PK-3 Lesson Plan Format

Mentor Teacher’s Initials _____

Name: Mary Jane Walker, Valerie

Hogan Grade
Level: PK Date: Group
Size: group of 4

Subject/Lesson Topic: Sick Simon

Objectives: (TLW:) TLW be able to listen to read aloud text and

answer questions about the reading correctly based on context clues
and prior knowledge.

Standards/GLEs: Birth to Five Standards

Standard LL 1: Comprehend or understand and use language.
● Listen and respond to questions about print read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media,
including music and videos. (4.1)

Contextual Factors: (What contextual factors were considered

when planning the lesson)
-The Early Childhood Laboratory Preschool is a Reggio Emilia
inspired school located in Baton Rouge on LSU campus. There is
15 classes serving children six weeks to age four. We will be
working in the light and shadow area with a small group of
children from the preschool II classroom. There are eleven students
in the classroom, seven boys and five girls. There are five children
who speak english as a second language. Of the five, two of the
children are bilingual in chinese, two in spanish, and one in arabic.
 PK-3 Lesson Plan Format

Mentor Teacher’s Initials _____

Name: Mary Jane Walker, Valerie

Hogan Grade
Level: PK Date: Group
Size: group of 4

Subject/Lesson Topic: Sick Simon

Objectives: (TLW:) TLW be able to listen to read aloud text and

answer questions about the reading correctly based on context clues
and prior knowledge.

Standards/GLEs: Birth to Five Standards

Standard LL 1: Comprehend or understand and use language.
● Listen and respond to questions about print read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media,
including music and videos. (4.1)

Contextual Factors: (What contextual factors were considered

when planning the lesson)
-The Early Childhood Laboratory Preschool is a Reggio Emilia
inspired school located in Baton Rouge on LSU campus. There is
15 classes serving children six weeks to age four. We will be
working in the light and shadow area with a small group of
children from the preschool II classroom. There are eleven students
in the classroom, seven boys and five girls. There are five children
who speak english as a second language. Of the five, two of the
children are bilingual in chinese, two in spanish, and one in arabic.
Teacher Materials/Resources:
● Glitter/vaseline mixture
● sink with water and soap
● projector
● laptop
● sick simon video book
● napkins

Student Materials/Resources:
● n/a

Technology Integration:
-Link to read aloud Sick Simon, Starting at 0:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWXpiy8wwo
- We will be using the projector in the light and shadow area to
display the read aloud of Sick Simon.

Family/Community Connection or Extension: we will have a small

pamphlet about germs and how to protect yourself from sickness to
send home.

Pre-Assessment: We gathered information about what project the

students would be doing in an interview with their teacher.

pre assessment for the children: we ask the children

- Who knows what germs are?
- What do germs do?
- Have you ever been sick before?

Lesson Procedure and Activities: (the format will depend on the

type of lesson such as ELA or science)

Introduction: Introduce ourselves to the students i.e. :

“Hello My name is – and my name is – and we are here to talk
to you all about germs. Who knows what germs are? ( listen to
what the child has to say) What do germs do? (listen to
response) Have you ever been sick before?(listen to response)
Okay so let's learn a little bit more about germs, But i need my
friends to sit and listen to our story quietly so we can all hear.
(Show the children the read aloud video of sick simon)

Activities:
1. show read aloud video of Sick Simon
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWXpiy8wwo
starting at 0:06
2. “Raise your hand if you can tell me one way Sick Simon
spread germs?” “How did sick simon get rid of his germs?”
Listen to answers and assess for standard LL1 4.1
3. “Today I brought pretend germs, does anyone know what
pretend means?” (listen to response, if no one knows,
explain pretend means not real) “Its just vaseline and
glitter.”
4. Have the children sit or stand in a circle. “Today we’re
going to see how germs spread. First were going to practice
how we will spread those germs.” Have them practice how
they will softly rub hands
5. “ I’m going to give student X the pretend germs” spread it
all over his/her palm “then student X will spread it by
rubbing the palm of their hand on to student Y palm and so
on.”
6. “Raise your hand if you think the germs will get all the way
to the end? Who thinks it will stop spreading in the
middle?”
7. “Who thinks it will not spread?”
8. “We call this a scientific experiment, we are going to test
and see how far the germs will spread.”
9. Put a quarter sized amount of the glitter/vaseline mixture
into student X palm. Have them rub palm to palm like they
practiced.
10. Guide them through passing the germs to each others
 hands.
11. Once the last two students have rubbed palms, “Now
everyone hold out your hand. Who has the most germs?”
they should be able to notice Student X has the most germs
because they were first. “If student X touched somebody
else what would happen?” they should answer: the germs
would spread more
12. “How many germs does everyone have?” go through
the line assessing how much they have. Even the last
student has some germs
13. “What have we learned? Can germs pass along?” “ If
you cough into your hand then you touch a friend or hold
their hand what do you think happens?”
Closure:

Once students have concluded the experiment it is time to clean. “ I

need everyone take a napkin and try to get your germs off.” Students
should have difficulty removing all the germs. “Are they all coming
off? Is there any left?” “So what should we do to get all of the germs
off?” Students should be able to suggest that washing your hands is
the next step. “Right we need to wash those germs off just like Sick
Simon!” “Let's all go to the sink and wash all of the germs off.”
“Should we just use the water to wash our germs? Are the germs
coming of easily? Does it take more than just rinsing them with
water? How did sick simon wash his hands? Do you think you need
to scrub your hands with soap too?”
“So my friends, what have we learned about germs?” Students
should signify they need to keep clean hands. or that they can
spread germs easily.

Differentiation:
-if children are having difficulty with answering the question we
can rephrase or use lead in questions and even revisit the page in the
book if needed.
 -if children want to bring it to the next level we can ask more
specific question about what different germs do to the body. I.E. Virus
makes people throw up, Protozoa causes diarrhea, Bacteria does
infections.

Formative Assessment/Evaluation:
- To determine if the objective is met, each student will need to
accurately answer at least one of the following two questions using
context clues and prior knowledge.

1. “ How did Simon spread his germs?”

-he did not cover his cough
-he sneezed on everything
-didn’t wash his hands.

2. “How did Simon get rid of his germs?”

-by covering his cough
-using tissues to sneeze then throwing them away
-by washing his hands in warm soapy water.