Lesson Plan for a Single Day in a Preschool Classroom
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Daily Lesson Plan: Integration Of Art, Music, And Movement
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Instructions
Using your textbook as a reference, you’ll be creating a lesson plan for a single day in a preschool classroom. Your classroom population is as follows:
20 students total
1 student has a hearing impairment
1 student has a visual impairment
Your task is to create an interesting, engaging lesson plan for an average Tuesday during the spring semester. Your lesson plan must meet the following requirements:
There must be a cohesive theme for the day that’s present in every activity and lesson throughout the day.
Every lesson must incorporate an art project, music, or movement activity. It doesn’t have to be the main focus of the lesson, but it should follow the criteria outlined in the text. Remember, a coloring page where each student will end with a similar final product doesn’t count as art. Double-check your text for the definitions of art, music, and movement if you feel unsure.
You must include your accommodations for the child with a hearing impairment and the child with a visual impairment. Reference the end of each chapter for specific ideas.
Each lesson should account for students’ level of development. The independent activity shouldn’t require a sustained focus greater than 20 minutes.
Your plan must include a lesson for each of the following subjects:
Science
Mathematics
Reading
Learning to Recognize/Write Letters of the Alphabet
Social Studies
Art
Physical Education
Cultural Appreciation
Conflict Resolution
Technology
As with all ECE exams, begin with your Title Page formatted in APA style. (Refer to the assignment’s open office hour for a sample image of the Title Page in APA format.) Format your paper using a standard font such as Times New Roman or Arial, 12-point type. Set the margins at a standard 1 inch on all sides. Set your line spacing for double-spacing. Because you’ve already provided your information (your first and last name, your student ID number, the examination name and number, the course name and number and the date of submission) on your Title Page, no running header is necessary. Be sure to give your plan a title based on the theme you’ve chosen. The standard style format for citations, if required, is American Psychological Association (APA).
For assistance with proper APA in-text citations and references, please see the Research and Writing page in the Virtual Library.
Each subject must follow this formatting:
Subject:
Topic:
Materials Required:
Introduction:
Guided Practice:
Instructions to Students:
Art/Music/Movement Element and Explanation:
Accommodations:
Approximate Duration of Independent Activity:
Example:
This lesson belongs in a unit with a “Diversity is Wonderful” theme.
Subject: Reading
Topic: Everyone is Special
Materials Required: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, white paper, colored tissue paper, shiny foil cut into small shapes, crayons, glue sticks, teacher’s example
Introduction: Reading the story, The Rainbow Fish, and have a discussion about why the Rainbow Fish is still special, even though he’s not the most beautiful fish in the ocean anymore. Key Question: What makes someone special? Is it their appearance or what’s inside? Or a mixture of both? What makes you special?
Guided Practice: If I were a creature that lives in the ocean, I would be an octopus. Because I feel like I’m always doing so many things at once. I feel like this fish is the best example of myself. It will be colorful and contain a single, shiny foil piece to represent my shiny scale.
Instructions to Students: You’ll be creating your own fish! This fish should be what you think you’d be if you lived in the ocean. Know that it doesn’t have to be a fish; it can be any creature that lives in or around the ocean, like an otter or a penguin. It should be just like you, though! You’ll use your hands to rip the tissue paper into smaller pieces, and you’ll glue them onto your page to create the shape of your fish. You’ll be allowed one shiny scale, and you can use your crayons to draw a face or other features you’d like.
Art/Music/Movement Element: Students will be creating their idea for what they’d look like as a fish. This qualifies as art because no two fish will look similar, and this isn’t busywork. Students are working on their self-reflection skills to find representations of who they are as individuals.
Accommodations: The student with the visual impairment can touch the book as it’s read to feel the shiny scales on the page. This student will also be given assistance to help glue and attach his or her fish scales. The student with the auditory impairment can sit more closely as the story is being read to hear better. Also for the hearing impaired student, a second reading of the story can occur if necessary.
Approximate Duration of Solo Activity: 15 minutes
Please use a single page for each subject. Therefore, you should have 10 pages, plus the title page, when you’re done.
Summary
The concepts for integrating art, music, or movement into your lesson plans and curriculum are outlined thoroughly within your text. There are even sections dedicated solely to conflict resolution, technology, and other various subjects. Use the index of your book to help you find those specific readings.
Be sure to make the lessons engaging. Remember that preschoolers are only 3–5 years old. They enjoy fun, novel activities that require hands-on experiences. The more you can get them on their feet or with hands on materials, the more likely they’ll enjoy the activity and remain on-task.
Your final project should be at least 11 pages, depending on the amount of description you use in each section. Use APA formatting to create your document.
Grading Criteria
The following rubric will be used to grade your project:
Per Subject Formatting required items: APA Style, Mechanics, Appearance, Lesson elements present and in order
5 = All required items present and correct
4 = one required item missing or incorrect
3 = two required items missing or incorrect
2 = three required items missing or incorrect
0 = NP (not present)
Per Subject Content required items: Incorporated Theme, Art/Music/Movement Activity, Accommodations, Developmentally appropriate
5 = All required items present and correct
4 = one required item missing or incorrect
3 = two required items missing or incorrect
2 = three required items missing or incorrect
0 = NP (not present)
Scoring Table
Item Excellent
(5) Proficient
(4) Satisfactory
(3) Insufficient
(2) NP
(0)
Science Formatting
Science Content
Mathematics Formatting
Mathematics Content
Reading Formatting
Reading Content
Letters of the Alphabet Formatting
Letters of the Alphabet Content
Social Studies Formatting
Social Studies Content
Art Formatting
Art Content
Physical Education Formatting
Physical Education Content
Cultural Appreciation Formatting
Cultural Appreciation Content
Conflict Resolution Formatting
Conflict Resolution Content
Technology Formatting
Technology Content
Total: ________
Grade = %
Lesson Plan for a Single Day in a Preschool Classroom
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Introduction
The lesson plan is a guide that teachers follow to know the learners' activities and how the teaching process should take place, as well as the criteria used to measure the students' understanding of various topics. Lesson plans enable tutors to be effective in the classroom because they provide a detailed outline of the activities to follow (Fujii, 2019). They also enable teachers to engage in meaningful discussion with learners. The six notable parts of an effective lesson plan include the lesson's objectives, related requirements, materials for the class, and the procedure to be followed while handling the assignments (Bagiati & Evangelou, 2015). Additionally, the lesson plan also involves the method for assessment and the reflection for the lesson. All these parts play a critical role in students' learning process and development; therefore, it is important to handle them with a clear plan in mind. Based on the scenario provided, the total number of students in this scenario is 20. Among these students, one student has a hearing impairment, and another one has a visual impairment. This study, therefore, focuses on the preparation of a lesson plan for a single day in a diverse preschool classroom.
THEME: GROWING AND LEARNING
LESSON 1: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Subject: Conflict Resolutions
Materials Required: Materials required for this class include favorite toys for children and books for drawings.
Introduction: To enable the students to understand lessons on conflict resolution, teachers use moral stories on conflict management; teachers are advised to sing together with children as they introduce stories to break the monotony of narration. These stories have to be narrated in a class of the day. While narrating the stories, children should be placed in pairs to give teachers an easy time to explain the concept. Additionally, children who are having conflict with one another should be allowed to sit close during this class to enable them to seek forgiveness from one another. A teacher concerned should introduce new words like, I am sorry, I apologize, forgive me, and thank you. These would enable the students to embrace one another once the apology has been made.
Guided Practice: Storytelling is notably one of the best ways to pass knowledge to young students in a classroom. This is because it attracts the children's attention, and they can relate what they hear in the story to everyday life. By allowing children who have conflicts to sit together, teachers can create good rapport among these learners. Some of the best ways to enable students to learn the strategies to solve conflicts include helping them verbalize their feelings, practicing conflict scenarios, and modeling good morals. Additionally, teachers encourage students to use their storybooks to read stories about conflicts; they observe the students’ behaviors and praise students who solve the disputes in their way.
Instructions: Students are encouraged to solve conflicts with classmates with whom they have had problems with in the past during this class. Teachers read to the students on the importance of peace and unity and maintaining a friendship. They are then made to play with their toys peacefully without interfering with one another.
Art/ Music/ Movement Element: Singing during the narration of stories and playing with the favorite toys mount to the moment activity.
Accommodations: There are two students in this class with different disabilities. One is experiencing hearing impairment, while the other one has a visual impairment. The teacher's concern must ensure that all these students participate fully in the class activities. The teacher will allow all these students to sit in the front seats to see and hear the demonstration done by the teacher. These students have to be provided with the toys and participate in singing just like their classmates.
Approximate Duration for Solo Activity: 20 minutes
LESSON 2: READING
Subject: Reading
Topic: Equality to all
Required Material: Ribbons, Colored balloons, Decorative stickers, Marker Pens will be used to write messages on the balloons.
Introduction: The teacher introduces this topic by explaining "Richard and the balloon man" to the students. The story enables the students to understand the importance of equality to live in a racism-free world. The moral of the story is that with determination, all human beings can achieve their ultimate goals. It also explains that not the color of an individual determines success but hard work and determination. The young students learn to embrace equality and avoid discrimination based on an individual's race from the story.
Guided Practice: In this class, the teacher helps the children with the story of Richard and the balloon man and explains how all balloons fly high in the sky irrespective of the color. The instructor reminds the students that all creatures were created by God thus deserve equal treatment from one another. The teacher should also allow the students to blow the balloons and release them on air to witness how they fly high without discrimination.
Art/Music/ Movement Element: Allowing the students to blow balloons of their choice introduce them to a discrimination-free world. It also broadens their knowledge of colors. The practical part of the story enables them to understand the morals of society on their own.
Accommodation: Being that this class involves several students with disabilities. The teacher moderating the study must ensure that they are all incorporated into the activities in the classroom. The student with the vision impairment has to be assisted in reading the book by the teacher. The student must be allowed to touch the book and read it with the help of fingers. On the other hand, a student experiencing hearing impairment must sit at the front seat to get the information. Other students should also be encouraged to read a sentence twice to favor the fellow with disabilities.
Approximate solo duration: 20 minutes
LESSON 3: LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE
Subject: Learning to recognize
Topic: Learning the names of animals
Material Required: Whiteboards and Colorful markers.
Introduction: In this class, students will be taught simple names of animals. Some of the characters that children find simple to mention include cow, dog, cat, and dear. A teacher must draw animals and ensure that the students correctly pronounce the name. The students should pronounce the name repeatedly to enable them to master all the animals. The teacher should also give the students enough time to pronounce the name of the animals drawn on the whiteboard.
Guided Practice: Mentioning the simple names of the animals equips the students with the much-needed knowledge on alphabets and getting familiar with the animals.
Art/ Music/ Movement Elements: Students can write the names of animals with a colorful marker pen is a designated form of art only.
Accommodations: Students with visual impairment are assisted in touching books. The fellow students also help them in writing on the whiteboard. Teachers are also advised to allow students with hearing impairment to sit on the front seats. Teachers and students are also required to read aloud and repeat the words if necessary so that the students with the hearing impairment can understand.
Approximate Duration for Solo activity: 25 minutes.
LESSON 4: SOCIAL STUDIES
Subject: Social Studies
Topic: Describing on...