Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

Date

Subject/Gra
de Level

Kindergarten

Time
Duratio
n

Unit

I am Unique

Teacher

Stephanie Gokarn

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:

Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

I am unique:
K 1 Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the
multiple social, physical, cultural and linguistic factors that contribute to
an individuals unique identity.

Uses phonics and structural analysis

begins to make connections among sounds, letters, words, pictures and meaning
Experiences various texts
participates in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print
and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as
picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories, photographs, illustrations and video
programs
Uses comprehension strategies
begins to use language prediction skills when stories are read aloud
asks questions and makes comments during listening and reading activities
Early Numeracy
Say the number sequence 1 to 10 by 1s, starting anywhere from 1 to 10 and from 10 to 1.
Subitize (recognize at a glance) and name familiar arrangements of 1 to 5 objects or dots.
Relate a numeral, 1 to 10, to its respective quantity.
Represent and describe numbers 2 to 10, concretely and pictorially.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. I can read with assistance.
2. I can count to ten forwards and backwards
3. I can subitize numbers 1 to 10
4. I can create a puzzle
5.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
Products/Performan
ces:

Pete
Pete
Pete
Pete

the
the
the
the

Cat
Cat
Cat
Cat

Puzzle
Shirt
Buttons Counting Book
Guided Reading Book

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Education
http://www.learnalberta.ca/ProgramOfStudy.aspx?
lang=en&ProgramId=564423#752390

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT

puzzles
cardstock
button books
shirts
buttons
dice

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

crayons, pencils, glue
scissors

PROCEDURE
Introduction
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Time

Pete the Cat Song

Sitting quietly
Listening to the story
Asking questions, giving opinions
Listening hands and ears and eyes.

Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Body
Learning Activity
#1
Learning Activity #2

Learning Activity #3

Learning Activity #4

Learning Activity #5

Calendar activities: days of the week, count up to the day of the

month, weather report, create a pattern.

Time
10 min

Sparkle Word: Proactive. Active means "doing something." The prefix promeans "before." So if you are proactive, you are ready before something
happens. Think about winter cold season. A proactive person washes his hands
and takes vitamins; a reactive person gets sick and takes cold medicine. You
know it will be cold outside, so you wear a jacket and find your mitts. We will
be using this word lots this week. Number of the day song: The Count, #4.
Read the Book, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. Kids
can sing along once theyve heard the song. Encourage
subtraction throughout.
Explain the four activities to students:
1) Cut out the yellow tshirts and kids play the game on their
own first, adding buttons to 10, then taking away buttons to 0.
They can then partner up and play it again. Sponge: Count the
crayons on the paper and color the correct number, then read a
book quietly on the carpet.
2) Pete Puzzle: Pieces are cut; students put them in correct
order to create a picture then glue it to the cardstock and color.
3) Button book: Students count the buttons on each page (in
dice formation) then cut out or print the corresponding number
on the line at the bottom.
4) Guided Reading: Students will go through the book with me,
page by page, circling the number on each page and following
along with their finger, adding buttons and a face to each page.
Details to be added at the end. Books will be collected so they
can be read as a whole group at the end of the week.
Table 1: Macaroni Art
Class: Table 2: shape patterns, Table 3:playdough, Table 4:
Subitizing / counting

Learning Activity #6

Closure
Assessment of
Learning:
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities

Time

Carpet reading

Button counting & Coloring

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe