Lesson Plan

Day: M T W T F

Date: Time: 2pm Year: Kindy/Pre-Primary

Learning Area: Literacy Topic: Book linking to zoo trip

Curriculum content description: (from ACARA)
1.Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts (ACELT1783)
2.Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a
text (ACELT1578)
3.Listen to and respond orally to text and to the communication of others in informal and
structured classroom situations(ACELY1645)
Students prior knowledge and experience:
(Outline what the students already know about this topic)
-Zoo excursion (knowledge in animals)
-Knowledge in the types of habitats and some knowledge in what animals live in which
habitats

Learning purpose: (May refer to the Elaborations of the curriculum content description
here)
- To share experiences from the zoo and acknowledge the animals in the book that they saw
at the zoo

Learning objectives:
On completion of this lesson, students
will be able to: (What will students know
and be able to do at the completion of the
lesson specific, concise and attainable
objectives)
Students will be able to recognise the
animals in the story book and acknowledge
that they saw the animal at the zoo and what
habitat they live in/.

Evaluation:
(Explain how you will know that lesson
objective have been achieved / monitor
student learning)
-Discussion throughout the session
-While reading the book the children can
share what they saw at the zoo (start of
session mention the different animals in the
zoo and that they can share what they saw
with me during the story- as i didn't attend)

Preparation and Resources:

(Detail what resources will be used and what other preparation of the learning environment
will be required)
-Story book (Class 2 at the Zoo)
-Mat area

Catering for diversity (detail any adjustments considerations for educational/resource

adjustments)
-Support children with behavioral needs by keeping them interested and on track so they
can be involved and contribute to the class discussion.
Make the classroom environment clean, warm, inviting so they feel comfortable and able to
learn

Timing:

2pm
2:01
2:03

2:10

2:25

Learning Experiences: I read a story about a sneaky snake that eats the
class, then a girl caught the snake in action and released all her class
and the teacher and another random child.
1. Introduction: (How will I engage the learners?)
All the children sit on the mat
Introduce the story we are going to read (Class two at the zoo)
Ask the children about their experience at the zoo, what their favourite animals
were, what they liked about the animal (hands up)

2. Sequence of learning experiences: (What will you do to help the

students achieve the learning objectives? What tasks and activities will the
students be involved in to help achieve the learning objectives?)
Start reading the story, during the story let the children interrupt and voice their
own stories that relate to the book, throughout ask questions;
-Did you see that animal at the zoo?
-What kind of animal is this?
-Did a snake eat Miss W at the zoo?
-What protected us from the animals that the zoo?
-The animals in the zoo are not in their natural habitat, what is the natural habitat
of a
-Why did the zoo put all their things in their enclosure? -To make it look like their
natural habitat
1. Lesson conclusion: (How will you summarise the learning and relate it to
the lesson objectives?)
Finish the story, discuss their favourite part and why, look at the snake and the
explore what the habitat of a snake is and what their enclosure looks like at the
zoo

Lesson Evaluation:
(Reflect on the lesson. What worked? What did not work? What would you change?
Why?)

At the Start oft he Session i asked questions about the Zoo, I went around the class and asked
what their faviourite animal at the zoo was when i asked a child he didnt want to answer so I gave
him a couple of minutes to answer and didnt so I moved on, When I moved on the child got really
upset he didnt get so share his answer so I let him try again. He shared his faviourite animal and
we moved on but he was still really upset, i tired to calm him down but he didnt want to listen so I
left him (still crying) and continued the book. I wish I had stopped and gone to the child, sat next
to him and offered if he wanted some time away to grab a drink/blow his nose/wash his face etc.
in my feedback the teacher did say it was okay to stop a lesson to support a child but I found it
hard to support him aswel as supporting all the other children in their learning while catering to
the distressed child. I would change the lessson to support the child first then move back to the
book, the children come first in this instance and not the lesson objectives which i struggled with
for my first lesson but I now understand and will do in the future.
The group discssuon worked really well as i identidyed the correct mat manner the students
should be using (legs crossed, hands up, hands to yourslelf etc) so that helped when asking
questions as the students were aware of the mat manners they should be using and the class
flowed well.