EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Julia Longo Date: November 9, 2017 Age Group: Kindergarten

Purpose:
Purpose:
The kindergarten students are continuing to learn about and identify
Reason for
numbers one through ten. Some of the senior kindergarten students
developing learning are able to identify and count up to and even past twenty. This week
experience. This after discussion with my supervisor I was asked to create a counting
could be in response activity for the students to enhance their learning of numbers. I
to an observation, created an activity where the students are able to count using a ten
discussion with the
frame. I will create ten frames using popsicle sticks and have the
site supervisor, students count using the cubes provided in the classroom. The senior
Ontario Curriculum kindergarten students will be able to use two ten frames whereas the
Objective, etc.
juniors will focus on one.
Observation

- Document what
you saw and
heard
- Document non-
verbal
communication
(i.e., body
language, facial
expressions and
voice tone)
- Document in
detail: who, what,
where, and when
- Documentation
should be written
in past tense,
objective, and in
anecdotal format
OR
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Learning Experience
Objectives:
What are you
1. Children will enhance their positive attitudes towards learning
planning in response
(2.6) as they accept challenges and take risks when working
to your purpose?
with the activity
- Label your 2. Children will learn to determine quantity (4.13) by matching
experience (e.g. the number presented on the card to the number of cubes
Painting with needed in the ten frame
cars). 3. Children will enhance their representation of numbers (4.15)
- What are your 3
by recognizing numbers in print and reading them
objectives for this
experience? (i.e. Who is involved?
What interests
are you 4 students
extending? What
Educator
strengths and
opportunities for Where will it take place?
growth are you
enhancing/suppor Classroom table
ting?)
Please Note: You Materials:
should refer to
4 ten frames created with popsicle sticks
appropriate
Cubes
pedagogy to
support your Playing cards w/ numbers
discussion around Implementation
strengths and
opportunities for 1. I will introduce the students to ten frames before learning
growth (e.g. ELECT, centre time
How Does Learning 2. I will ask the students if they know what a ten frame is and
Happen, Ontario why it has that name
FDK Curriculum, 3. After explaining the meaning, I will model the activity for the
etc). students
4. I will flip a card over and have the students identify the
number on the card
Describe the 5. I will then ask them how many cubes I need and how many
experience: spaces will be filled on the ten frame
6. After modeling the activity for the entire class the activity will
be placed on the table for the students to use
- Who will be 7. I will sit with the students and observe as they complete the
involved in the activity
experience? 8. I will encourage them to count the number of cubes and ask
- Where will the
them questions like what number is on your card? etc.
experience take
place? (e.g.
Indoors or
outdoors? In the Teaching Strategies:
dramatic centre,
the creative table, Questions
etc).
- List the materials Questions are a basic instruction tool when teaching children new
and resources you things. Questions allow educators to determine if the students
will use understand the concept of the activity. As the students are
- Describe the completing the activity I will ask them questions like what number if
implementation on your card? How many spaces need to be filled for the number
of the experience,
seven and Can you count how many cubes you have? These
with a step by
step description questions will encourage the students to think critically about
- List and describe patterning and will also allow educators to gain an understanding of
2 teaching what the students can do on their own and what they need assistance
strategies. How with.
will you use
them? Why have Challenges
you chosen these
strategies? Throughout the activity I will provide the students with various
challenges. The challenges will include things like Child A show me
nine on the ten frame? or Child B what number comes after five?
For the SK students their challenges will include larger numbers
encouraging them to use two ten frames. For example child C can
you show me 15 on the frame?
Reflection:

- What went well?

Provide examples
for how you know
it went well.
- What didnt go
well? Provide
examples for how
you know it didnt
go well.
- What did you
learn?
- What might you
do differently
next time you
implement this
same experience
and why?
- Did you have to
make any
adaptations or
modifications? If
so, what were
they?
- What type of
experience might
you plan to
extend on this
one?
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