The first is a list of activities tailored to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. The second is a board of twelve activities students can choose from to help them explore the words and concepts associated with family. Each set of activities (MI or Student Choice) can be tiered (i.e. simple, right on, challenging) for students' linguistic and background knowledge.
Hope you find them useful.
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Multiple Intelligence
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Activity
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Bodily/Kinesthetic
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Create a bust of a family member out of clay.
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Verbal/Linguistic
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Give a five minute presentation to the class on the
topic “The Reason Family is Important”.
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Naturalist
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Find an example in nature that represents your
grandmother or grandfather and write a paragraph about it. For instance, my grandmother is like
a yellow daffodil because she….
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Interpersonal
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Compare and contrast you and one of your siblings. If you are an only child, use a close
cousin for the activity.
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Musical/Rhythmic
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Perform a chant or rhyme describing your mom or
dad. Highlight as many of their
features as possible (i.e. hair color, height, eye color, etc.)
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Visual/Spatial
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Create/Diagram your family tree. Use family photos or draw your own
illustrations. Remember to label
each person (i.e. mother, father, etc.) and their birthdate.
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Intrapersonal
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Begin a blog titled, “My Crazy Family,” and create one
entry a day for one week. Each
entry should highlight one or more crazy things that have happened in your
family that day.
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Logical/Mathematical
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Create a timeline showing the intervals at which you and
your family members were born.
Include siblings, parents, grandparents and close aunts/uncles.
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1. FAMILY TREE
Draw or create a collage of pictures
into a family tree diagram and label each family member.
(research & writing)
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2. PHOTO ALBUM/SCRAPBOOK
Draw or collect pictures for a photo
album or scrapbook and label each family member.
(art , technology & writing)
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3. ORAL REPORT
Collect information and give an oral
report about one or more family members. Who they are, their relationship to you, what they are
like, and other personal information.
(research & speaking)
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4. FASCINATING FACTS: ARTIFACT/FAMILY HEIRLOOM
Identify a family heirloom or artifact
from your family that is important.
Write a FACT sheet about the item. What it is, why it is important to the family, who owns
it, where it came from, etc.
(speaking, listening, & writing)
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5. INTERVEIW
Make a list of questions you would
like to ask a family member and conduct an interview. Remember to take notes and compose
the answers into a written interview for a newspaper or magazine.
(speaking, listening & writing)
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6. MAP
Draw a map of important places in your
family or family history. Label
each place and list it’s significance.
(art, research & writing)
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7. POSTER PRESENTATION/TIMELINE
Create a poster or timeline of
important events and the family members involved.
(research, art, & writing)
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8. FAMILY MEMIOR
Write down a family memory. Remember to include specific
information about the memory such as names, places, dates, and other
details. Draw or include
pictures to illustrate the memory.
(art & writing)
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9. BIOGRAPHY
Choose a family member and write a
biography about them. The
biography should be two to three paragraphs long.
(research & writing)
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10. SONG/POEM
Write a song or poem about
family. Use a familiar tune
(like Row, Row Row Your Boat) or a rhyming pattern to help you get started.
(music & writing)
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11. POWER POINT PRESENTATION
Create a presentation about
family. It should answer the
following questions: What is a
family? Who makes up a family? How many people are in a family? What does “extended family”
mean? Provide examples with
pictures.
(technology & writing)
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12. FAMILY PORTRAIT
Draw or paint a family portrait. Label each person in the portrait.
(art & writing)
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