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My Family: The People Who Love Me

Students explore what makes a family — the people who care for each other — and discover that families come in all shapes and sizes, but every one shares love and helps its members.

Grade 1Families35 minutes1 class periodC3 InquiryExplicit teaching4 StandardsC3 + CCSS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name family members.
  • ✓Tell what families do for each other.
  • ✓Know families are different.
  • ✓Respect all kinds of families.
Essential Question

Everyone’s family is a little different. What makes a group of people a family, and what do families do for each other?

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Interactive Task
Investigate · Interactive

Meet the Family

Project this and tap each family member. Talk about who is in a family and how families care for one another.

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The Lesson · C3 Inquiry Arc (Question · Investigate · Conclude)

35 minutes, five moves

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1

Big Question — Who Is Your Family?

5 min

Who takes care of you and loves you at home?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask who is in a family.
  • Note families are different.
  • Set the goal: families.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name family members.
  • Notice differences.
  • Predict the idea.
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Investigate — Meet the Family

10 min

Students investigate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Meet the Family.
  • Learn each member.
  • Ask who helps at home.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each member.
  • Learn who they are.
  • Say who helps.
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Explore More — Families Care

10 min

Explore more.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show families love and help each other.
  • Note all families are different.
  • Respect every family.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Explain caring.
  • Note differences.
  • Show respect.
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Think It Through — Think It Through

10 min

Think it through.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask how their family helps them.
  • Compare two families.
  • Discuss family jobs.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say how family helps.
  • Compare families.
  • Name a job.
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Share & Act — Share & Act

5 min

Students take action.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Have students draw their family.
  • Share who is in it.
  • Hand out the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Draw the family.
  • Share it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.

C3
D2.Civ.6.K-2

Describe how communities work to accomplish common tasks and establish responsibilities.

C3
D2.His.2.K-2

Compare life in the past to life today.

C3
D2.Civ.14.K-2

Describe how people have tried to improve their communities.

CCSS
RI.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Family picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “In my family there is ___.”
  • Draw and label family members.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with parents and siblings.
  • Use family photos.
  • Name one family member.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Compare families around the world.
  • Explain a family tradition.
  • Make a simple family tree.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 💻Meet the Family
  • 🖼️Family photos
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

familypeople who care for each otherparenta mom, dad, or guardiansiblinga brother or sistergrandparenta parent’s parentrelativea member of your familycareto look after and lovehomewhere a family livestraditionsomething a family does again and again
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is a family?
A group of people who love and care for each other.
QUESTION 2
Are all families the same size?
No — families come in all different sizes and shapes.
QUESTION 3
Name one thing families do for each other.
Sample: love each other, keep each other safe, help with meals and chores.

Going deeper? Make a family tree.

Have students draw a simple family tree with the people in their family and label who each one is. A printable family-tree page is in the Social Studies library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: care, family, grandparent, home, parent, relative, sibling, tradition
  1. something a family does again and again
  2. a member of your family
  3. where a family lives
  4. to look after and love
  5. a brother or sister
  6. people who care for each other
  7. a parent’s parent
  8. a mom, dad, or guardian

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a family?
  2. Are all families the same size?
  3. Name one thing families do for each other.
Answer key — Part A: 1) tradition · 2) relative · 3) home · 4) care · 5) sibling · 6) family · 7) grandparent · 8) parent
Part B: 1) A group of people who love and care for each other. 2) No — families come in all different sizes and shapes. 3) Sample: love each other, keep each other safe, help with meals and chores.