Teacher Candidate

Alexa Alibayof

Date/Time of scheduled visit

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Name/address of school

The Weebly School

Age/Grade level

Kindergarten

Name of Lesson

Drawing Shapes in the Stars

Content
area(s)/developmental
domain(s) addressed
This lesson is:

Gross Motor: Drawing with chalk

Cognitive: Drawing shapes
Language Development: Vocabulary
An introduction to a new activity

Rationale

The children are learning the 2D shapes in their environment. Children

have learned the attributes of circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and
hexagons. In this lesson, they will be able to apply their knowledge to
science and drawing shapes.
35 minutes
Review of shapes attributes (previous lesson): 5-10 min
Read aloud: 5 min
Demonstration of connecting dots to draw shapes 2-3 min.
Demonstrating making shapes to draw a constellation on smart board: 2-3
min
Individual work: 10-15 min
1) Children will understand that a connected group of stars is called a
constellation.
2) Children will be able to draw shapes by connecting dots on a flat
plane.
K.G.3: Identify shapes as two-dimensional (laying on a plane, flat).
K.G.5: Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components or
drawing shapes.

Timeframe

Objectives

Common Core Standards

Language Objectives

Vocabulary: constellation, stars, square, circle, triangle, rectangle,

hexagon, connecting.
Spots of Light by Dana Meachen Rau, black construction paper, white
chalk, checklists, note pad.

Resources/materials needed
(Include any worksheets
or sources of evidence for
childrens learning you
will use during the
activity)
Technology
Smart board
Procedures (step by step)

Whole group
The teacher will review each shape (circle, square, rectangle triangle, and
hexagon) and their attributes on chart paper to be used as a reference
during individual work later in the lesson. The teacher will open the lesson
with Spots of Light by Dana Meachen Rau. When the teacher is up to the
page about constellations, she will ask the students if they see any shapes
on the page and what shapes they see.
After reading the book, the teacher will have a plane of dots on the smart
board and demonstrate that by connecting dots you can draw a shape. I
can connect 4 dots to make a square The teacher will ask a child to come
up a draw another shape on the smart board by connecting dots. Then, the
teacher will have a plane of stars and connect more dots to make shapes.
The teacher will say, when groups of stars are connected its called a
constellation.
The teacher will tell the children, today each of you will be making your
own constellations out of the shapes we have been learning about. You will
get to connect stars to make shapes. Those shapes will look like
constellations. The teacher will call the color tables one at a time.
Individual work
Each child will have black paper with yellow dots scattered on the page.
The dots that need to be connected will be bolder and numbered so that
the children can visualize the shapes. Children will use chalk to connect
dots to draw five shapes. The five shapes children will draw are circle,

square, rectangle, and triangle and hexagon.

Method of assessing
childrens understanding of
lesson/activity
/objective(s)
(Be sure to include any
tools, rubrics/checklists
and/or worksheets you
will use for assessment(s)
Plans for differentiated
instruction/instructional
modifications

Follow up/Extension
activities
Any additional
information that would
be helpful for the
observer to know
Observer feedback on the
lesson plan, including
commendations and
recommendations for
improving activity

During the activity, the teacher will informally observe and see which
students are in need assistance drawing the shapes. The work the children
create will be used as an assessment. The teacher will assess the childs
ability to draw each shape. In addition, the teacher will use a checklist to
determine if the child has learned the word constellation. Each child will be
asked, tell me what you drew, point to a constellation, how many
constellations did you make? and tell me how you made your
constellations? what shapes did you draw?
For students who require an extra challenge, there will be more dots on
their page and the bolder dots to be connected will not be numbered.
For students who require more support, the stars on the page will be
numbered and the first two dots will be already connected in order to
prompt the children. Fewer scattered stars will be used so that the dots
that need to be connected stand out more. A grip may be placed on the
chalk or the chalk my be placed in a holder for motor support
The children can take their artwork and chalk home. For homework, the
children will add on to their shapes to make the shapes look like animals or
people by connecting more stars.
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