LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION

Year Level: KINDERGARTEN Time: Monday & Tuesday Students’ Prior Knowledge:
Date: Term 2, week 3
The students have been made aware of the concept of
Learning Area: English Kindness from Term One (beginning of the year) in
regards to creating, developing and understanding
both the classroom and playground rules necessary to
keeping everyone safe.

Strand & Content Description(s) from the Australian

Curriculum:
o ACELY1784 Use interaction skills including listening
while others speak, using appropriate voice levels,
articulation and body language, gestures and eye
contact.
o ACELA1428 Explore how language is used differently at
home and school depending on the relationships
between people.

General Capabilities ( areas that are covered in the lesson)

Personal and
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical
Social
Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour understanding
Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities ( areas that may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Lesson Objectives
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Students will be able to differentiate between positive and negative social behaviours.
 Students will understand what Kindness is and what it means to be kind to others.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for Students:

o Kindness Posters: printed and laminated for the Students who are not fully developed in their literacy skills,
mat session. the Kindness Posters will be used to assist the students in
o Bucket Filler Behaviours Template completing the table top activity in front of them, acting as
o Bucket Filler Activity Sheet Template prompts for scaffolding discussions.
o YouTube Video – Have You Filled a Bucket
Today? A guide to daily happiness for Kids. By Those who have vision impairments must be seated close
Carol McCloud. to the front of the group on the mat as well as providing a
o Scissors for the students and educator (if larger worksheet size if necessary.
required to assist the students in cutting).
o Glue Sticks
o Pencil to write the students names on their
activity sheets.
o Coloured pencils to colour the bucket fillers in
the bottom left corner (if time permits).
 LESSON DELIVERY Resources/References
Time
8:30am Motivation and Lesson Introduction:
1. The students enter the classroom and place their library books in the
basket located at the front of the classroom. Number of the Week
Template
2. The students are then required to locate their name set up on the
three desks. Letter of the Week
The students are to place the letters of their name in order, trace the Template
pre-written name provided and then write their name by themselves
on the line provided at the bottom of the laminated sheet. Bells
Once the students have completed this, they are able to free play in
the available play centres around the classroom until the day begins. Youtube Video Puppet
Show on Friendship
During the above activities, the educator must walk around and praise the Skills
students to increase their self confidence levels as well as providing support
where needed. This is extremely important if their parents have departed. Kindness Bucket Filler
demonstration
3. The educator will then ring the bells to signal to the students to
transition to the mat to begin the day. Name Formation
Sheet
4. Good Morning introductions are complete as well as the timetable for
the day (located at the top of the whiteboard for the students).

5. The educator will explain what Kindness means to the students.

o Kindness is being friendly and helpful and have good

manners towards your friends and family.
o We are all kind in Kindergarten because everyone is our
friend.

6. The educator will play a puppet show on friendship skills to the

students to initiate the end of the mat session before they are
dismissed into the various learning centres available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxDTjRPmVNA

7. Two students are selected for the table top Kindness activity and the
rest of the students are free to play in the other learning centres
around the classroom until their name has been called.

During the mat session, if the students become off topic or distracted, the
educator is to implement the behaviour management strategy of “are your
eyes watching (pointing to eyes), are your ears listening (pointing to ears), are
you voices quiet and are your bodies still.
9:30am
Bucket Filler Activity
Sheet
Lesson Development:
1. Two students at a time are called up to the table top activity to
Bucket Filler
complete their activity.
Behaviour Template
9:30am The students are chosen based on their level of concentration within
their play scenarios.
Scissors
Glue
2. The Kindness Posters are shown to the students to re-direct their
focus towards the activity at hand.
Coloured Pencils
Both the educator and students are to read the cards out loud. Invite
questioning and scaffold answers.
Lead Pencil for name
3. Now, remember from the mat session, the bucket filler that I showed
writing
you? You are now going to do an activity that is very similar, but on a
piece of paper.
 4. Instruct the students to retrieve one pair of scissors and one glue stick
from the available buckets located in front of them and then sit down
at the desks.

5. Next, they are to cut out the bucket filler and bucket dipper vocabulary
list and place them in front of them on the desk.
The students are to organise their vocabulary word list in front of
them, into positives and negatives. The educator can use the
following prompts to scaffold discussion:
o Is saying kind words to others a good or bad thing?
o Is hitting or pushing others a good or bad thing?
o Where do you think this one goes?
Once finished instruct the students to put their scissors back in the bucket.

6. Once the students have sorted out their Kindness words, instruct the
students to glue the words onto their Bucket Filler Activity page
provided by the educator (ensure the students names are on each
page).

7. To evaluate the students understanding of the activity they are

partaking in, they are to explain verbally to the educator “I can fill
someone’s bucket by…”. However, if the students do not understand
the question, it may be rephrased to “How can you be kind to
someone else?”

8. If time permits, the students may colour in the illustrations on their

10:20am page.

As recess takes place at 10:30am if some students have not completed the
activity they will do so after recess.

Lesson Closure:
At the closure of the table top activity, invite the students to share their
thoughts and feelings on the positive and negatives of School Kindness in
relation to their activity sheet. Questioning
The educator must scaffold answers and invite questioning from all students
participating in the table top activity.
The closure of the lesson is completed when the students are completing the
activity as the classroom is very play based.

Assessment:
The students are observed during their play and this is recorded in two ways:
1. The students are recorded in a simple rubric with the headings Checklist
“Objective One and Two”.
2. Anecdotal notes to assist the educator in identifying whether the Anecdotal Notes
adjectives are met.
Assessment focuses on the students’ enjoyment of the learning process
rather than a product as the activity is mostly child led as they are the ones
choosing the appropriate behaviours which in turn makes the activity open
ended.

Early Years Learning Framework Outcomes

o Outcome Two
- 2.4 Children are connected with and contribute to their world where they become socially
responsible and show respect for their environment.

o Outcome Five – Children are effective communicators

5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes