Subject: Character Education

Topic: Family love

Level: P5
Duration: 1 hour
Prior Knowledge
Students should know:

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
1. understand the importance of family as the basic unit of society through activities such as the family web/tree, perspective
taking and Cookin’ Up book which address the 5 SEL core competencies.
2. appreciate the members in one’s family
3. identify roles and responsibilites of members in one’s family.

Duration Teaching Procedure Students’ Activities Resources Rationale

10 mins Tuning In:
 Teacher introduces pupils to a
powerpoint-‘A day with the
Simpsons’on their planning
for mothers’ day celebration.
Slide 2:
 Teacher to introduce main
lesson objective that is on
mother’s love by questioning
pupils, examples of questions
are:
 How are you related to your
mother? (through blood,
bond..etc.)
 Pupils try to  Powerpoint  To introduce the
understand storyline. presentation lesson in authentic
 Pupils prepare yet fun manner
themselves as they through the use of
will be actively cantoon characters
involved in the story (Simpsons)
because the main
characters in the
story will need their
help.
 Pupils are to be
actively involved in
discussion.
  Why do you have to love your
mother? (my mother loves me
since birth)
 Is your mother’s love to you
everlasting? (Yes, mother will
love their children till the last
breath.)
5 min
Slide 3:
 Teacher uses Lisa Simpson to
introduce on a concept of
celebrating mothers’ day by
giving examples of past
celebrations.
 Teacher may also prompt
pupils with the following
questions:
 Why do you celebrate
mothers’ day? (To remember
mother’s love for us)
 When is mothers’ day?
(everyday is mothers’ day)

Development:
5 min  Teacher gradually surfaces the
cartoon characters’ problem
( the celebration of their
mother’s day) to pupils.
 Teacher questions pupils about
the possible gifts that Lisa and
 siblings can get for their
mother and why? This
question is triggered after
Homer Simpson suggested
Lisa and her sibilings to just
get a cake for their mother and
not make a fuss out of it.

Development:  In groups, pupils use  Family spinning  To delegate work

Group work the family spinning wheel, timer, evenly and fairly.
15 min  Using task based approach, wheel to determine a mahjong paper &  To develop
the problem that is surfaced by role in the family markers. relationship
Lisa Simpson is handled by that they will management
the pupils. Pupils are actively represent. The family
involved in the storyline. memebers are father,
 Teacher gives instructions on mother, son,
how to proceed with the daughter,
creation of family tree (roles grandmother,
and relationship of family garndfather, uncle
members). and aunt.
 Teacher explains presentation  Pupils are given 10
rubic to pupils. min to complete
their family tree on
mahjong paper.
 Teacher to facilitate group
presentation.  Pupils are to present
their family tree in
the class and
assessed under a set
of rubic set by the
 teacher.
Development:  Pupils listen to the  www.youtube.com  To develop social
10 min Slide 16 song played by videoclip awareness
 Teacher conitinues with teacher.  lyrics from il Divo
powerpoint presentation.  Pupils infer the idea
 Teacher plays a song titled from the song and
‘Mama’ by il Divo. discuss with teacher.
 Teacher asks pupils to sing
along.
 Teacher discusses idea from
the song in the class (gratitude
and love towards mother).
10 min Development:  Video ‘Like my  To developSocial
Slide 19 mama’ awareness
 Teacher plays a video-‘Like  Pupils take different  To develop Self
my mama’ perspectives in awareness
 Teacher gets pupils to reflect coping with Danials  To develop Self
on the video by drawing out feelings management
possible actions to help Danial
cope with his feelings through
different perspectives such
like teacher, classmate/friend,
mother and himself.
 Teacher discusses with pupils
to match their feeling and
remarks on Danial to the cores
of SEL in perspective to the
scene played in the video.
 Teacher continues with the
powerpoint presentation.
5 min Conclusion:  Pupils are to spend  Template for Cookin’
 Teacher concludes lesson by time and get to know Up book
recapping what they have their mother better  Book – For one more
learnt. during the June day
 Teacher gives pupils holiday school holidays
homework. using the Cookin’ Up
book template.
 Pupils are to read
‘For one more day’
by Mitch Bloom and
write a book review.

Done by: Nur Ain Binte Mohamed Amin (Temasek Primary School)
Micheal Yee Boon Wee (Temasek Primary School)
Lo Hui Ying (Radin Mas Primary School)
Janice Yim (Nan Hua Primary School)