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Students raise money for the WCC, if we raise a month they vote on which wolf they would like to "adopt" for the year.

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5th grade beginning of the year community building novel: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

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5th grade beginning of the year community building novel: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

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This story is about twins who live in a foster home and are adopted by a couple with grown children. Theme is what is the meaning of home, family is those who care for you.

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Students explore their identity in the ME packet as learners, personality traits, etc. to see how they fit into the grade. This year we made puzzle pieces with the information their learned represented.

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Spanish - Conversation activity:   What is your favorite holiday?

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Spanish - Conversation activity:   What is your favorite holiday?

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Students talk and discuss their favorite holiday which sometimes are religious holidays.

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We discuss the immigration of animals and humans into North America. In the discussion, the idea of identification of early human immigrants into the new continent can be traced by blood type. Extrapolating further, we discuss the flow of humans from two areas of Asia by tracing blood chemistry and genetics

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Comment Thread on article How to Adjust Invasive Assignments

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Comment Thread on article How to Adjust Invasive Assignments

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I like the Autobiographies suggestion the best.  Since they can focus on other aspects of their history or identity, it breaks free of the direct biological connection.

I also like the suggestion of changing the metaphor from tree to house.

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We discuss the idea of reproduction and conception. Including the DNA contribution of both parents that might explain various characteristics each child might possess.

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Storyline discussing adoption (6th English)

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Storyline discussing adoption (6th English)

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In Henry Sugar, the protagonist establishes orphanages across the globe, after being lectured by a police officer who was himself adopted

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The students are asked to plan a 5 year space voyage to another planet, never to return to Earth. The students must decide who they would want to include on the flight

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familial traits- when they do not look like other members of their family

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familial traits- when they do not look like other members of their family

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Ask students where they came form to look at how our nation is a nation of immigrants

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Culture you were born into; culture you inherit & experience
-Maggie

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Mathematician of the month

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As part of the International Night event, students map the origins of their families across the world.

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English 7 See You at Harry's identity writing prompts  

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English 7 See You at Harry's identity writing prompts  

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Identity is a theme in the book See You at Harry's and students write on the theme of identity and at times, this is a personal reflection where connections are made to their own lives.

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I encourage my students to ask their parents, grandparents, and relatives throughout the year about how the environment was treated when the adults were younger, (the student's age).

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French Family Vocabulary Words & Family Tree

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French Family Vocabulary Words & Family Tree

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One of our early chapters has all of the Family vocabulary and has a lot of activities where students use their family tree. (I have changed the individual projects to be one group project using the characters of the tv show "Modern Family" .)

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We invite students to consider challenges, issues, etc. affecting their immediate, local, or larger communities. Although not directly engaging the topic of infancy or early childhood, there is often a handful of students who engage the topic of child abuse, and consider strategies for (put broadly), 'making a difference.'

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English 7 Milkweed Inspired WWII Living Member Memories or Family History

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English 7 Milkweed Inspired WWII Living Member Memories or Family History

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Milkweed is a Holocaust novel, however, this assignment is more about helping connect students to WWII in general. Often, students will find connections to family experiences of persecution and genocide.

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Students are asked to paint or draw a piece of art inspired by a piece of folk art they like, no matter what country it is from.

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When learning possessives, Latin students make up and interpret family trees (imagined families, not their own).  It's a great opportunity to include different family structures and types of relationships, and discuss adoptive naming customs in Roman times

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Oral History Project
This I Believe Project
Civil Rights/Black History novels

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Storyline discussing adoption (6th English)

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Storyline discussing adoption (6th English)

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In Fever 1793, the protagonist adopts a 3 year old who was orphaned by the epidemic.
6th English

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We highlight things about our culture with icons from The Noun Project.

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Before studying the rest of the globe we kick off the year with a mini-identity unit that investigates the various identities and backgrounds that each individual brings to the classroom environment

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Susan asks questions about their family life and personal opinions on her math assessment rubrics

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Students examine how genetics plays a role in their physical characteristics.

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Students interview individuals in their lives, often grandparents, and write up a podcast script which gives a narrative report on the information that was shared with them.

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Students interview parents/family members using interview skills and research. This involves place, ethnicity, religion, and culture. We encourage kids to share all names and identities. Students have choice in how they visual represent and present their findings.