Several of you said you had a hard time doing the activity for Among the Hidden (the book we've been reading out-loud). Making a family tree is hard to do from scratch, so I am sending home a chart with your parents that should help you as well as an example of how I did MY family tree. :)
Once you have the charts, read the instructions below.
1. Look at Miss Melby's completed family tree. On the left side is my father's family, and on the right side is my mother's family. Is that clear so far?
2. First, I wrote in me and my brothers and sisters at the bottom of the page in the middle. I put us in order of oldest to youngest (Rebekah, Lydia, Anna, Daniel, Sarah, and Abigail; Rebekah (me) is the oldest, and Abigail is the youngest). I had to add another box for Abigail.
3. Next, I wrote in my mother and her brothers and sisters (Stanley, Reta, Lisa, Bradley, Matthew) in order. I had to ask her who was oldest, her or her brother Stanley. Reta is my mother.
4. Next, I wrote in my mother's mother's family (the part that says "grandmother" on the RIGHT side). My grandmother, Barbara, is the oldest in her family. She has a sister Lodeema and a brother LeeRoy that are younger than her.
5. Next, I wrote in my mother's father (Cecil). He didn't have any brothers and sisters.
6. Next, I moved over to my father's side of the family. I wrote in my father with all of his brothers and sisters in order (Lisa, Christopher, Sara, Peter, David, and Tina). Peter is my father.
7. Then, I did my father's father's family. My grandfather Clayton was the youngest, and he had two brothers, Frank and Erich.
8. Then I did my father's mother's family. My grandmother Patricia had three sisters that were younger than she was: Wanda, Olga, and Glynn.
9. Now I shaded all the boxes that were extras because I don't need them.
10. Next, I drew a line to connect my father (Peter) and my mother (Reta) to show that they are married.
Now, do you think you understand how I did mine? Let's start with yours.
1. Write in your name (and your brothers and sisters IN ORDER, if you have any). If you have more boxes than you need, shade in the extra ones.
2. Write in your parents' with their brothers and sisters IN ORDER. You will probably have to ask your parents for help with this part so that you make sure you get your aunts and uncles in the right order.
3. Write in your grandparents on your father's side along with their brothers and sisters IN ORDER. Again, you'll probably have to ask your parents who was oldest.
4. Write in your grandparents on your mother's side along with their brothers and sisters IN ORDER.
5. Shade in any extra boxes or add more if you need some.
6. Now, are you finished writing in names? Ok. Get a red pencil and draw a tiny cruz next to the name of every child who was the 3rd born or younger. (Look at my family tree for an example). Remember that in our book, families are only allowed to have 2 children! What does your family tree look like if each parent is only allowed 2 children?
7. Write about how your family would be different and how you would feel. Would you even be here? Would your aunt? What about your brothers and sisters? You need to write about a page.
8. Staple (grapar) your family tree to your writing and put it in your big envelope to bring back to school.
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