EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Julia Longo Date: September 21, 2017 Age Group: Kindergarten

Purpose: Purpose:

Reason for Since it is the third week of school the students especially being in
developing learning kindergarten are still getting used to the routine. Last week I noticed
experience. This the kindergarten teacher take a few students aside to test them on
could be in response their letter recognition. I noticed some students having difficult
to an observation, recognizing the letters both uppercase and lowercase. I decided for
discussion with the this week to read a story called Shiver Me Letters and follow up
site supervisor, with an activity where the students will cut out letters from a
Ontario Curriculum magazine page provided to them and will then glue them on the class
Objective, etc. chart paper provided.

Observation

- Document what
you saw and
heard
- Document non-
verbal
communication
(i.e., body
language, facial
expressions and
voice tone)
- Document in
detail: who, what,
where, and when
- Documentation
should be written
in past tense,
objective, and in
anecdotal format
OR
 Storytelling & Letter Recognition
Learning Experience
Objectives:
What are you
1. Children will improve their social skills by interacting with
planning in response
adults (1.9) and seeing them as a support and resource
to your purpose?
2. Children will improve their language skills, letter recognition
- Label your (3.11) by identifying the letters on the magazine page and
experience (e.g. telling me which letter they found
Painting with 3. Children will enhance their fine motor skills through tool use
cars). (5.3) by using scissors to cut the letters out of the magazine
- What are your 3
objectives for this Who is involved?
experience? (i.e.
What interests Myself
are you Students
extending? What Teacher
strengths and
opportunities for Where will the experience take place?
growth are you
enhancing/suppor Story- on the carpet
ting?) Cutting- At the tables
Please Note: You
should refer to Materials
appropriate
Magazine sheets
pedagogy to
Shiver Me letters childrens book
support your
discussion around Chart paper
strengths and Scissors
opportunities for Glue
growth (e.g. ELECT, Implementation
How Does Learning
Happen, Ontario 1. I will invite all the students to the carpet after we return from
FDK Curriculum, outdoor play
etc). 2. Once all the children are seated I will tell them I brought a
special activity and story for them today
3. Before beginning the story I will ask the students if they can
Describe the tell me any letters they know
experience: 4. After the students have told me I will begin reading the story
5. Throughout the story I will stop and have the students identify
the letters presented on the page
- Who will be 6. After finishing the story I will explain the follow up activity to
involved in the the students
experience? 7. I will write letters A to Z on chart paper at the front of the class
- Where will the
8. I will provide each of the students with a magazine sheet and
experience take
place? (e.g. ask them to cut out certain letters
Indoors or 9. Once they find a letter I will ask them to identify the letter and
outdoors? In the come up and glue it on the chart paper
dramatic centre,
the creative table, Teaching Strategies
etc).
Do-It Signals
- List the materials
and resources you Do-it signals include not asking questions but rather making
will use
statements. I will have the students tell me about the letter they
- Describe the
implementation found on the page. Or I will have them tell me something that stuck
of the experience, out to them that happened in the story. Positive statements give
with a step by children a clearer idea of what to do. Do-it signals help identify what
step description children do and do not know.
- List and describe
2 teaching Silence
strategies. How
will you use While the students are looking for letters on the magazine page and
them? Why have cutting them out I will use silence as I observe. Silence is especially
you chosen these effective when paired with attentive observation. Too much talking
strategies? can distract the students from the learning environment. I will also
avoid interrupting when I see the students interacting with each other
Field Supervisor Feedback:

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