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Early Childhood Education Learning Experience Plan Name: Hannah Thurauf Date: /3/1 Standard(s !Guideline(s : Grade Level: Pre!" Lesson Title: Plant Growth comparison between grass and sunflowers Circle one: ECE P"#$

Domain: %ognition and General "nowledge Sub-Domain: #cience Strand: #cience &n'uir( and )pplication Topic: &n'uir( *ecord obser+ations using words, pictures, charts, graphs, etcDomain: .anguage and .iterac( /e+elopment Strand: *eading Topic: *eading %omprehension 0ith modeling and support, identif( the topic of an informational te1t that has been read aloudPre"assessment o# current $no%ledge: #tudents will brainstorm a list of things plants need to sur+i+e and grow &nstructional '()ectives (*"+ 'ne!T%o ,ssessed &nstructional '()ective(s2: The student will be able to--)nswer 'uestions in the te1t regarding what plants need to sur+i+e and grow 1- $ame two things that plants need to li+e 2- 0here are nutrients in plants found3 3- 0hat does it mean if a plant has brown lea+es3 /raw wee4l( pictures of their plant to demonstrate growth rates between sunflower and plant seeds 'ne ,ssessed Developmental S$ill: S-&P Sa#ety Considerations: &ngestion of soil or seeds ,ssessment o# Student Learning &denti#y Evidence: 50hat will (ou collect or record as data to demonstrate students ha+e met (our ob6ecti+e5s2 and s4ill32 Teacher will collect the students7 indi+idual to see child7s drawing of the plant/grass growth- Teacher will obser+e the detail drawing, an( writing that the( added and scalescience 6ournal and its wee4l( of the child7s if the( drew to Learning Experience ,cademic Language: #oil, sunlight, water, minerals, o1(gen, author, illustrator Procedural steps: 1- Ha+e students sit in large group circle area!1 minute 2- )s4 students to raise their hand if the( ha+e an idea on what plants need to sur+i+e and grow 5Teacher will be recording answers that students share with class2! 8 minutes 3- *ead What We Need to students about what plants need to sur+i+e! !8 minutes - )s4 students 'uestions from boo4 as well as if the( thin4 grass or sunflowers seeds grow at a faster rate 5Teacher will be recording answers that students share in class2! 8 minutes 8- Ha+e students separate into their 2 table groups!1 minute 6- Gi+e each child 2 small plastic cups and allow them to measure 9 cup of soil using the measuring cup!10 minutes :- #tudent will then place sunflower seeds into one plastic cup and grass seeds into another plastic cup ;- )llow students to use watering can to moisten seeds5Ha+e a teacher at monitor this step2! 10 minutes <- #tudents should write name and sunflower or grass on the cups and draw a picture of cups with soil in their science 6ournals!: minutes

Program .onitoring: 5How will (ou aggregate or compile (our e+idence into a class or group +iew32 %hec4 list of standards

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Early Childhood Education Learning Experience Plan 10- #tudents will place cups ne1t to window 11- =+er( Thursda(, students will draw a picture of the plant and grass demonstrating its growth and which one grows at a faster rate ,uthentic .aterials: 5/escribe authentic real life, hands!on materials-2 #oil, sunflower plant seeds, grass, measuring cup, water ,dult /oles: )dult monitors students when the( are planting the seeds to ma4e sure students are not eating an( of the materials or demonstrating inappropriate beha+ior

/esources 0 /e#erences: %lassroom PowerPoint 0hat 0e $eed b( >arbara .- .uciano

/e#lection: (0hat ha+e (ou learned about (our students3 How will this inform future instruction32 The students were +er( engaged in the plant acti+it(, wanting to touch the soil, pour the water into the pot and pat the seeds into the soil- #ome students focused too much on pouring the water into the pot and ended up flooding the soil with water- #ome students chose to not participate in the planting of the seeds, but still drew obser+ations from other students7 flower cups into their own science 6ournal- ?or future instruction, & would ha+e di+ided the soil up into two separate bins that wa( more students would be able to utili@e it at once- & onl( had one bin of soil and all the students wanted to touch it, resulting in too man( students in a small area- )nother wa( & could impro+e this lesson would be to ma4e one table the grass table and the other the sunflower seed table, in order to pre+ent students from mi1ing the two seeds into one cup-

#tudent

)nswer 'uestions in the te1t regarding what plants need to sur+i+e and grow

/raw wee4l( pictures of their plant to demonstrate growth rates between sunflower and plant seeds

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Early Childhood Education Learning Experience Plan

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