All about my family's lesson plan

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Newark Preschool Council
Center: Sharpe James
Teacher: Liliana Gallego
Date: August 9, 2010
Lesson Plan Title: “All About My Family” Multicultural Digital Story (Family’s project).
Concept / Topic To Teach:
Where is my family from?
What are my family traditions?
Level: Preschool
Standards Addressed:
Standard 6.1: Children identify unique characteristics of themselves, their families, and
others.
6.1.1Describe characteristics of oneself, one’s family, and others
6.1.2Demonstrate an understanding of family roles and traditions.
6.4.1.Learn about and respect other cultures within the classroom and community.
Standard 7.1: Children know that people use different languages (including sign language)
to communicate, and will express simple greetings, words, and phrases in a language other
than their own.
7.1.1Acknowledge that a language other than their own is being spoken or used (e.g., in a
story, rhyme, or song).
7.1.2Say simple greetings, words, and phrases in a language other than their own.
7.1.3Comprehend previously learned simple vocabulary in a language other than their own.

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Standard 8.3: Begin to use electronic devices to communicate.
8.3.1.Use electronic devices (e.g., computer) to type name and to create stories with
pictures and letters/words.
General Goal(s): Children will be able to name two out of three aspects of their own
family by creating “All About My Family” Digital Story with their family.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Synthesis.
Specific Objectives:
Children will be able to explain the favorite activity of their family by drawing a
picture.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension.
Children will be able to select their favorite food by working with plastic food at
Dramatic Play area.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Evaluation.
Children will be able to recognize the flag of their family’s country by looking the
picture, or the really flag.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge.
Children will be able to demonstrate knowledge of their home language by singing a
song, reading a book, or reciting a poem.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Application.
Children will be able to negotiate with partners and teacher by exploring and
celebrating similarities and differences among children, lifestyles, and cultures.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analysis.
Required Materials: Computer with a microphone and camera, video editing program
(imovie, photoshow, etc.), internet connection, family’s pictures.

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Step-By-Step Procedures:
1. The parents and child can start by answering the following questions,
a)Where is my family from?
b)What language we speak at home?
c)What is my family’s favorite food?
d)How we celebrate the holidays?
e)What is the child’s favorite book?
f)What is the child’s favorite game?
2. Parents must show the flag of your county to the children to encourage them to identify
the flag’s colors.
3. Find some family’s pictures, and talk about relationships, clothes, time, and places
looking at the pictures.
4. Choose a book in your home language and read together.
5. The family can play a traditional game of your country.
6. Listen to the music in your own language.
7. Choose a song in your home languages and sing together.
8. Open a new folder on your computer (Digital Story), in order to save all your files or
pictures in the same place.
9. Select the program to create the Digital Story.
10. The family can create podcasts, and videos.
11. Put all files together (pictures, videos, music, podcasts), and save the Digital Story.
12. Let the teacher knows the Digital Story by publishing at internet or creating a DVD.

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During the process Let the child asks questions, give her/his opinion, ideas, and enjoy
spending time together. In addition the family can go to the school to ask questions to the
teacher.
Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):
Children, family, and teachers will be able to celebrate Diversity Festival on May, 2011 by
planning the activities during the school year.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Synthesis.
Teacher notes
The teacher has a thematic unit to develop with children at school by doing the following
activities,
Read books in different languages.
Dance to music from different counties.
Learn songs in different languages.
Identify the colors of the flags.
Create art projects about different countries.
Decorate the school with the national symbols of the different countries.
Invite family or community member from different countries to spending time with
the children at school.

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Assessment Based On Objectives:
The assignment will be evaluated using the rubric below,
CATEGORY yes with help not yet
Knowledge Child recognizes all
the flag’s colors of
her/his family’s
country.
Child recognizes some
flag’s colors of her/his
family’s country.
Children can’t
recognize any flag’s
color of her/his
family’s country.
ComprehensionChild names two out of
three aspects of her/
his own family.
Child names one out of
two aspects of he/his
own family.
Child can’t name any
aspects of her/his own
family.
Application Child says a lot of
words, and phrases in
her/his home language.
Child says some words
in her/his home
language.
Child can’t say any
words in her/his home
language.
Enthusiasm Facial expressions and
body language
generate a strong
interest and
enthusiasm about
different cultures.
Facial expressions and
body language
sometimes generate a
strong interest and
enthusiasm about
different cultures.
Very little use of
facial expressions or
body language. Did not
generate much
interest in the
different cultures.

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Resources
Electronic sources
Asqui, M., My family. Retrieved August 9 2010,
from:http://flenj.org/CAPS/ThematicallyOrganizedAssessmentTasks/NoviceTasks
/LeisureTime-Myfamily.doc
Bloom, B., Bloom’s Taxonomy. Retrieved August 9 2010,
from:http://www.llcc.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%2F0BA4qlDaAE
%3D&tabid=3938
New Jersey State Department of Education, Preschool Teaching and Learning
Standards. Retrieved August 10 2010, from:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/2009/PreSchool.doc
Print sources
Kirszner,L., & Mandell, S,. (2008). The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook.
Bostron, MA: Lyn Uhl.
Lomas, C,. (1990). Family Pictures.
San Francisco, CA: Marwin Productions.
Photographs
Children of Sharpe James center, Newark. Personal photograph by
Gallego, Liliana. February 2008.
Children of Sharpe James center, Newark. Personal photograph by
Gallego, Liliana. March 2009.
Families of Sharpe James center, Newark. Personal photograph by
Gallego, Liliana. May 2010.
Karpollo Restaurant, Newark. Personal photograph by
Gallego, Liliana. August 2010.

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Teachers of Sharpe James center, Newark. Personal photograph by
Gallego, Liliana. May 2010.
Video
Tortorelo, Donato. We Are Learning Italian Language.
Cond. Gallego Liliana, 2008.
Perez, Victoria. All About My Family.
Cond. Gallego Liliana, 2010
Recording
Vives, Carlos. La parrandita.
Disonex S.A, 1989.
Montoy, Nelson. Diversity Festival.
Cond. Gallego Liliana, 2010.