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.