After reading Carol A. Johnson's book titled "Family", students will create a classroom graph of their family members.

Students will learn about different family traditions and holiday celebrations from around the world.

Students will begin to understand the concept of maps by describing the path that Little Red Riding Hood took on the way to Grandma's house.

As some of the foundational texts for beginning readers, fairy tales are a staple of many classrooms. This lesson allows students to engage with fairy tales from different regions around the world and compare important cultural elements of these stories.

This lesson plan provides many center activities that are designed around the idea of "families" and apply language and math skills.

When Phoebe tries to grow a big vine for her school's production of Jack and the Beanstalk, all she ends up with is a stunted little sprout. To help out, Ms. Frizzle turns her into a real vine. But to grow tall, Phoebe needs to figure out how plants eat - fast! To unearth the amazing ways plants make their own food, the Friz and the kids shrink down and dig deep in a quest to root out the facts!

This lesson plan will help students understand that they are important members of their own family.