Brittany Cooke: 20153074

LESSON
PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: Pre-Primary Time: 8.00-8.45 Students Prior Knowledge:
Date: 25/03/2017 - Able to operate an iPad
- Able to identify a range of emotions:
Learning Area: Health and Physical Education happy, sad, tired etc
- Able to take a screenshot on iPad
Topic from the Australian Curriculum: Emotions
Objective: Identify and describe emotional
responses people may experience in different
situations (ACPPS005)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understandin
thinking competence g

Cross-curriculum priorities N/A

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement Sustainability
histories and cultures with Asia
Proficiencies: N/A
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action
verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Verbally explain methods of coping when feeling frustrated
2. Recall and share emotional responses to different scenarios and representing this through ICT

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

Laptop/Smart Board for YouTube video clip
1 x iPad per student (4 iPads per group)
1 x A3 poster paper per student (4 per group)
5 x coping cards per student (20 per group)
1 x glue stick per group (4 per group)
The Very Frustrated Monster by Andi Green
book
This activity is open ended so it suits many
students abilities and forces them to be creative
and use critical thinking whilst ensuring the
individual academic command of each student
is met as they are able to participate to their
personal optimal level
Ensure students who have vision impairments,
behaviour disorders, learning difficulties and
even students who are ahead of the learning
outcomes are grouped strategically and sat
closer to the teacher if this assist them to listen
and make sure they stay on task.

Students who are excelling are likely to become

bored and distract other classmates so it is
 essential to keep an eye on them and provide
more challenging materials and questions

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking

key, etc, as relevant)
Resources
Time Motivation and Introduction:
*Before
lesson Before lesson starts, place QR codes out around the
begins classroom with 4 x coping cards blue tacked too the wall
beside them
Place A3 poster card and glue sticks on students desk (4 x
per group)
Plug in laptop/computer and load video and ensure
8.00am projector/smart board is working:

1) Gather children on the mat and refresh their minds on the

emotions that have previously been taught (happy, sad,
tired)
2) Introduce new topic by saying: today we are going to talk
about the emotion frustration, does anyone know what it
means to be frustrated? *Allow children to have a
reasonable amount of time to process and think about the
question that is being asked. Then choose a student who is
raising their hand and not calling out.
3) If the childs interpretation is correct then praise, if the
response is not completely right then support and praise
and respond by saying nice try ___ thank you for having a
go but to feel frustrated means to feel upset or annoyed
because you may not be able to change something or achieve
The Very Frustrate
something, for example you may have planned to go to the zoo with
Monster by Andi
your parents but you wake up and its a really stormy day, you may
Green
feel frustrated because it was something you really wanted to do but
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you cant change the weather. Do you all understand?check for .

clarification
4) Introduce and read story book: The Very Frustrated
Monster
8.10am 5) Allow the students to ask any questions they may have
6) Break students up into groups of 4

Activity 1:
1) Explain to students what QR codes are and how they can be
used (demonstrate with the iPad multiple pre-prepared QR
codes with emotion faces)
2) Explain to students that today we are learning about the
emotion frustration and how we can calm our bodies down
and regulate this emotion through 5 different methods: (1.
Do some exercise, Move to a quiet place, take 10 deep
breaths, ask for help)
3) Instruct students to walk around the classroom in their
8.25am groups and find the hidden QR codes once they have found
the code they are too take a screenshot
4) Teacher then prints off the QR code findings
5) Children cut and paste the coping cards onto A3 card Checklists to recor
6) Children can then practice their calming down/coping observations of wea
strategies students

Activity 2: Frustration Scenarios

1) Start a group discussion about times we have felt
frustrated allow the children to converse and share their
experiences do not intervene unless children are heading
in the wrong direction or are not focused on the task
2) Explain to the students that we are going to create a story
8.40am about a time we were frustrated and how to regulate our
emotions using the iPad application book creator
3) The children can each make their own story using voice
recordings and inserting images that can be taken from
class or from a copyright image website
4) Once the children have finished their story if comfortable
the children have the opportunity to play their book creator https://www.youtube
story with the class om/
watch?v=foC008X-N
Conclusion:
1) Instruct the children to gather around the mat and ask the
following questions: who enjoyed todays activities? Can
somebody raise their hand and tell me what it means to be
frustrated? Can somebody please tell me 2 ways we can
regulate our emotions when we are feeling frustrated
*reinforce the idea by repeatedly asking questions and
going over the topic to ensure fluency and understanding.
2) Allow children to ask any final questions
3) Play short Youtube clip on the Smart Board (Sesame Street:
Frustrated)
4) Praise children for their efforts during todays lesson and
mention that next lesson we will be learning about the
emotion: Nervous