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    Father's Day

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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

    Topic: Father's Day

    Grade Level: 1, 2, 3

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students can create the perfect Fathers’ Day card, incorporating an avatar of themselves and their father or guardian as well as a message to express how much this family member means to them.

    Know Before You Start: Be aware that Father's Day might be a painful reminder of loss or trauma for some students. Approach this activity with sensitivity. 

    Hook:

    • Start by reading different types of Father's Day cards to the class.
    • Ask students to think about each card and the type of message it conveys.
    • Have students describe the characteristics of a Father's Day card.
    • Responses might include, "Father's Day cards have words and pictures, they are funny or serious, express love, gratitude, etc.

    Activity:

    • Have students work in pairs or small groups to brainstorm moments when their father or guardian helped them in a particular time of need or made them feel special.
    • Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a three-panel comic about these special times.

    Closure:

    • Ask students to share some things they could do to make their fathers or guardians feel special. 
    • Have each student share his or her comic with a classmate.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
    • Provide a list of things that a father might do to help a child or to make a child feel special.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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