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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Kelsey Collins Lesson Title: Fossil Hunt

Date: April 24, 2019 Grade Level: Preschool ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Cognition and General Knowledge; Science Inquiry and Application; Inquiry; Describe, compare, sort,
classify, and order.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: The teacher will ask students what they remember, based off of previous experiences
and instruction, about fossils.

Objectives Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Assessed Content Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as Academic Language:
Objective(s) (1 per content data to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) Fossil, rock, sort, categorize
and skill?)
area): The student will be able
The teacher will collect data on which children sorted items
to...
and where the items were sorted.
The student will be able to Procedural steps:
sort fossils from rocks. 1. The teacher will pre-prepare the outdoor
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or area by placing large pictures along with
One Assessed compile your evidence into a class or group view? Give the real rock and fossils around the
Developmental Skill: specific numeric data.) playground.
The student will be able to The teacher will use a class list to make check 2. The teacher will begin by asking students
physically collect the marks for which students selected items and write what they know about fossils. The
fossils and rocks and which category the students sorted each item into. teacher will record responses on a white
move them into categories. board or large notebook paper.
3. The teacher will begin explaining the
Safety Considerations: activity. The teacher will say that they hid
This activity will take place some fossils and rocks on the playground
outside on the playground. and need help finding the them.
Students will follow 4. The teacher will tell students that once
outdoor safety rules. they find a rock or fossil, they will put
them in the red bucket if they are a fossil
or the orange bucket if they are rock.
5. The students will begin the activity
6. After the activity is over, the teacher will
take out all of the rocks and fossils and
take with students as to whether or not
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they think they are correctly placed in the
buckets. The teacher will make
corrections if needed.

Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life,

hands-on materials.)
Fossils, rocks, buckets, large pictures of each
rock and fossil

Adult Roles:
Adults will help ensure the students safety and
help students as needed.

Resources & References:

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction? Hint: Look at rubric for guidelines on what to write about.)