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Independent working time (20 minutes)

Have your students pick 4 people to describe with words and photos. Direct your students to think about

the roles and responsibilities of each family member. Ask them to think about what their families need or

want.

Instruct your students to paste photos of their families inside their books.

Offer details and potential examples of family interactions to your students.

Differentiation

Enrichment:

Have these students write a story about an experience that they have had with four of their family

members. Encourage them to mention the things they did, all the people involved, and any other details

they can think of.

Support:

Give your students a word bank or sentence starters to write about their families.

Promot students to use information written on the board to help them discuss their own families.

Support students by allowing them to orally tell you their ideas before sharing the information with their

peers.