EDUC 2220 Identifying animals Deborah Jeyakumar Pre-k/ Language and Litera y De!

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Common Core Standards: Domain- Cognitive and general knowledge Strand- Cognitive skills Topic- Memory Standard- With modeling and support remember and use information for a variety of purpose. Domain- Social and motional Development Stand- !elationships Topic-"nteractions with #dults Standard- ngage in e$tended% reciprocal conversations with familiar adults. Domain- &anguage and &iteracy Development Strand-&istening and Speaking Topic- $pressive &anguage Standard- Describe familiar places% people% things and places. Domain-&anguage and &iteracy Development Strand- !eading Topic- !eading and Comprehension Standard- "dentify characters and ma'or events from a story.

Lesson Summary:

"n this lesson plan% Children will be able to identify the animals and learn names of the animals. Depending on the computers provided% children can take turns to play with this game. Children will be able to develop their cognitive skills by identifying the animals and their names. They will also develop their language development. Estimated Duration: The lesson plan can be accessed during anytime of the day for children. To finish this lesson plan% it could depend on the time that has been put in by the children. " plan on letting the children to take turns to play the game for half an hour a day. Children will have up to three days to e$plore the game. (y that time% children will be able to know how to play the game. Commentary: " plan on letting the children play with the matching game during free activity choice. We will also talk about the animals and their names during circle time. (y playing this game% they will be able to learn the names of the animals. The game would be fun to play around with to find the matching names and the pictures of the animals.

Instru tional Pro edures# Day )* +n the first day of the activity% during circle time% " will e$plain to children about what they were going to look forward for that day. To make the lesson more interesting if the children are interested the teacher can read a book called The #nimal (ook by Steve ,enkins. This book has information about different animals and their names. Which would the children some idea on what they would be looking forward to. #dditionally% " will also send some pictures files about animals and engage them in a conversation about animals. During this process " will write down the names of the animals they would like to learn. Day -* +n the second% " will recall the memory for children on what we did on day ) about animals and then start off with the video. #s part of the introduction " will play the .o#nimate video which was created towards this lesson plan. This video will e$plain what the game consists and with e$tension activities it holds. Children will also have the chance to ask /uestions regarding the game. #fter the discussion children be dismissed to their ne$t activity. Day 0* +n day 0 is when the children will have the opportunity to play and e$plore the game. Children will take

turns to play with the game while others find other activities to be engaged in. Children can access the matching on line game about the animals. They will have to click on every single bo$ to find the matching name of the animal. When they don1t find the correct matching cards the% card slots close and would let them try again. +n the ne$t web application children will be able to /ui2 themselves on the information they learnt about in the last three days. They can also do a fast moving picture matching word game with the animals. They would have plenty of games to access and e$plore that was created. Day 3* +n the last day% children will be given a paper format of the on line game to see how well they know about the names of the animals. This can be optional for the teachers.

Pre-$ssessment# ). Children will engage in conversations about the animals they know. Which will be writing on the dry erase board to view them during the lesson of the week. 4 e.g-5W& Chart6 -. The main pre-assessment would be is the .o#nimate video will be played regarding the animal game. % oring &uidelines# #ll observations made during the lesson plan process% would be written down for each child on their portfolio. Post-$ssessment# This would be based on the amount /uestions they got it right on the last day of the activity that was given to children on a paper-back method to assess how much they know about what they learned. % oring &uidelines# Due to their age group it wouldn1t be necessary to have such grading scale. "t would be very simple /uestions that would assessed on the last day of the lesson plan. Differentiated Instru tional %u""ort

Describe how instruction can be differentiated 4changed or altered6 to meet the needs of gifted or accelerated students* Depending how children are interested are and are corporative on this lesson plan% they can eliminate the /ui2 game. Discuss additional activities you could do to meet the needs of students who might be struggling with the material* To make it easy for some children% they can have pictures files of the animals and their names. E'tension With parents1 consent children can access this website which had valuable information about animals. They can also play games about animals - http*77animal.discovery.com7tv-shows7tv-shows.htm The second e$tension that would be great for kids are http*77pbskids.org7wildkratts7creaturepedia7. This is T8 show about animals and they can learn through this too. http*77disney'unior.com7. This is a famous T8 channel. This T8 channel has different shows about animals apart from the magical cartoons. They can access this website with their parents or teachers to get more information about animals.

(ome)ork *"tions and (ome Conne tions " would send color sheets or activity animal sheets. +n this method parents can also be part of what they are learning. They can also take them to the library and show them books about animals. #dditionally parents can take them to the 2oo to show animals. Interdis i"linary Conne tions Children1s cognitive skills would be developed through the matching and identifying games. #dditionally% they would be also developing their memory on the animal1s names and the spelling of each animals. Through interaction with peers they would learning information that they would not knowing about. Moreover% peer interaction% their communication skills are developing. +aterials and ,esour es#

For teachers

5W& chart% computer% 9rinter% 9icture files : the book.

For students

Computer% #ctivity papers% picture files.

-ey .o abulary The whole listed #nimals- 9olar (ear% elephants etc. $dditional /otes