Noelle Uranga

ECE 251
4/26/2016
Lesson Plan
Activity Name: Fabric Types
Approximate Length of Experience: 20 minutes
Age and Number of Children: 7-8 year olds/ 12 children
Goal: To become more aware/ familiar with the different types of fabrics, and their
physical traits
Domain: Cognitive
Content: Facts include: What are different types of fabrics used to make clothing?
What do the different types of fabrics feel like?
Vocabulary words include: fabric, clothing, silk, cotton, denim, leather, wool, fur,
smooth, rough, fuzzy, stiff
Objectives: Participation in this activity will increase the child's ability to
1. Be able to identify different types of fabrics just by looking at them
2. Be able to find and read on the clothing the type of fabric
3. Describe what the different types of fabrics feel like
Materials: Clothing made from different (common) fabrics. 3 leather, 3 cotton, 3 silk,
3 denim, 3 fur. Make sure each piece of clothing has a tag on it with fabric listed

Procedure: Begin by asking the class, "Do you know what fabric is?" (Memory) If
there is no reply from the students fill them in and tell them what fabric is, as they
may not know.
Next ask the class, "What are some different types of fabrics that our clothes can be
made from?" (Memory) Again, if there is no response start to list off a few fabrics,
and then see if they can join in and list a few.
Next lay out a few different pieces of clothing on the table and ask the following
questions:
"What do you see on the table?" (Evaluative)
"What are different types of fabrics that you think you see on the table?"
(evaluative)
"Where on the clothing do you find what type of fabric the clothing is made out of?"
(memory)
Have each of the children go and grab an item of clothing. If there was no response
to the previous question, show the children where on the tag they can find what
type of fabric the clothing is made from.
Ask the children, "On your piece of clothing, what fabric does it say it is made
from?" (Evaluative)
Then move on to the feeling of the fabric. Ask the children. "What does the piece of
fabric that you are holding feel like?" (I.e. rough, smooth, silky..) (Evaluative)
Have the children switch pieces of clothing 2-4 times and repeat the questions
above.

Extension: Time and children's interest permitting, proceed to the following: "Now
turn to the person sitting next to you. What do you think your partners clothing is
made out of? What fabric?" (Evaluative)
Simplification: Go through the pieces of clothing together as a class one by one as
time permits
Evaluation: Direct observation
What next: If this lesson goes well the focus of the next lesson will be on what type
of fibers are used in the different fabrics
Evaluation of appropriateness of the category (type) of questions used:
During this activity the main two types of category questions that I used was
memory and evaluative. For this specific activity I feel like those are the best
category of questions that you could use. In the beginning, all of the questions are
memory. Memory questions are always the best in the beginning of the activity
because you are able to see what they know and what they don't know. For those
who know the answers, it is review, but for those who don't, they learn the answer.
You don't want anyone to be left behind and not know what they aren't doing when
you have just begun the activity. That's why those certain questions were asked, like
if they knew what were some different types of clothing, or if they knew where to
find the information that said the fabric. Those are all memory questions. The other
question type that I used was evaluative. For this activity, this is the next best
category that you can use. Everything that you do in this activity is evaluating and
looking. You have to look at the tag to find out the answer of the fabric used. You
have to look at and feel the fabric to be able to tell if it's stiff, silky, smooth, or

rough. While some of those can be pulled from memory, the point of the activity is
to be hands on and evaluate what you see and feel from the clothing's fabric. I don't
think there were better questions categories that you could have picked from for
this particular assignment. Using those two are what gives the children the best
hands on learning experience.