Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

Teacher Candidate
Date/Time of Scheduled
Visit
Name/Address of School
Age/Grade level
Cooperating Teacher

Sarah Lee
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Name of Lesson

Fish Tank

Content
area(s)/developmental
domain(s) addressed
Brief description of the
lesson

Content Area: Art and Literacy

Developmental Domains: Language, Art, Literacy

This lesson is:

Rationale
Timeframe
Objective(s) of the
activity
Connections to
standards

Happy Garden Preschool

Pre-Kindergarten
Classroom Number

After reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, children
explore range of adjective words read in the book. This will build vocabulary and
understand how language works due to it rhymes text. Children will design their
fish and share the types of fish they have created using the adjectives words.
A new concept/activity
This lesson is great for children to obtain new vocabulary to expand their
sentences. This book introduces opposite words such as old and new, fast and
slow, thin and fat and simple rhyming words.
30 minutes
-After reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, Students
will listen for and identify (adjectives) describing words
Domain 4: Communication, Language, and Literacy
1c, 1d, 1f
2a, 2b, 2c, 2d
3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e

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5a, 5b, 5d,
Part B: English Language Arts and Literacy
56b, 6d, 6f
Language Objectives

The read aloud stimulates language and cognitive skills exposing them to print
knowledge. Through discussions, students will acquire new vocabulary words
and communicate in more complex sentences.

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

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Construction Papers
Scissor
glue
markers
crayons,
No Technology used
-Introduce this activity by reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr.
Seuss
-Throughout the read aloud well look at the range adjective words and opposite
words.
-Relate the text with the students by asking range of question such as who has
SHORT hair? Who has LONG hair? (Tall/short/fast/slow/sad/happy)
-On a chart the students and teacher will note the adjective words used in the
book
-After exploring the different adjective words read from the book such as small,
big, thin, fat, short, tall and more, children will be asked to design their own fish.
-After they had created their fishes, they will stick their fish to the Fish Tank
background.
-As a whole group, they will share the types of fish they have designed and

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describe them using the adjective words.
-Looking at the word chart the class has created, the class will discuss the
similarities and differences between the fishes in the Fish Tank
Independent Activity/ Whole Group activity

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

Pre-assessment
During the read aloud,
the student and the
teacher will use chart
papers to take notes.
Another pre-assessment
strategies used for the
lesson is giving the
students the opportunity
to turn and talk to one
another for couple of
minutes. During this
time, this allows students
to discuss prior
knowledge and thoughts
about the book.
Supporting children
with identified delays
or disabilities
If the child has difficulty
in explaining their fish,
the teacher and the rest
of the students will

Assessment of Student
Learning
To evaluate the students I
will use a rubric as a form
of assessment to assess the
students performance in
their artwork and
discussion.

Assessment of
Childrens Language
Learning
Students will
demonstrate language
and literacy through
listening skills, taking
turns in conversing
with one another,
repeating the words,
and understanding the
meaning of the text.

Supporting English Language Learners

To ensure that all students are included in the
activity, I will make sure each student will have
partners during turn talking during discussion time.
When students come up to explain their fish, Ill
remind the students to respect the person who is
speaking and listen to what theyre saying.

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Follow up/Extension
activities
Any additional
information that would
be helpful for the
observer to know

scaffold in providing the

vocabulary word.
Draw self-portraits and discuss the similarities and differences from what they
notice with their classmates