My Family Album (Pockets 1)

MY FAMILY ALBUM

Created by Daniel Toro

Second Term Project

My Family Album

Covers: Units 4-5

Objectives:

-       Make an art Project: My Family Album

-       Follow directions

-       Talk about the Project

-       Review names of family members

Project Language:

This is my family. Who`s this? Who are these? This is my (brother). What is your (father) doing? He is (watching TV). Where is your (mother)? (She) is in the (Kitchen).

Materials:

Colored construction paper, photographs of children and their family members (singles and groups), glue, markers, beads, buttons.

STEPS IN A PROJECT

  1)   Fold the Paper

Teacher: Cut the paper into a long strip and help children fold the paper three or four times to make a book.

Children: Fold the paper three or four times to make a book.

  2)   Paste a Picture

Teacher: Ask kids to bring in photos of their family members. Have them paste a group photo of their family on their first inside page of the album. Ask them to point to the photo and say: This is my family.

Children: Bring in photos of their family members. Paste a group photo of their family on the first inside page of the album. Point to the photo and say: This is my family.

  3)   Decorate the Cover

Teacher: Print the words “My Family” on the front page to make a cover. Ask children to paste a photo of themselves on the cover. Have children paste other photos of their family members on the rest of the inside pages. Have them point to each photo and say: This is my (brother). Then have them draw colorful designs and/or paste beads or buttons on the cover.

Children: Paste a photo of themselves on the cover of their photo album. Paste other family photos on the rest of the inside pages and point to each photo and say: This is my (brother). Draw colorful designs and/or paste beads or buttons on the cover.

SHOW AND TALK

  1)   Ask children to hold up their finished photo albums and present them to the class. Get them started by pointing to various photos and asking questions such as: Is this you? Who is this? Who are these people?  Make sure kids answer in complete sentences and use the correct words to identify their family members.

  2)   Invite children to exchange albums with a partner. Encourage dialogues by modeling the following questions and answers:

A: What is your (brother) doing?

B: (He) is (watching TV).

A: Where is your (mother)?

B: (She) is in the (kitchen).

EXTEND THE PROJECT

Teach children the English names for others family members such as grandmother, grandfather, cousin, aunt, and uncle by showing photos of your own family members or using pictures from magazines.

Children may have photos of such members of their own families that they would like to share with the class. Help them to identify these relatives in English.

HOME-SCHOOL CONNECTION

Encourage children to take their finished project home. Ask them to show their family their projects and to use English to talk about them.