LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATE

Name: Emily & Missy Grade level: Pre-K Observation: 2

Long-term specific goal(s) for LESSON: How to compare data Families come in different sizes 1. Title of Research Lesson: How Many Make a Family 2. Short-term specific goal(s) for lesson: To know how many people are in your family To learn how graph information 3. Standards addressed:
18.A.ECa Recognize similarities and differences in people. 18.B.ECa Understand that each of us belongs to a family and recognize that families vary.

4. Background of the Lesson: Students have been discussing families at large group for the past couple of weeks. They are currently in the process of sharing their family
dolls with the class about half of the students have brought their dolls back. These dolls are supposed to be decorated to represent the students family.

5. Lesson Procedure

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Time

Activities
(Divide this into sections. Sections might include: Set-up, Introduction, Teacher-guided instruction, Individual Practice, Group Work, Sharing Ideas, Summary, etc.)

Dialogue
(Teachers Questions; Anticipated Student Responses)

Environment
(Materials, Strategies, Adaptations)

Comments

10:00 10:2510:45 1st Group

Christina reads The Family Book by Todd Parr How many people are in a family? Explain that we will be looking into how many people are in a family. Ask How many people are in a family? Student responses - 4 - I have eighteen - Mommy, Daddy, Me, my cat - Mom, Dad, Me, Simone How could we show how many people are in our families? Student responses - Ask them to come to class - Look at the pictures on the wall - We could draw them! Kids draw their family Kids can use markers, crayons, pencils, paper, or whatever they would like to use to draw their families. We will come together in just a minute to discuss what happened! Me: How about you draw a picture of who is in your family and then we will see how many we have. Student responses - I dont wanna draw (Why dont you want to draw? Because I want to play with the Legos. Well go ahead and play with the Legos. Well have someone else come draw their family) - I need all the markers - This is my mommy and my daddy, but I havent drawn my sister yet Are you guys finished? (Yeah NOOOO) Ok well if youre finished, how many people do you

The Family Book by Todd Parr The book ^^

Paper Markers Pencils Colored Pencils Crayons

Explain/Share picture Talk with the students about the pictures they drew who did they draw, how many did they

6. Evaluation:
(How will you know whether or not you have achieved your short-term specific goals?)

7. Post Lesson Reflection:

Talk about the goals of your lesson, how did your lesson meet those goals? What did the childrens responses to this lesson tell you about whether your goals were met?

What would you change about this lesson and why would those changes improve it?

How did your organization and materials affect the success of the lesson?

I should have reorganized the table after the first group would have prevented Alisa from drawing while I was trying to tell them what the activity was.

What were some challenges with this lesson? What surprised you?

Additional comments?