5/23/2013

Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template
Name: Miranda Britt
Date:

Lesson Title: Up and Away

Developmental Domain: Creativity, Literacy, Fine/Gross
Motor
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Language and literacy Deveopment B Strand : 5, 10. Cognition and General Knowledge Reasoning and Problem Solving
Development A Strand: 4.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge:
Instructional Objectives (1-2)
One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to...
- Students will be able to
draw their own design for
an airplane or flying
machine.
- Students will be able to
explain the reasoning
behind their designs.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
- Students are able to
manipulate a writing
device with adequate
control.
Safety Considerations:
- No Safety Concerns

Grade Level: Preschool

Assessment of Student Learning

Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
- Teacher will take photos of children with their work.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
- Teacher will create a Museum in the back of the
classroom for children to walk through and look at
the other students creations

Learning Experience
Academic Language:
Procedural steps:
- Teacher will begin the lesson by having the students
come to the carpet and read them Violet the Pilot
- Teacher will then ask them about what they though
about Violets plane designs she had drawn.
- Teacher will then explain that the students are now
going to create their own flying machines.
- After students have completed their designs, they
will come back together on the carpet and share
their designs with the rest of the class and their
reasoning behind their designs.
Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on
materials.)
- Book Violet the Pilot
- Paper
- Crayons, markers, colored pencils
Adult Roles:
- Facilitator

Resources & References:

5/23/2013

Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template
Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)

For the lesson, I began by having the students sit on the carpet and presenting them the book Violet the Pilot. I started with the cover, pointing out to
the students that the title of the book rhymed. I then pointed out the cover page, and began reading the story out loud.
The children were engaged throughout the entirety of the story, making comments like Thats cool, Look at the dog and answering
questions throughout the reading. The children made comments about the plot as well; one particular student stated she could have gone to the air
show first then saved the boys after learning that Violet had missed the air show she wanted to enter to save a boy-scout troop from the river.
Another student then added that if she hadnt saved them they would have fallen and drown. The students were able to practice their predicting skills
throughout the story as well; at one point the book had the line Violet didnt build just any machines, I asked the students what type of machines
they thought she built and all readily relied flying machines.
After reading and discussing the book, we moved the lesson to a table and explained that we were now going to draw out a plan for our own
flying machines. I prompted ideas by showing the students picture of violets flying machines from the book and asking what things they thought they
needed to have in order to make their flying machines work. The students were very eager to create their own flying machines; first taking ideas form
the book, then, becoming more comfortable with the lesson, adding their own ideas.