Fernando'S Gift Lesson Plan Template Page 10
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19For the student who has the largest family, teacher writes the answers to these questions
on the board.
5. Next, teacher asks students to think about the part of the story where Fernando’s father
asks him to do chores in exchange for receiving the tree for his friend. First teacher asks
students what chores are and asks students to brainstorm some examples from their own
lives and share them with the class.
6. Then teacher asks students to think about chores relation to the members of the family.
Who is responsible for which chores in the story? Teacher may need to turn to the parts
of the book where chores and responsibilities are mentioned:
Page 5: Mother bathes sister.
Page 9: Father tends crops, plants trees, teaches about rain forest.
Page 10: Father milks the cow. Mother and sister chop onions.
Once students have answered this question, teacher asks students to work again in pairs to
identify on their paper who in their family has what responsibilities, from paid employment
to family responsibilities, including chores. Then teacher asks students to imagine what kind
of chores Fernando might do for his father and share their ideas with the class.
Lesson Evaluation: Are students able to make comparisons between Fernando’s family and
their own, in terms of number of members, order (e.g., in age), and responsibilities? Can they
identify chores?
Extensions: For younger children, teacher discussion should focus more on who is in their
family and how the children help their relatives.
Family Members
Each child is given paper and pencil/crayons. The teacher asks each child to draw a picture of all
the people in his/her family. The teacher can walk around the classroom labeling the family
members on each child’s paper. The teacher can display these somewhere in the classroom.
The teacher then asks the children to count how many people there are in their families. The
teacher can make a graph on the chalkboard with the numbers 1-10 along the bottom. One by
one the teacher asks each child for the number of family members and then writes the child’s
name in the corresponding number column. The teacher then asks how many children have 1
family member, 2 family members, 3… etc. Other questions the teacher can ask could be: Which
children have the most number of family members? Which have the least number of family
members? Are there more children listed with 4 family members or 6 family members? Are
there any families that have the same or equal number of family members?
Helping with Chores
Teacher leads a class discussion about how the children help their families at home. The teacher
asks the children to think of different ways they help their families every day such as collecting
wood or carrying water. The teacher asks the children to raise their hands when they have an
idea. As the children share ideas, the teacher writes a list on the chalkboard. The teacher then
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