Culturally Relevant, Developmentally Appropriate Lesson Plan

Goal	To teach this is me.
Objectives	The learners will have the ability to show that they are aware that they are all different and have different characteristics (Wanless & Crawford, 2016).
Standards included	K-3 Standard. It aids in describing learners and their features. The guideline also helps in describing places.
Materials	Multicultural paper divided into circular parts for heads.Different colored yarn for hair. Different colored eyes.
Introduction	Hello everyone. Yesterday we read about the story, “Under the Same Sun” (Sun, 2016). Who can recall some of the characters who were present in the story? Wait for the feedback from the learners, give a summary and then relate with the present topic of study. For instance, “today we are going to learn how different we are and plot those that have green, blue and brown eyes (Wanless & Crawford, 2016). Also, we will plot the color of hair too. The lesson requires that learners form a group of four and that every child will need to participate. Everyone will find this lesson interesting.”
Lesson development	Place the children into small groups.Place little mirrors which the learners will use to look at themselves and come up with an image using markers, yarn, and paper.Children will look on the mirror and write onto the paper what they have seen.Discuss families and how they are distinct. The children to make families containing all members. Allow the children to make their own choices. The learners should have papers of different colors for skin tones.The learners should make their picture look similar to themselves.
Differentiation	If the learners can recognize that they have different hair and eye colors, then they are likely to understand that they are different (Bodamer & Jennifer, 2014). They will be able to learn that they have different features and none is better than the other. Also, there will be learners who will experience difficulty in determining the difference in colors. They will also not be able to draw a picture that resembles themselves.
Assessment(Check for understanding/ Practice)	Have the children look at themselves in the mirror.Have the children draw the pictures on the papers that resemble themselves?Have the children designed families comprising of all members?Have the learners recognized the differences in the eyes and hair colors among themselves?
Closing	Bring all the leaners together in class. Give a summary of the lesson, by discussing what the children have done. Ask the learners to explain what they were doing to draw the pictures. Reinforce that the learners had to recognize the difference in the colors to come up with an image that resembles themselves.

References

Sun, L. (2016). Babies without Borders: Representations of Transracial Chinese Adoption in Picture Books. Multicultural Education, 23(2), 55-59.

Bodamer, K., & Jennifer, Z. (2014). Early Childhood and Child Development.

Wanless, S. B., & Crawford, P. A. (2016). Reading your way to a culturally responsive classroom. Young Children, 71(2), 8-15.

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