3/7/2017

Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Plan

Name: Allison DiPronio Lesson Title: Water Xylophone

Date: 3-13-17 Grade Level: Preschool
Two Standards/Guidelines:
Explore objects, materials and events in the environment (science)
Make Careful Observations (science)

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: This lesson is to add another dimension to the classrooms water investigation

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to...
Approach the water glasses with
interest and create sound
sequences with the spoons and
glasses
Differentiate between low pitch and
high pitch sounds
One Assessed Developmental
Skill: (Social, Emotional, Physical,
Language, or Cognitive)
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
I will record which students are able to express that they
hear a difference between the sounds and which students
are able to create different sound sequences with the water
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view? This is not how to
display childrens work)
The teacher will use a checklist to mark whether or not the
student expressed that they heard sound differences and if
they were able to produce a sequence of sounds with the
spoon and glasses.
Analysis: (What have you learned about your students?
How will this inform future instruction?)
Academic Language:
High Pitch, Low Pitch, Water, Sound
Procedural steps:
1. I will introduce the activity by asking the students if they
have ever made music with water before.
2. I will then pour water into the clear glasses, explaining
that I am pouring different amounts of water into each
glass
3. I will then demonstrate music making by hitting a spoon
to each glass
4. The students will then individually get a turn to make
music and will be asked what they hear when they hit the
different glasses
Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on
materials.)
Glass cups, Water, Spoons

Cognitive I have learned that not all of the children are able to Adult Roles:
differentiate the sound differences heard. The adult will ask students questions about the sounds they
are hearing

Safety Considerations: Students

could attempt to drink the water or
will accidently spill it
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Early Childhood Education
Learning Experience Plan

Reflection:

My lesson integrated music within the classs water investigation. I taught the students that there are many things that you can
do with water, making music being one of them. The students seemed to really enjoy the lesson overall. In the beginning they were
all quite focused on the food dye changing the waters color. I am glad I ended up letting the children be a part of the set up process
for making a water xylophone. This allowed them to notice that every glass had a different amount of water in it. The children did
well with taking turns with one another and making predictions. I did a great job demonstrating the activity and then letting the
children explore possibilities that the xylophone had to offer. If I were going to teach it again I would have asked the children better
thought provoking questions and allowed for more exploration time. I learned that the more you prepare to teach a lesson, the
smoother it will go.