NAME _________________________DATE___________

Activity Name: 
Ex. Fingerplay, art lesson, block center 
 

Subject Area (s):
Ex. Music, literature and art 

Grade Level of children 

Materials (What are you going to need for this lesson?)
Be specific—paper, scissors, book title, glove…etc.

Rationale: (Standards)

Developmentally why have you chosen this activity for this age children?)
Ex. Children are naturally curious in early childhood and this lesson will expand on their need to explore. 
 Children are learning that numbers stand for objects so we will be manipulating plastic animals and counting them in their cages.
 

Objectives: 

(What specific awareness, understanding, and/or skills will the children acquire from this lesson? What do I want the children to do?)
As a result of this activity the children will;
_Ex. Count animals 1-to-1 
____ Sort and glue pictures on habitats
____Use listening skills and repeat a fingerplay in small groups
 

Procedure:
Introduction (Anticipatory Set)

This will do one or all of these things;
· focus student’s attention
· provide a review of previous lessons
· develop a readiness for learning
 

Teaching Strategies:

How are you going to present the material needed to reach your objectives? Teacher talk, book, video, diagram or visual aide, real objects, demonstration?
Closure (Finish)
How do you end your lesson? Sometimes it’s just moving to next curriculum area or repeating your intro (like a fingerplay). 
 

Assessment: 

(How will you know what the children learned? Relate this to your objectives) Check for understanding
· sampling-questions to group 
· signaled responses – “thumbs up if you agree” or “raise hand if you think this is true”
· individual response – written, verbal or observation
 

(How did this lesson go? What changes would you make for the next time?)
Successes experienced
 

Problems encountered
 

Next time

Follow-up 

(What would you do next?  How would you extend the learning from this lesson?) What other parts of the curriculum would you expand this concept into?