a

Family – Family

Living – Living

Together – Together

Together – Together
Chorus:We are a family – family

Wherever We may go

We are a family – family

I can feel our love – grow

I can feel love grow
We hug – We hug

We care – We care

We help – We help

and we share – We share

We’re all different people living together with love. Together with love
We sing – We sing

We hope – We hope

We dream – We dream

and we grow – We grow

We’re all different people living together with love. Together with love.

And we – We

are – are

a – a

Family – Family

Living – living
Working – Working

Together – Together

Together – Together
Chorus:We are a family – Family

Wherever we may go

We are a family – Family

I can feel our love – Grow

I can feel love Grow

Go here to hear a sound clip of the song. http://www.songsforteaching.com/jackhartmann/weareafamily.htm
- Developmental Experience-
Review the family information from the Smith family poster. (10 minutes)
1st family in Winona
Settled Winona
Wife, Mary Ann Langworthy
Two sons, one daughter
Successful in steamboat business
Traveled from New York, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota.

Using one half of the poster board, write the thoughts above on the poster board.
Discuss the Bunnell Family (10)
Pictures of the children (8 children)
Pictures of home
Occupation
Original homestead (Homer, NY)
Early settlers in Winona

Dismiss children to grab their journals and go to their seats (3 minutes) Children will journal either one difference or one similarity between the Bunnell and Smith Families. Walk around and encourage children in their drawings and writing. (15 minutes)

- Culminating Experience:
As children finish up with their journals walk around and to each table and ask what they found that was the same or different between the two families ex. Number of children, brothers, sisters, address, occupations…) (5 minutes)

Assessment:
- Students will be assessed informally based on their answers to the review of the Smith Family and the information in their journals.

Family and Winona: Kindergarten Unit

Theme: Family-Kindergarten Lindsey Sievert
Title: First Family in Winona

Materials:
Poster Board of first family in Winona (made ahead of time)
Newspaper articles about first family, The Smith’s, 1854.
Student's family posters made earlier in the week

Goals: Students will recognize the differences and similarities between families now and then.

Objective: Students will create a Venn diagram comparing the first families in Winona and their family.

Procedures:

Introduction:
Gather student in a circle area. Once settled share the family poster on the first family to settle in Winona, The Smiths in 1854. Read the names of each picture and how they fit into the family. Then read excerpts from the newspaper clippings that were previously put together. (5 minutes)
Discuss the points that are highlighted on the newspaper article and find similarities between this family and other families in the classroom. (5 minutes)
Ex. First family settling in Winona can be compared to a new student moving into town, Winona's first family had a mom who stayed at home and other children may have a mom who stays at home or that may work.

Developmental Experience:
After the poster is shared display it on the outside of the circle along with the student's posters that they have created earlier last week.
Allow the student’s time to walk around the circle looking at all the posters and the pictures on them. Encourage the students to look for things that are similar and things that are different between the classroom families and the Smith family. (Number of children, occupation of parents, where they live) (10 minutes)
Once students have observed the poster have them pick up their own poster and put it on their table spot. Then gather them back in the circle area. (3 minutes)
Draw a Venn diagram on the board and explain what each part of the circle represents. Ask students what they noticed were the same between the Smith family and their family. Place the answers the students provide in the appropriate part of the diagram. (8 minutes)
Then ask the differences that the students noticed. Ask questions about their clothes, work, number of children, age, etc. Place these answers in the appropriate place in the diagram. (8 minutes)

Culminating Experience:
· When the diagram is filled in review what the students had said to fill in the circles. Ask the students to use the diagram to answer questions about the Smith family and the classroom’s families, similarities and differences. Display the Venn diagram on the bulletin board along with the poster of the Smith family. (5 minutes)


Assessment:
· Students will be assessed informally by the responses they provide for the Venn diagram and the response they provided when they review the diagram.