Instructor:TaylorBlair

LessonTitle:BrownBearBrownBear
CurriculumArea:Social/EmotionalMulticultural

AbilityLevel:PreK
Date:22September2014
Estimatedtime:20minutes

StateStandardandIEPgoal:
SE.P.4.1Showprogressinunderstandingsimilaritiesandrespectingdifferencesinpeople.
LL.P.1.2Listenattentivelytostoriesorclassdiscussions
AL.P.1.5Demonstrateincreasingabilitytocompletetaskandmaintainconcentrationovertime.
IEPgoals:
StudentDwillpointandnameusinghiswordswithoutbeingprompted.
StudentNwillusehisLAMPdevicetocommunicateduringclasstime.
StudentEwillsitwithhisaidinordertokeepstillandhandstohimself.
LearningObjective:Studentswillshowprogressinunderstandingsimilaritiesandrespecting
differencesintheirpeersintheclassroom.
EvaluationofLearningObjective:Studentswillshowprogressinidentifyingsimilaritiesand
differencesbetweenthemselvesastheysharesomethinguniqueaboutthemselvesandidentify
uniquecharacteristicsintheirpeers.
Engagement:Todayboysandgirlswearegoingtoreadabookaboutalldifferenttypesof
animalsandtheircolors.Thebookbeginswithonebrownbearthatseesanotheranimal,and
thatanimalseesanotheranimal!Andbytheendofthestorywewillhaveseenallkindsof
animalsofalldifferentcolorsandkinds!TeacherwillreadthebookBrownBearBrownBear.
WhocanraisetheirhandandtellmeiftheythinktheseanimalsIjustreadaboutarethesame
oraretheyalldifferent?Teachercallsonstudent.Yes,theyarealldifferent!Nowletstalk
aboutthedifferencesbetweenalloftheseanimalswejustreadabout!
LearningDesignOutline:
I.
TeachingThinkbackinthestory,whatmakestheseanimalsdifferentfromone
another?Teachercallsonstudent.Therearelotsofdifferences,right?Allofthese
animalsaredifferentbecausetheyhavedifferentbodytypes,theyaredifferent
colors,andtheylivedifferently.Letslookbackatthebook!Theyellowduckseesa
bluehorse!Whocanraisetheirhandandtellmesomedifferencesbetweenthe
yellowduckandthebluehorse?Teachercallsonstudent.Thehorseisprobably
twentytimesbiggerthantheduck,theduckisyellow,andhaswings!Doesthehorse
havewings?Teacherpausesforstudentresponse.No,horsesdonthavewings!Allof
theseanimalswejustreadaboutcomeinalldifferentshapes,colors,sizesandthey
alllivedifferenttypesoflivestoo!Justlikehowtheduckcanfly,andthehorse
cannot,butthehorsecanrunfasterthantheduck!Justbecausethehorsecantflyor
theduckcantrunthatfast,doesntmeanthatanimalisanylessimportantright?We
arealldifferent,butthatiswhatmakesusunique!Whothinkstheycantellmewhat

II.

III.

IV.

uniquemeans?Teacherpauseforstudenttorespond.Yes,Uniquemeansthereis
somethingaboutyouthatmakesyoudifferentfromeveryoneelse.
OpportunityforPracticeDoesthisbookremindyouofsomethingwereadalittle
whileago?Maybeitsoundslikeabookyoueachtookhomewithyou?Teacherwill
holdupFriends,FriendsWhoDoYouSee?.Now,asIreadthisbookaboutyouall,
afterIreadyournamewearegoingtopauseandyouaregoingtotellussomething
aboutyourselfthatmakesyouunique!Itcouldbesomethingaboutthewayyoulook
orsomethingaboutyourcharacterorthethingsyouliketodo!ForExample,IfI
read,IseeMissTaylorlookingatmethenitwouldbemyturntoshare.Something
uniqueaboutmyselfisthatIlovetotraveltonewplaces,andIhaveeventraveledto
differentcountries!Teacherwillshowstudentspicturesfromtripsanddescribehow
peopleindifferentcountrieslive,lookanddressdifferentlythanwedo.ThenIwill
keepreadingtofindoutwhoIseenext!ThenwhoeverIseewillbethenextpersonto
share!Boysandgirlslistenclosely!Wewanttobegoodlistenerstoourfriends
becauseafterwegoaroundtheroom,wearegoingtorepeatwhateachpersonsaid
thatmadethemunique!TeacherbeginstoreadFriends,FriendsWhoDoYouSee?
promptingstudentswhentheirnameisreadtosharetheiruniquefact.
AssessmentNowthatyouallhavesharedsomethingaboutyourselfthatmakesyou
uniquewearegoingtoseeifwecannamespecificallywhateachpersonsaidthat
madehimorheruniquefromtherestofus!Iwillaskonestudenttotellusone
uniquefactaboutoneofyourclassmatesthattheyjustshared.Teacherwillcallon
studentsindividuallytorecallauniquefactaboutoneoftheirpeers.
ClosureAllofyouaresooooospecial!Andjustbecauseeachofusisdifferentfrom
oneanotherdoesnotmeananythingbad!Beingdifferentfromoneanotherisagood
thing!Thereisonlyoneyou,andifwewereallthesamedontyouthinklifewould
beboring?NowasyougohometonightIwantyoutosharewithyourfamilywhat
makesyouunique!

ResourcesandMaterials:
BrownBear,BrownBear
Friends,FriendsWhoDoYouSee?
Picturesfromtraveling
PlansforIndividualLearners:
StudentDandEwillneedtobepromptedandgivensuggestionsrightawayastowhat
mightmakethemuniquefromtheotherstudents.
StudentNwillbeunabletocommunicateonhisown,sotheteacherwillneedtoexplain
totheotherstudentsthatwhatmakeshimuniqueisthathereliesonhiscommunicationdeviceto
talktous.PicturesymbolsforhispeersuniquefactswillbelocatedonhisLanguage
AcquisitionthoughMotorPlanning(LAMP)device.
StudentBwillneedtorepeathisuniquefacttopracticearticulationandtobesurehis
peerscanhearhisstatement.

DataAnalysis:StudentNwasabletolocateiconsonhisLAMPdevice.StudentDandEwere
unabletosharesomethinguniqueaboutthemselves,andseemedtobeunawareofwhatwas
goingon.Themodelstudentswereabletoidentifysomethingthatmadethemunique.
Reflection:Ibelievethecontentwasadvancedfortheclass.Thestudentsidentifiedthingsthey
liketodo,butotherhadadifficulttimethinkingofsomethingtosay.Ithinkthislessonwasa
greatwaytointroducetheimportanceofgettingtoknowothersandhowwearealldifferent,so
thatlaterthestudentscanlearnmoreaboutspeakingupandsharingaboutthemselves.