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Lesson Plan
Amy Hutton
National University
Abstract:
To be an effective teacher, one must plan well and take into consideration many different aspects
that effect the classrooms today. An effective lesson plan will take into account the diverse student make-
up of the classroom and work to differentiate and modify to meet each students needs. A teacher needs to
be able to appropriately build upon previous lessons and bridge the concepts to those concepts that the
student already knows. Along with instruction the assessment of the student knowledge and the lesson
plan are also vital to making sure the lesson is an effective one. Taking this all into account the following
is a lesson plan made specifically for Mr. DeMonner’s kindergarten class at O.W. Erlewine. Amy Hutton
worked with Mr. DeMonner to create a lesson plan that both met the Physical Education and Math stan-
dards for California but also the unique needs of Mr. Demonner’s students. Lastly, the lesson plan made
sure to build on information that was already being taught in the classroom.
LESSON PLAN 3
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Standard: Rationale:
California State Standards:Physical Education It is important to for children to start an
• K1.1 Travel within a large group, without bumping into active and healthy lifestyle young. The
others or falling, while using locomotor skills. California Physical Education standards for
• K1.2 Travel forward and sideways while changing direc- demonstrating motor skills, showing
tion quickly in response to a signal. knowledge of movement concepts, main-
• K1.4 Create shapes at high, medium, and low levels by taining a healthy level of physical fitness,
using hands, arms, torso, feet, and legs in a variety of com- understanding fitness concepts that improve
binations. health and applying it all, help children to
• K1.5 Create shapes by using nonlocomotor movements. achieve this. Physical activities don’t al-
• K1.6 Balance on one, two, three, four, and five body parts. ways have to be what we think of exercise
• K1.16 Perform locomotor and nonlocomotor movements to but if the students can get moving and get
a steady beat. their heart rate up for at least an hour a day
• K1.17 Clap in time to a simple, rhythmic beat. they are on the right track. The Center for
Disease Control and Prevention or CDC
• K2.2 Identify and independently use personal space, gen- (n.d.) says that “Students who are physical-
eral space, and boundaries and discuss why they are impor- ly active tend to have better grades, school
tant. attendance, cognitive performance (e.g.,
• K3.1 Participate in physical activities that are enjoyable and memory), and classroom behaviors (e.g.,
challenging. on-task behavior). [and] Higher physical
• K4.1 Identify physical activities that are enjoyable and activity and physical fitness levels are asso-
challenging. ciated with improved cognitive perfor-
• K4.3 Explain that nutritious food provides energy for phys- mance (e.g., concentration, memory)
ical activity. among students.” (2nd box down on the
• K5.1 Identify the feelings that result from participation in right). Also Charlotte Kelso (n.d.) says,
physical activity. “Movement develops brain cells and stimu-
lates the production of endorphins, body
• K5.2 Participate willingly in physical activities chemicals that help create feelings of hap-
California Common Core:Math piness and calmness as well as ease stress
• K.G.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of and pain” (para 14)
shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects I also felt it was important to include
using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, be- math as part of the PE lesson for two rea-
hind, and next to. sons. First, Mr. DeMonner will couple his
• K.G.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their lessons with physical activity and therefore
• K.G.5 Model shapes in the world by building shapes from I wanted to remain consistent with his type
components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing of lessons. Secondly, teaching a subject in
shapes. more novel situation will help the concepts
Purpose: stand out for the student. It will give them
Students will learn about healthy activities, such as exercise an additional schema to which they can
through movement and eating right. This will be paired with place it and therefore will be retained and
a math lesson on reviewing shapes to help solidify the geo- recalled from long term memory better
metric concepts already learned. (Gunning, 2016, & Slavin, 2015).
Bridges from past learning: We will also be working on listening and
• We will use and review 2d shapes that the students have following directions, which are key founda-
already learned in previous math lessons tional concepts that need to be learned in
• The students will be asked to recall knowledge of healthy kindergarten. These concepts will help
food students as they continue on with their aca-
• Students will identify activities that require movement demic careers and into adulthood.
• We will move to make a connection between active move-
ment and health
Behavior expectations:
• The students will be actively listening
• The students will follow directions
• The students will participate in the activities
• The students will move safely and be careful of their peers
• The students will work well within their collaborate groups
LESSON PLAN 5
2. Learner Outcome(s)/Objective(s): (What will students learn from this lesson? How will you measure mas-
tery of the outcome?)
Outcome: Rationale:
By the end of the lesson the students will have a better under-
standing about what contributes to being healthy, like healthy These outcomes meet the California State
foods, physical activities, and water. The students will also Standards for Physical Education and for
be able to identify 4 different 2-D shapes on flat surfaces and California Common Core Standards in
through body motion. Math.
3. Pre-assessment Activity: (Determine students’ abilities to achieve the learner outcome and prescribe in-
struction accordingly. Consider: linguistic background, academic language abilities, content knowledge, cul-
tural and health considerations, interests and aspirations, physical development, social development, emo-
tional development. )
LESSON PLAN 6
Rationale:
What do you know about this class? The pre-assessment activity is important
Mr. DeMonner’s class consists of 22 students, 13 girls and 9 boys. because it will help to develop a lesson that
There is a great deal of variety in classroom with cultural back- will meet all the diverse needs of the stu-
grounds and also educational abilities. dents. The better we have an understanding
Linguistic background –
of our students backgrounds and current
There are currently 2 ELL students in the classroom. Both children
have only been in the United States for a couple of months. One capabilities the better we can differentiate
child speaks Mongolian and the other child is from Sudan and our lesson plans to meet their needs. Hall
speaks Arabic. There are 5 children in the class who have parents and Austin (2013) quoted Carol Ann Tom-
that speak Spanish but they are not classified as ELL, because the linson, and I couldn’t of said it better, but
parents also speak English and the students have heard both lan- “According to Carol Ann Tomlinson
guages since birth at home. (2010), author of several books on differen-
Academic language abilities – tiated instruction, “Clearly, differentiation is
According to Mr. DeMonner about 80% of the class is at grade level. based on acceptance of the reality that
Content knowledge – learning is
The students have been learning about shapes since the first day of
shaped by a variety of factors, including
class. Mr. DeMonner reviews shapes as part of the daily lesson right
after he does the calendar. In math the students have gone over cir- prior experiences, culture, economics, lan-
cles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. Mr. DeMonner also incorpo- guage, interests, learning preferences, and
rates physical activity in class every day that consists of walking a support systems” (p. 44). Also Cary Kirby
line in the playground, singing with body motions, and following (2014), says “But students are not all the
directions of songs that he puts up on the smart board. Students same, so if we continue being uniform in
should do well with this lesson, as it is review of the shapes they our assignments and expectations we aren’t
have already learned in-depth and also incorporating physical activi- actually helping any of them. Once we
ty that they are use too. come to terms with the idea that being fair
Physical, Social, Emotional development- in the work we assign means that it may not
Most of the students are at expected physical, social and emotional
always appear equal, we can move forward
development for their age group. Most of the students are social,
active, and respond appropriately to their teacher and peers. There is to thinking about what that work might
one student who is very withdrawn and quiet and will not talk, but is actually be” (para 4)
very bright. There is another student who is very oppositional and
defiant to classroom activities, and there are 3 students who are un- Since I have a highly motivated, active and
responsive to their name being called or questions directed toward social class, this lesson plan should go well,
them. as long as I remain cognizant of and make
Health considerations and attendance – modifications for the ELL, special needs,
There are a few health considerations in this class. One student has and gifted students. I will make sure to
diabetes type 1 and has to be monitored throughout the day. There differentiate my instruction keeping in mind
are nurses in the classroom the whole day that monitor her blood
the cultural and economic factors that come
sugar and activity levels.
There are also 2 students that are showing signs of intellectual dis- into play. Doing this should help to engage
abilities (with signs of physical impairments), but they have yet to the entire class.
establish an IEP for them since this is their first exposure to the pub-
lic education system.
The attendance for the class is good.
Cultural Considerations:
There is a diverse cultural background in Mr. DeMonner’s class.
The ethnicity makeup of the class is Asian, Hispanic, African Amer-
ican, and Caucasian.
There is at least 1 self-identified Muslim student that has a few dif-
ferent dietary restrictions and activity restrictions. Although her
father said there is no restriction on dancing she said she doesn't feel
comfortable with dancing to music, but will move when music is
playing.
Socioeconomic Considerations
The majority of the class is from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
More than 60% of the school’s student body is on free or reduced
lunches. We may have to consider that these students do not have as
many educational resources at home or were exposed to as many
preparatory activities.
Interests and Motivation–
The students interests are developmentally appropriate and and
about 70% of the students have a high motivation to learn.
LESSON PLAN 7
4. Differentiation, Adaptation & Accommodation Strategies: (Based on the pre-assessments, modify Learn-
ing Activities based on learner characteristics to meet the needs of ELL & special needs students, highly
achieving students and low achieving students)
LESSON PLAN 8
Rationale:
ELL –
Show the students the shapes expected through pictures and It is important to use SDAIE strategies with
modeling. Also have the students stand near the teacher dur- ELL students. Part of doing this is by
ing the activity. Have the ELL student mimic the teacher’s showing them through pictures, and model-
movements. Post pictures of the shapes near the activity for ing. Another aspect of this strategy is al-
the students to refer to and also provide manipulative like lowing the students to learn through ma-
hula-hoops for the students. nipualtives (Hall & Austin, 2013).
5. Resources: (Identify materials needed for this lesson accounting for varying degrees of skill level)
Explicit: Rationale:
• Audio device that can play music, in this case a smart There is a variety of materials to meet the
phone or a mobile CD player diverse needs of the students. The materi-
• Sidewalk chalk als provide additional modalities of learning
• Hoola-hoops, for the student from visual to auditory to
• Squares and Triangles made from PVC pipes kinesthetic.
• Crayons
• Healthy/Shapes hand-out
LESSON PLAN 10
6. Learning Activities: Explicit Teacher Instruction - (Explain, model, demonstrate, check for understand-
ing)
7. Learning Activities: Guided Practice/ Collaborative Practice (Check for understanding and provide feed-
back and re-teaching)
Rationale:
Guide practice:
The lesson will have four physical activities, each of which I This part of the lesson is important because
will explain to them before I begin. I will participate with this is where they will be able to actually do
them initially and then I will let them take the lead. the activity requirements needed by the
• Activity 1: Do the basic freeze dance again so that the stu- California State Standards for Physical Ed-
dents remember to stop and go with the music as it turns off ucation.
and on. During the freezing portions of this activity ask the
students to pose in different positions like with arms up or They are actually able to put into practice
in a running position, etc. the physical activity portion of the lesson
• Activity 2: Do the freeze dance but this time when the mu- plan on health. They are able to do it in a
sic stops, I call out a shape (square, triangle, circle, heart) fun way by incorporating music and dance.
and whether I want them to do it high our low. As the ac-
tivity progresses, I will call on students to chose a shape We are also able to increase their spacial
and position for their classmates to do awareness of each other during these activi-
• Activity 3: Before the lesson begins, I will draw the 4 dif- ties.
ferent shapes (circle, triangle, square, and heart) on the
blacktop 2 times. I will make the shapes big enough for the They will be able increase their social
students to get inside of them. Once the activity begins and skills as they work together in groups.
the music is playing the students need to keep moving.
When the music stops, I will call out a shape and they need They will continue to increase their geo-
to find the shape and get inside of it. As the activity pro- metric knowledge of shapes that will help
gresses I will find students to pick a shape for the next time solidify what they already learned.
the music stops.
• Activity number 4: Using the shapes on the blacktop, break
the students up into 3 equal groups. Have them practice
holding each others hands and standing on the lines of the
shapes to make the shape. Each group will need to rotate
through the 4 different shapes.
Check for Understanding:
I will be checking for understanding in the 4 different activi-
ties by observing the students. In Activity 1, I will be looking
that the students move and stop at the appropriate times and
that they try the different poses I put out there. In Activity 2,
I will be looking to see if they are making the correct shape in
the correct position matching what was called. I will also see
if they understand by see if they can call the right shapes and
positions for their classmates. In Activity 3, I will be looking
for the students to identify and get in the shape that was
called. I will also see if they remember the shapes by being
able to appropriately call the right shapes for their classmates.
Lastly, in active 4, I will seeing that they can work with their
classmates to make the shapes the learned about.
LESSON PLAN 12
8. Independent Practice: (Provide practice that supports the learning outcome. Note: Independent activities
are assigned assuming that students understand the concept well enough to work on their own.)
9. Assessment and Evaluation: (Describe how you will assess and/or evaluate the students’ learning. De-
scribe differentiating assessment strategies you will use for ELL, special needs students, highly achieving stu-
dents and low achieving students.)
Rationale:
Whole class assessment: I will be assessing the whole class Assessments are important for many rea-
on a rubric scale. I think a rubric scale is a great assessment sons. It first lets me know if my students
tool for an activity like this and also to look at diverse stu- are grasping the concepts being taught.
dents, because we can start with a baseline and the activities Secondly it will let me know if there is any
we want to look at and adjust it to fit the capacities of the areas that I need to go more in-depth or
student. Using similar rubrics from lesson to lesson, we can reteach. Lastly it provides me with infor-
see if there is growth across the board with our students. I mation on what the child has mastered so
will be using my observations of the activities to identify how far and what we still need to work on and
and where they fall in the rubric. For the worksheet, I will be have future lessons around.
looking for correct responses. Lastly, for all groups of stu-
dents I will use anecdotal notes about the their participation Since there is a lot of movement and activi-
and growth during the lesson plan. ty with my lesson plan, one of the best
ways for me to assess it was through obser-
Modifications for: vations. Where the children following in-
ELL – I would alter the rubric slightly to fall more in-line structions? Where they doing the correct
with the capacity of these students. Since I will be modeling activity? Through these instructions I de-
the intended activities and using manipulatives, I will expect cided to do a rubric and anecdotal notes to
them to be with the class during the physical activities. I will record these observational assessments and
not expect them to talk as much during the discussion portion. to give a more in-depth look at the students
abilities.
Special needs-
Again I will adjust the rubric to fit the capacity of the student. Eby, Herrell, and Jordan (2011), say
If the special needs student has a physical disability or a “rubrics and checklists can record mastery
health issue like the student in this class, I would look that of many basic skills in the primary
they were giving the best effort they are able to give during grades” (p 218). Not only can we use
the physical activity, and they would be rated a 4 or excel on rubrics for the general classroom but they
the rubrics. For learning disabled students I would again ad- can be modified to fit the abilities of the
just the rubric to their ability and to what I was able to to child, which works well when assessing a
teach them, since I would chunk the lesson down for them. diverse group of students
10. Closure: (Describe how students will reflect on what they have learned.)
To end the lesson, I will bring them up front to the carpet Rationale:
squares. We will review their worksheets. I will ask them to It is always important to summarize what
tell me about some of the things that they learned today. I was learned during the lesson. This helps
will have them reiterate some of the healthy habits they talked to solidify the information and therefore
about at the beginning of the lesson. I will find out what they increase the retention of the information.
plan on doing at home to be healthy. We will wrap up by The best way to close a class is by an inclu-
talking about if we did this lesson again what shapes would sive discussion between the teacher and the
we want to do next time, and have the students give me ex- students, where the students can share what
amples of how they would do those additional shapes. they have mastered. Also during this time
the children are able to learn from each
other.
11. Lesson Reflection/Assessment: (Collect student learning data to determine: What went well? What needs
to be changed? Were learning outcomes met? What activities will you add, change, modify in the future?
What can be done to follow up on the learning from this lesson? Who needs additional help? Who needs
enrichment or higher level work?)
You will complete this in week four. You do not need to include it in your lesson plan.
Revised: 5/17
LESSON PLAN 15
Rubr
4 3 2 1
Out-standing Above/meet- Meets stan- Needs im-
ing Standards dards with provement/
needs im- unsatisfactory
provement
Participate in Raise quiet hand, Paying attention, Paying attention Not paying atten-
group discus- wait to be called contributing to the quietly, but not tion, not sitting with
on and contribute discussion, but not providing any re- the group, acting in
sion
meaningful correct always providing sponse to ques- a distracting man-
responses to the the correct an- tions asked ner
discussion and the swers, not always
questions asked waiting to be called
on
Attention/ Fol- Full body listening, Pays attention for will sporadically Not listening or
lowing Direc- eyes on teacher, the majority of the pay attention to the following direc-
ears are listening, time and follows activities and same tions. Not being a
tions bodies are atten- the directions most with the following part of the group.
tive. Following all of the time directions.
the directions
properly
Participation Moving and freez- Moving and freez- May have trouble Not moving or par-
in activities ing at appropriate ing mostly at ap- understanding ticipating in the
times. They are propriate times when to freeze or activities.
and body
being safe with and stays active move but will at
movement each other and and for the majori- least be trying.
moving throughout ty of the lesson May also be dis-
the entire physical and are being safe tracted or remain
activity portion of with their peers still during active
the lesson parts of the lesson
Making Correctly Matches Makes the correct Trying during the Either not partici-
Shapes the body shape shapes we are activity but making pating in making
and position to the working on but the wrong shape the shapes or
shape and position maybe not always often making the incor-
called every time in the right position rect shape every
or may have the time.
right position but
wrong shape
Identifying Able to identify the Able to identify the Often has trouble Not participating
correct shape correct shapes correct shape the identifying the cor- and or incorrectly
when called every majority of the time rect shape first and identifying the cor-
single time and will correct when rect shape
move quickly with- watching peers.
in those shapes
LESSON PLAN 16
Worksheet Correctly identify Most of the correct There are more Not completing the
Completion all the healthy responses for incorrect respons- worksheet
foods, exercise healthy foods, ex- es circled or the
and shapes on ercise and shapes child misses entire
worksheet and are circled sections
circle them as in-
structed
ic
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