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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Resources created by Mary Lail

Family Traditions
This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson “Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who” and is mainly based on The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant; therefore, family structure including titles or roles is assumed to be prior knowledge for this lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Development and Social Studies)
By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who
This is the first of two lessons that can be used with Cynthia Rylant's book, The Relatives Came. Students will read, draw, role-play and sing about family roles and titles.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.