Lesson 09 — My Family Community

Learners name their family as a community they belong to and share one thing their family does together, honoring that families come in many shapes.

D02 P1: Emotional & Social Awareness D02.S3 45 minutes Draft

Objectives

D02.S3.K.01 Name a community they belong to and one thing people do together in it.

Essential question

What do the people in my family do together?

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Materials

Standard materials

Paper and crayons · per learner
A large shared paper · 1 For a group "families" picture

Low-tech / no-cost

Voice and body Act out one thing your family does together; others guess what it is
A shared ground drawing Draw your family doing something together in the soil or sand

Enriched / lab & device

Family photos (if families share them) · optional Learners may bring or share a family photo with permission
A tablet with a drawing app · 1 per group Draw your family together and record one thing you do as a family

Works in different contexts

large-group Build a group list of "things families do together" and let each learner add one
self-directed A learner draws their family and tells (or writes) one thing they do together
outdoor-only Act out a family task done outdoors — carrying water, tending plants, gathering food — and share it
multi-age Older learners write a word or sentence about their family; younger ones draw and tell
level-grouped Learners who are ready describe two things their family does together; others name one

Four panels of families in many shapes — one grown-up and a child cooking, a grandparent and a child walking, two grown-ups and a child holding hands, and an older child fetching water with a younger child.

Lesson 9 — My Family Community

Summary

Learners name their family as their first community and share one thing their family does together. They see that families come in many shapes — and that what makes a family is caring and being together, not any single shape.

Objectives

Name their family as a community they belong to and one thing people do together in it. (D02.S3.K.01)

Connection

A family is the first community most of us ever belong to. Families look different everywhere — some are big, some are small, some have grandparents or aunts or chosen people, and no shape is better than another. What families share is this: people who care for each other and do things together.

Materials

Paper and crayons
One large shared paper for a group “families” picture

Preparation

Arrange a circle for sharing.
Prepare the shared paper for a group drawing.
Have a gentle, open way to talk about family shapes — some learners live with grandparents, aunts, one parent, or caregivers.

Facilitator note

This lesson is written to the learner (“you”) so it works in a classroom and for a self-directed learner. As facilitator, honor every family shape equally — never ask “where is your mother/father.” Use open words: “the people who care for you at home.” Some children may carry hard family stories; let any learner pass, and never rank one family as more real or complete than another.

Procedure

Gather (5 min). Think: who are the people who care for you at home? That is your family.
Many shapes of family (10 min). Families are all different. Some are big, some small; some have grandparents, aunts, one parent, two, or chosen people. All of them care. There is no one right shape.
What we do together (15 min). What is one thing your family does together? (Cooking, telling stories, walking, eating, playing, working side by side.) Tell a partner, then share with the group.
Draw it (10 min). Draw your family doing that thing. Add your picture to the big shared paper so all our families are together.
Close (5 min). Remember: your family is your first community. You belong there.

Differentiation

Support: Offer a sentence starter: “My family likes to ___ together.”
Extension: Invite learners to name two things their family does together and how each one shows caring.

Assessment

Formative (observation): Can the learner name their family and one thing the family does together?
Artifact (portfolio): The family drawing.

Resources

CASEL SEL Framework (foundational competencies): https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/

Home connection

With your family, make a list or drawing of three things you like to do together. Talk about which one you want to do this week.