08 Home and School
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will compare home and school as important places where they live and learn.
Vocabulary
home, school, classroom, principal, family, bedroom, kitchen
Teaching Notes
- Invite students to describe their homes and schools in simple words and pictures.
- Make a Venn diagram to compare “Home” and “School” (how they are alike and different).
- Introduce the idea that both places are communities where people help and care for each other.
- Talk about jobs at school (teacher, principal, custodian) and jobs at home (family helpers).
- Discuss simple rules that keep everyone safe and learning in both places.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Definition. Home is the place where you live with your family. School is the place where you go to learn with teachers and classmates. Both are buildings where people work, learn, and care for each other.
Helping ideas and samples:
- Homes may have bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.
- Schools usually have classrooms, bathrooms, an office, and often a library and playground.
- At home, family members help each other. At school, teachers and helpers care for students.
- Rules in both places keep people safe, kind, and ready to learn or rest.
Vocabulary and Definition
- — the place where you live
- — the place where you learn with teachers and classmates
- — a room at school where students learn
- — the person who leads the school
- — people who live together and care for each other
- — a room where you sleep
- — a room where food is prepared and cooked
Words to Learn
e.g. , , , ,
Sentences to Fill In
e.g.
- 08 Home and School connects to .
- A is an idea we use in this lesson.
- I can use one new word, , in a sentence today.
- I can share one thing I learned with my family at .
- I can listen and take turns when we talk about .
🧪 Think & Respond Q&A
What is different between home and school?
What is something both places give you?
Why do we have rules at school?
Why do we have routines at home?
Where do you work at school?
Where do you rest at home?
How can you help at school?
How can you help at home?
How can you tell home and school apart?
How would you explain these places to a younger child?
Hands-On Experiment or Activities
e.g.
What You Need:
- Paper divided into two columns: Home / School
- Crayons or markers
- Sticky notes for simple rules
What You Do:
- List rooms you might find at home and at school. Place each in the correct column; some can go in both.
- Have students draw one room at home and one room at school and label what happens there.
- Brainstorm helpful jobs at home and at school (setting the table, handing out papers, cleaning up).
- Write two or three simple rules for home and school on sticky notes and place them on a class chart.
Think and Talk:
- Why do we need rules at school and at home?
- How can you be a helper in both places?
Reflection
e.g.
- What is one thing that you like best about home?
- What is one thing that you like best about school?
- How can you bring what you learn at school back home?