FRAME THE LESSON
Student Expectations Bundled in Lesson
Noun=Underline
Verb=Italicize
K.11A Identify similarities and differences
among people such as kinship, laws, and
religion.
K.14A Obtain information about a topic using
a variety of valid oral sources such as
conversations, interviews, and music
K.14B Obtain information about a topic using
a variety of valid visual sources such as
pictures, symbols, electronic media, print
material, and artifacts
K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including
pictures and maps
TEACHER:
CLASS: Kinder SS
LESSON DATE: 3/7-3/11
M T W TH F
Teaching Points & Activities
Engage:
Explore:
Explain:
Resources/Materials:
Engage: Books/videos on family
Explore: We’re Similar, but Different, Too! (pg. 95 in TE Guide); Finish the
Sentence (pg. 100 in TE Guide)
Pearson “My
World”
Social
studies
Explain: Introduce the Vocabulary (pg. 95 & pg. 99 in TE Guide) & discuss
the pictures
Elaborate: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down (pg. 96 & pg. 100 in TE Guide)
Elaborate:
Evaluate: Pg. 96 & pg. 100 in Student Workbook
Evaluate:
Objective/Key Understanding:
I can identify how people and families are
different.
Stop & Check for Understanding—High Level Questions
Critical Writing Prompt:
How are you the same/different from your classmate?
How is your family the same/different than the one in the picture?
Write about things your family
likes to do together.
Small Group Purposeful Talk Question Stems:
Closing Product/ Question/ Informal Assessment:
Students will use pictures to decide how people
are the same/different. Students will draw
pictures of their family & talk about them with
a friend.
What does the word similar mean? What does the word different
mean?
Rigor & Relevance: (Real World Connection)
What does the word family mean?
Have students create a family
tree at home & bring it in to
discuss with the class.
Vocabulary:
Similar
Family
Different
Parent
Twins
Kinship
Adopted
Ongoing TEKS:
Monday
Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday