CHD 119 Lessonplan
CHD 119 Lessonplan
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Strategies: (How will the teacher engage the children? What activities will the children
complete? Indicate the teacher questions/prompts, expected child action, and the
closing portion. Indicate at which point the students are teacher-directed and at which
point they are child-directed.)
Teacher directed-Circle Time: Have a discussion on plants and seeds.
Ask children if they have ever planted seeds? Encourage them to share their ideas and
record them on chart paper.
Story: Seeds, Seeds, Seeds by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Song/Poem: This is the Way We Plant the Seeds
Read and point out the title of the book, author and illustrator to the children. Discuss
the book after reading it. Ask children if they remember what happened in the story.
Using picture cards, have children place them in order in which they happened. Ask the
children if they have ever planted seeds and encourage them to share their ideas and
experiences with the group.
Have a discussion about some of the vocabulary in the story.
Questions:
1. Have you ever planted seeds?
2. What does germinate mean?
3. What do seeds need to grow?
4. What does embryonic mean?
1. Play Alphabet Soup during circle time
Using large pot with magnetic letters allow children to use a ladle to pull out a
letter. Have them name the letter and the letter sound.
Child directed-Learning Center: Using large print outs of letter cards and different
seeds, children will place seeds on the letter cards to cover them.
Teacher and Child directed Activity: Flower Power- Place children in small groups
and allow them to use letter tiles to complete words on the flower cards. The cards will
be distributed according to the skill level of the child. Some children will have cards
where they need to figure out the beginning sound of the picture card and others will
have cards where they need to figure out the beginning and ending sound of the picture.
Child directed-Learning Center: Leave out crayons, markers and paper to allow
children to draw or write about a garden. When all children have finished, teacher will
staple all pages together to create a class book. Leave it out for the children to read.
Teacher and child directed- Word Scavenger Hunt: Using plastic eggs (seeds) write
the beginning sound/letter on one half of the egg and the ending sound/letters on the
other. Place the eggs in a box of sand. Give children a basket and have each child find
an egg. Once each child has an egg, have the children search around for someone
who has the match to his or her egg. Ask each group of children to sound out their
words.
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Follow Up Activity: (What is the child-directed activity that children will do to practice
this skill?)
During a child-directed learning center, children will use letter stamps, ink-pads
and paper to practice making their letters or creating short words.
Children will read stories on their own and be able to recognize letters and letter
sounds.
Adaptation for Learner Diversity: (How can this lesson be adapted or structured for
children with special needs or different age groups?)
Use a buddy system for children who have a more difficult job of catching
on.
Repeat, redirect, slow down and give one on one attention to children with
ADHD, ELL or behavioral problems.
Allow for more hands on experiences and preferential seating with children
who have visual impairments.
Use more posters, pictures and written language for children with hearing
impairments.
Assessment: (How will you determine the extent to which the children grasped the
concept?)
Observe the children during a child directed learning center and ask them
questions while they engage in the activity.
Have them sit with a teacher one on one using flashcards and test them on their
letters and letter sounds.
Have children sound out the beginning sounds of letters to form words using
index cards or picture cards.
Optional Analysis/Reflection: (How well did this lesson work? Would you change
anything next time?)
I have not tried this lesson as of yet. I dont think that I would change this lesson but I
would probably add to it using different areas of learning. For example, music and
movement, science, cooking and math.
Source of Idea/Information:
Past experiences from doing a similar type of lesson plan before.
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