Diversity: Languages at Home

Skip Navigation

Diversity: Languages at Home

Activity Description

Students will learn about the differences among students in a classroom, focusing on students’ homes and the languages spoken in their homes. To help students understand how communities thrive with a broad diversity of residents, this worksheet focuses on simple data points that show the different languages spoken at home across the country.

Suggested Grade Level

K-2

Approximate Time Required

30 minutes

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

Build vocabulary.
Recognize and count numbers up to 100.
Understand the concept of a survey.
Compare quantities using the terms “more than,” “less than,” and “equal to.”
Understand why it’s important that they are counted in the decennial census.

Materials Required

An interactive whiteboard or a projector to display Activity Item: Languages Spoken at Home
- Option to print out the data chart if technology is not available in the classroom
Printed ELL student worksheets
Chart paper and a writing utensil
A world map