Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

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

Dian Chen

Name of Lesson
Content
area(s)/developmental
domain(s) addressed
Brief description of the
lesson
This lesson is:

All About Me
Art: Have children expressive themselves creatively through the arts
Fine Motor Skills: Children will hone their fine motor skills using brushes and other writing utensils.
Social/Emotional: Children will farther develop their self-concept/self-awareness

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

3-4 Year olds

Classroom Number

To have children create a collage of all the things them make them special with things that are
important to them.
A review of a previous
lesson/activity
Children will recognizes himself/herself as a unique individual having his/her own abilities,
characteristics, feelings and interests.

30-45 minutes
To have children be able to express information about themselves through art.
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/nyslsprek.pdf
Domain #2: Physical Development and Health
- Physical Development
o (2) Uses of sensory information to plan and carry out movements
o (5) Demonstrates eye-hand coordination and dexterity needed to manipulate objects
Domain #3: Social and Emotional Development
- Self-Concept and Self-Awareness
o
(2) Recognizes himself/herself as a unique individual having his/her own abilities,

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Language Objectives

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)

characteristics, feelings and interests.

- Accountability
o
(6) understands and follows routines and rules
Domain #4: Communication, Language, and Literacy
- Background Knowledge
o (2) Demonstrates he/she is building background knowledge
- Vocabulary
o Demonstrates growing receptive vocabulary
o Demonstrates growing expressive vocabulary
I would like the children to develop their receptive as well as their expressive language. This includes
developing their vocabulary words, increasing the length of their sentences, recalling events and the
ability to do so with the proper tense, and be able to reflect and express their thoughts about an
activity.
Vocabulary: me, myself, like, love, family, mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, brother, sister, baby,
toy, color, play, food, collage, art

The childrens family photos, pictures of classmates, cut outs of different toys and play areas
(and other items children had talked about or enjoyed paying with in the classroom, images
of different foods, glue, markers, crayons, a sample of a All About Me Collage (mine).

N/A
Get children interested by relating the activity to previously learned subjects.
Today you would be making a pretty picture of all the things that make you happy that you
have been talking about in class!
Instruction/Whole Group:
Introduce the activity and explain to the children what a collage is.
Show the children my All About Me collage and describe why I have those pictures on my
collage.

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Go through the instructions for the activity

Have the children retail me the steps while I model it for them
Before breaking into small groups, have children list at least one item that they will be putting
on their collage.
Small group
The kids in each table will be determined by the amount of help that each child might need.
Children will work on their own collage and sharing materials with other kids sitting in the
same table.

Closure (sharing/reflection, next steps)

Have the children share and talk about their artwork.

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)

Pre-assessment

Plans for differentiated

instruction/instructional
modifications

Supporting children
with identified delays
or disabilities

This activity is a review of

childrens lessons on the un
plants. Since this activity
requires moderately developed
fine motor skills as well as a
childs ability to self-regulate
and follow directions running
assessments of those areas
from other activities are used
to determine how children will
be grouped (which table they
are placed.

For students that have special

needs, they would be place in a
group with a teacher for
additional instruction and help.

Assessment of Student
Learning
Rotate from one individual to other
to observe and evaluate how each
child is well the child is carrying
out the assigned task. As ask the
child to narrate what they are
doing.

Assessment of
Childrens Language
Learning
Have the children tell me the
instructions and narrate what
they are doing. Later in the
day, have children review
and reflect on the activity
later in the day or the next
day. Assess their use of
language. For shy children,
do so one on one or in small
groups.

Supporting English Language Learners

For English Language learners, have them place in a group with a
teacher or peer(s) that speak their language. If unavailable, model
activity for them one on one.

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

For advance students, more

autonomy would be given to
them and perhaps have them
draw additional items that they
want to add to their collage that
there is no cutout of.
Read the book What I Like About Me! By Allia Zobel and Miki Sakamoto and have children reflect on
their artwork and have them relate it to the book/what about themselves make them special.

Observer feedback on the lesson plan, including commendations and recommendations for improving aspects
of the learning activity