4/6/2017

Fabric Books Lesson Plan

Name: Erin Scott Lesson Title: Fabric Books

Date: April 6th, 2017 Grade Level: Pre-K
Two Standards/Guidelines: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development: STANDARD STATEMENT Coordinate the use of hands, fingers and wrists
to manipulate objects and perform tasks requiring precise movements.

Language and Literacy: STANDARD STATEMENT Follow two-step directions or requests.

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Ask the students if they have ever made their own book before or if they know what an author is.

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to...
1. The students will be able
to make a fabric book by
gluing down pieces of
fabric
2. The students will be able
to follow two step
directions: Choose three
pieces of fabric, and then
glue them to the page.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill: (Social, Emotional, Physical,
Language, or Cognitive)
Physical skill of can the students
glue on their own.
Safety Considerations:
There are no significant safety
considerations for this lesson. Just
be sure that the students use the
glue only for the fabric, that no glue
goes in mouth or eyes.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
A checklist will be created for each student for if he or she
was able to complete the two objectives of the lesson.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view? This is not how to
display childrens work)
The data from the checklist can be created into a class
table or chart using Excel or Microsoft Word.
Analysis: (What have you learned about your students?
How will this inform future instruction?)
This lesson will give the teacher insight into the students
motor skills and the students abilities to listen and follow to
directions. This will inform future instruction by planning
activities that involve motor skill development for students
who need it, along with supporting the students abilities to
follow directions that have more than one step.
Academic Language: Book, fabric, author
Procedural steps:
In small groups or centers, have students create their own
fabric books. These books will only be about 3-4 pages of
construction paper for each child. Have the students choose
three pieces of fabric that they like for each page. Then, with
scaffolding, have the students glue the fabric to the page. Let
the students select what color of construction paper they
would like to use and what pieces of fabric they would like to
glue to each page. Also have the students write their name on
each page because each page will be going on the drying
rack. Specify that they are putting their name on the cover of
their fabric book because they are the authors of their own
book.
Once the students are done gluing fabric on to each of their
pages, have the students move their pages to the drying rack.
The pages may be staples together once dry.
Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on
materials.)
Pieces of fabric, construction paper, glue
Adult Roles: The role of the adult is to facilitate the activity
while maintaining safety in the classroom. The teacher must
provide the materials and give directions. The teacher must
also assist students with gluing if needed.
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Resources & Reference:

"Cognition and General Knowledge." Ohio Early Learning Standards. Ohio Department of Education , n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2017.
<http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Early-Learning/Early-Learning-Content-Standards/Birth-Through-Pre_K-
Learning-and-Development-Stand/ELSD-Cognition-Standards.pdf.aspx>.

"Physical Well-Being and Motor Development." Ohio Early Learning Standards. Ohio Department of Education , n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2017.
<http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Early-Learning/Early-Learning-Content-Standards/Birth-Through-Pre_K-
Learning-and-Development-Stand/ELDS-Physical-Well-being-and-Motor-Development.pdf.aspx>.

Post Reflection/Analysis

After completing this lesson plan, I found there were many things that went well, and many aspects I could re-think as

well. This lesson went very well because the students that participated were engaged by the many different fabrics they were able to

choose from to create their book. I also think the students enjoyed this lesson because they were able to take ownership of creating

their own book. What went well with this lesson was that the students were engaged and were also given many choices to make their

own creation. The students were able to choose any colors they liked for the pages of their book, and choose whichever fabric they

wanted. This lesson also gave me informative data on which students had the skills to glue efficiently on their own and follow two-step

directions. If I were to implement this lesson again, however, there are elements that I could revise. First, our lessons are completed

during center time for the students, as it fits very well into the schedule. The students are able to choose doing a small group lesson

with us as one of their center options. The groups are typically quite small, in groups of two. I would try to conduct this lesson in larger

groups. This is because I struggled to get every students fabric book completed in the time allotted. Now that I know that completing
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these books was more time-consuming for the students, I could do much better in planning and making time considerations for every

student to finish. To have organization during this lesson, and to see if the students could follow directions, I told them to select three

pieces of fabric for each page they were creating. The students were able to follow these directions but many of them wanted to be able

to put more than three pieces on their page. It also took a long time for students to select their fabric. If possible, I would like the

students to be able to put more fabric in their book if they wished. I also think there can be a more efficient way to select the fabric. I

think possibly I can sort the fabric into piles so the students could see all of their options right away, and possibly have a few less

options to choose from.