Family Celebrations… · KG1 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K1.2.3.1.6 - Create special birthday cards for loved ones using different writing and drawing tools.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify a birthday card and explain that it is a special message for someone on their birthday.
Design a birthday card for a family member using two or more writing or drawing tools (crayons, pencils, markers, chalk).
Draw at least one simple picture (such as a cake, balloon, or flower) on their birthday card.
Sort completed birthday cards into sets according to the family member they were made for (parents, siblings, grandparents).
Present their card to the class and name the family member it is for.

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Curriculum details

Strand: My Family (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Family Celebrations and Festivals (2.3)
Content standard: K1.2.3.1 - Demonstrate the knowledge of celebrations and festivals that the individual families celebrate.
Indicator: K1.2.3.1.6 - Create special birthday cards for loved ones using different writing and drawing tools.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 11 (Week 11 of the year)
Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 32
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Provide special cards with different colours and allow learners to use any writing tool to design different birthday cards for their family members. Have learners classify into sets the designed birthday cards according family members they designed for e.g. parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.