Father's Day Teaching Theme		Teacher Forms Collection
	Father's Day Worksheets		Reading Comprehension: Occupations
	June Monthly Helpers		Spring Teaching Theme
	June Theme Workbook		Word Families Workbook

Father's Day Lesson Plans

June Helpers Workbook The 30 worksheets in the workbook provide a worksheet a day for the month of June.

Reading Comprehension Occupations Contains 15 complete page reading passages and multiple answer sheets for each passage. Each passage examines an occupation. Makes a great addition to units on community helpers.

1. Families on Display: An Introduction to the Study of Families- The learner will be able to recognize that there are different family structures. They will be able to identify the different members in a family and the roles of those family members.
2. Family at Home- Students write a family of multiplication and division facts on a piece of paper cut in the shape of a house.
3. Father Knows Best- In this lesson, students consider a father's responsibilities and write letters to their fathers or caregivers.
4. Father Time- In this activity, students make memory books as gifts for Father's Day!
5. Father's Day Squeezy Ball- Fill a large balloon with rice.
6. Father's Day T-Shirts- Buy white t-shirts. Have the kids put colored paint on their hands, and have them put their hands facing down on the front of the shirt then the teacher can write with puff paint "Best Dad Hands Down!"
7. Father's Day Wind Chimes- Students make wind chimes for Father's Day.
8. Family Sculpture Demonstration- To empower participants by giving them some tools to examine their lives, and not to tell them that the way they are behaving is dysfunctional or based strictly on dysfunction.
9. Good Grief!- What better way to explain, demonstrate, and explore strategies related to a difficult topics? Through student role playing within family groups, the use of communicating strategies for managing grief will be explored.
10. Grandparents' Day Celebration- Before Grandparents' Day Celebration, students make a family tree that dates back to their grandparents. They identify names, places, and particular customs and traditions of their family as well.
11. Heroes Around Us- Students will explore the distinction between a hero and an idol. Based on collaboratively established criteria for heroism and characteristics of heroes, students will select, read about, and report on a hero.
12. Let's Write Invitations for our Class Celebration- Students are introduced to the parts of a letter as well as the components of a written invitation. They then compose letters in which they invite family members to an upcoming classroom celebration.
13. Life Is Like a Roller-Coaster- This activity increases awareness of how life can be like a roller-coaster especially concerning changes in a family. Students share feelings orally, in writing, and in drawing. Students learn and/or practice "I" messages.
14. Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families- These lessons employ visual (pictures/books/photos) as well as auditory (listening) and aural (discussion) skills. Fine motor skills are utilized in drawings, though ability to use detail will be determined by grade levels and skill levels within each grade.
15. My Family Traditions: A Class Book and a Potluck Lunch- Inspire students' creativity, collaboration, and community in this lesson using the bilingual children’s book Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza.
16. My Family Tradition- Students gain understanding of social patterns in families by learning about tradition and discovering different family traditions.
17. Needs of the Family- Students gain an understanding and appreciation of needs that have to be met in order for a family to survive and flourish. They see that many things are just for their enjoyment.
18. The Parkingtons Are Coming- You have been chosen to take in a family of aliens from the planet Pluto. Your job is to decide what important things they need to know before they come. You can send 10 pages from the Almanac. Which 10 pages do you think will help them the most?
19. This Is Your Life- In this set of three activities, students create family trees, interview a family member, and share childhood treasures.
20. Washington and the Quarter- Why is George Washington called the Father of our Country? Learn about the life of this president, his monument, and tributes to him through stories and poems. Students also learn the attributes of a quarter.
21. You Mean I Am Part of History?- The purpose of this assignment is to open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. Students research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.