Ep002

Foundations of Lesson Plan

Content Areas and Developmental Domains

State/District/Professional Standards

Identify one early learning standard that informed your planning of this learning experience.

Develop awareness of observable properties of objects and material (Carey M. Wright, 2018 )

Learning Goals

Briefly describe your goal(s) or desired outcome(s) of the learning experience.

The main aim of conducting this experimentation under the subject of science to give awareness to students that how water is important in the development of their surroundings and if the plants do not get adequate water supply then their growth is effected along with other physical attributes. Through this experimentation, an awareness will be given to students how they can make their surroundings colourful through this simple experimentation and how water helps the plants to grow. Furthermore, it also proves the hypothesis that for plant growth water is essential.

Materials/Technology/Equipment/Resources

List texts, websites, writing/art supplies, props/artifacts, assistive technology, computer software, Internet resources, audio/visual media, and other tools and materials needed for this experience.

The material that is required for this experiment are listed below:

1. Daisies

2. Food color

3. Water

4. Glass jars

Introduction/Anticipatory Set

Describe initial teacher-and-child activities that establish a warm connection and capture children’s attention. Answer the following:

· How will you build a sense of relationship and connection with children during the introduction?

In the lecture, the teacher motivates the students to share their experience of gardening by inquiring them whether they have a garden in their homes of not or whether they visit any garden or not. Secondly, the teacher asks, have the students experience watering to plants with their parents and if they have any experience of gardening. Through this teacher will come to know the general understanding of students what they know about plants and how water and sunlight are important for plants to grow. To further engage the students with this learning process a small video will be shown to students in which it will be shown how plants grow to depend on water. This will help in developing a sense of experimentation in children what they are going to do.

· How will you relate the lesson to children’s interests, prior knowledge, and families/communities?

Children of 3 to 4 years are attracted by colours and due to outside games or frequent visits to park a sense of natural environment is already developed in them from the side of parents. To further explore the interest of students a visit to the garden will be organized that will help in exploring the interest of students in parks. Through the questions of students, it will analyse how much they know and what they want to explore. Furthermore, the experience that students share will be linked to their interest in the lesion.

Building/Applying Knowledge and Skills

Describe specifically, and in a step-by-step fashion, what you and the children will do in all activities and transitions that are part of this learning experience. Make sure each activity is meaningful and supports your goal(s). Be sure to consider specific content areas and developmental domains that are relevant to the learning experience.

This is a science experiment through which students will be given awareness of how water is important for the growth in plants. Hence, the steps that will be followed in this experiment are 1. A visit of students in the park will be arranged where Daisies are present in abundant and each student will be asked to pluck 5 flowers each. The students will be divided into a group of three. 2. The pluck flowers will be set aside. 3. Students will take glass jars and fill half of them with water. 4. Each group will take 5 jars. 5. One will be left empty. 6. Four jars will be filled with water. 7. Mix food colour in three jars. 8. The food colours that will be given to students will be red, yellow and blue. 9. These colours mixed in three jars. 10. Five stems of Daisies will be put in each jar including that jar which is only filled with water and the empty jar too. 11. All the jars will be left overnight. 12. The next day the results will be shown to students.

The main goal of this activity is to shown students the importance of water in the growth of the plant. Through this, it will be proved how water is important and how the colour of the water changes the colour of the flower and that jar which is left empty dried the flow. Thus, this experiment proves the hypothesis of science. It will enhance the cognitive skills of students. This skill is related to memory, judgment, intelligence, experience, and sense. Thus, students will be able to relate the result of this experiment to different garden experiences.

For each activity, explain how the activity might be differentiated to meet the needs of individual children, including children with exceptionalities. Give specific examples related to particular children in the classroom that you observed.

Before this activity, the students are given ample information about plants of how they grow and what is the importance of water for a plant. But the practical experience is different from the learning experience. Thus, it will enhance the student's experience and those things that are experienced through experimentations stored in the memory of a child forever.

Assessment

Assessment is the process by which early childhood professionals gain an understanding of children's development and learning. Describe strategies you will use to assess children's learning. Consider how you will:

· Utilize and document observation to assess children’s learning.

· Make sure all assessments are aligned with your goal(s) for the lesson.

After the experimentation, the teacher will ask the individual student in each class how they performed the experiment and what they learn from it. The main aim of this experiment is to give awareness to students that without water plants die and if they are given water they grow. Thus, the next day assessment will help in testing the motor and cognitive abilities of students of how much knowledge they gain from this experiment and to what extent it is stored in their memory.

For this assessment, it will also be analysed whether students like practical experiments or the information that is given to them through books or videos they rely on it. It will help in exploring the interest of students. Some of the questions will be asked about their prior experience of gardening at their home what they observe at this time and through this experimentation what they learn. Through this comparison, the students will better explain what they know and what they learn.

Closure

Learning Activities:

The closure is the conclusion of your learning experience. It is time to wrap up the experience by summarizing, reviewing, and/or reflecting on the learning that has taken place. Describe all activities and strategies you will use in the closure of your learning activity.

Summarizing the findings of this activity in a nutshell, it is evaluated that the experience of this experiment is a good one for both the teacher and students. These activities aim to enhance the development of cognitive-motor and physical skills in the student of how much they physically and mentally engage in such activities. The response of the students is overwhelming because the enjoyed this science experiment a lot and the results that they attain delight them a lot. The assessment after the experimentation shows the success of this activity because they narrated how much they enjoy and they realize what is the role of water in the growth of the plant. Thus, the students also show their concern that they will protect them and give them water.

Foundations of Lesson Plan

Content Areas and Developmental Domains

Identify the content area(s) and developmental domain(s) you will address in this learning experience.

The content area that is discussed in this activity is related to mathematic and art. These are the two main areas on which the students will be educated through different approaches. The content that is used in the domain is related to cognitive, logical, mathematical, and solitary skills. Through these skills that behavior of the student will be modified how they can perform their task solely without the assistance of anyone and with this assistance how his or her cognitive skills develop. Thus, the classroom activity is designed accordingly.

State/District/Professional Standards

Identify one early learning standard that informed your planning of this learning experience.

PK-K. Count to tell the number of objects.

· PK-K.CC.3 With guidance and support, understand the relationship between numerals and quantities. (ixl.com, 2019)

Learning Goals

Briefly describe your goal(s) or desired outcome(s) of the learning experience.

Through this activity that students can understand the numbers. From dozens of multiple buttons that students collect buttons of the same color and stick them to a tree that has a number on them of how much and what color buttons have to paste on it. Thus, the ultimate goal of this experiment is to teach the students to do their work without any assistance and how they can accomplish their tasks within a specific time. This encourages the student to use to their cognitive, logical, mathematical and solitary skills. It will help in developing a habit in the student of how they can do their work by following the instruction that is given either from the side of family or teacher.

Materials/Technology/Equipment/Resources

List texts, websites, writing/art supplies, props/artifacts, assistive technology, computer software, Internet resources, audio/visual media, and other tools and materials needed for this experience.

The material that is required for this experiment are listed below:

1. Buttons of 10 different types.

2. A big box in which all the buttons are mixed.

3. 20 card paper which has four tree sketches on each card paper.

4. 20 glue sticks.

5. 20 drawing boards.

Introduction/Anticipatory Set

Describe initial teacher-and-child activities that establish a warm connection and capture children’s attention. Answer the following:

· How will you build a sense of relationship and connection with children during the introduction?

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For building student and teacher connections so that the learning experience of students can be the perfect one. The teacher starts the class with a simple counting of the numbers through which students can realize the numbers. Later on, after this, the teacher shows buttons to the student and asked them to identify colours. After getting the students familiar with the buttons. A short video is shown to students in which a student like them collects a button of the same colour and paste them to tree sketch as per the number that is mentioned on it. Hence, through such activities, the students are comfortable with the teacher. Later on, the teacher shows them all the material and remind them about the video of what is expected from them to do. Thus, it shows how strong the cognitive skills of students or not. Thus, the revision of the whole process the students have been asked to do as shown in the video.

· How will you relate the lesson to children’s interests, prior knowledge, and families/communities?

Through this activity, the interest of the students is examined by how they follow the instruction of teacher by using the cognitive skills that remind them about the whole process. It also shows the mathematical skill of how they use random numbers on the sketches and paste the buttons accordingly without the assistance of anyone. Some students outperform in this activity while others remain faint as they did not recognize the whole process and they look for someone who helps them.

This experiment is hard to find the relationship of a student with interests, prior knowledge, and families/communities. But a teacher is somehow able to categorize the students who are sharp and how are dull because the dull are not interested in such activity because it is not of their interest. While a strange thing also came forward in which some students help others in completing their task. This shows the interest of students and their response to their communities in which they prefer to help others.

Building/Applying Knowledge and Skills

Describe specifically, and in a step-by-step fashion, what you and the children will do in all activities and transitions that are part of this learning experience. Make sure each activity is meaningful and supports your goal(s). Be sure to consider specific content areas and developmental domains that are relevant to the learning experience.

This activity is divided into different steps that are simple and easy to follow. These steps are, read the number from the sketch and colour, go to the big box of a button, collect the same colour and numbers of a button as mentioned on the sketch, collect all buttons and paste them on the branches of trees. Through this experiment, the skills that are tested are mathematical of how they realize the numbers and did they accurately collect the number. Cognitive skills are also tested whether they realize the whole process and lastly, solitary skills are tested whether they complete at their own or they need the assistance of anyone else.

For each activity, explain how the activity might be differentiated to meet the needs of individual children, including children with exceptionalities. Give specific examples related to particular children in the classroom that you observed.

For this activity, the buttons can be replaced with other things such as edible things to place on board. For children with exceptionalities, the flow chart will be shown that will help them to complete the activity by simply following the steps. This will help them to understand the process and complete it as other students did.

Assessment

Assessment is the process by which early childhood professionals gain an understanding of children's development and learning. Describe strategies you will use to assess children's learning. Consider how you will:

· Utilize and document observation to assess children’s learning.

· Make sure all assessments are aligned with your goal(s) for the lesson.

The students learning is tested through the time duration of how much time they need to complete this activity. It is also analyzed that students aggressively complete their activity as they enjoy this. The level of involvement and their concern towards the completion of the task shows their willingness to accomplish it with accuracy.

The main goal of this activity to test the cognitive, logical, mathematical, and solitary skills of students. Thus, the results of this activity show that they complete this in less than one hour. It shows their interest in the class as they realize what they have been taught. As per my assessment, the result of this activity is 90% because 10% are those students who are not good at numbers.

Closure

Learning Activities:

The closure is the conclusion of your learning experience. It is time to wrap up the experience by summarizing, reviewing, and/or reflecting on the learning that has taken place. Describe all activities and strategies you will use in the closure of your learning activity.

Summarizing the findings of this activity, it is evaluated that students are in love with colourful objects and the things that are taught them through colours and such activities are more fruitful as compare to those who only based on learning. Thus, these activities proofs that learning through activity is fruitful as compared to other teaching strategies. As far as cognitive skills, logic and mathematical skills are concerned, most of the students recognize the whole process and do it the same as it has been taught but some forget the steps and do not recognize the numbers. This activity of art and mathematics proves to be beneficial in learning numbers.

Foundations of Lesson Plan

Content Areas and Developmental Domains

Identify the content area(s) and developmental domain(s) you will address in this learning experience.

The content area of this activity is to educate the students on the use of technology. As technology is an important part of everyone's life and due to extensive use of technology in daily routine activities. It is important to organize an activity on technology that will cover the domains of social, cognitive, visual, verbal and combination of remembering and understanding. This will help in analysing the behaviour of the child as they grow up of how they socialize in the environment and how they share and store memories with the use of technology.

State/District/Professional Standards

Identify one early learning standard that informed your planning of this learning experience.

Learning Goals

Briefly describe your goal(s) or desired outcome(s) of the learning experience.

8.3.1 Use electronic devices (e.g., computer) to type names and to create stories with pictures and letters/words. 8.1.P.A.2 (Otto, 2019)

Materials/Technology/Equipment/Resources

List texts, websites, writing/art supplies, props/artifacts, assistive technology, computer software, Internet resources, audio/visual media, and other tools and materials needed for this experience.

The material that is required for this experiment are listed below:

· iPad or similar device.

· Chart paper

· Pencil

· Colors

· Hardcopy of visuals captured.

Introduction/Anticipatory Set

Describe initial teacher-and-child activities that establish a warm connection and capture children’s attention. Answer the following:

· How will you build a sense of relationship and connection with children during the introduction?

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The success of any activity depends on how strongly the teacher and student communicate with each other. If the teacher is successful in connecting warmly with a student it helps him to overcome his fear of activity as it also promoted its active participation. So, in this activity, the participation of students can be ensured by asked them how many of them play games on tablets and iPads and how many of them use them to capture pictures. When students share their experience the teacher will tell them how can they use them for storing memorable moments. Through this activity can be started.

· How will you relate the lesson to children’s interests, prior knowledge, and families/communities?

This activity is connected with a lot of people, the parents, teachers, community and other people to whom the students are connected. The main aim of this activity is to create a memory with the person they loved and write a story on it. For creating a memory, they need visuals that must be taken from the camera. These visuals can be a new and old one but must be a memorable one. The activities of students can be analyzed by asking them how many of them love to take pictures.

Building/Applying Knowledge and Skills

Describe specifically, and in a step-by-step fashion, what you and the children will do in all activities and transitions that are part of this learning experience. Make sure each activity is meaningful and supports your goal(s). Be sure to consider specific content areas and developmental domains that are relevant to the learning experience.

For this activity they need a camera of an iPad, tablet or smartphone, they will use camera to take pictures, with the help of teacher or parent they take print of those memorable pictures, they paste these pictures on chart, and wrote something in front of them, to make it colorful they must add colors on it. With this activity, brainstorming is done through which students decide of what moment they have to capture and with whom. This will create a mixture of skills on them that are both cognitive and physical. Because at this time they have to use cognition and physical things at the same time.

The specific content area is the use of technology so that they came to know who these gadgets can be used. It enhanced their problem solving, cognitive skills and they know how they can take visuals. Taking pictures is a skill that they can be learned through this activity and how they can use technology to make their moment memorable.

Assessment

Assessment is the process by which early childhood professionals gain an understanding of children's development and learning. Describe strategies you will use to assess children's learning. Consider how you will:

· Utilize and document observation to assess children’s learning.

· Make sure all assessments are aligned with your goal(s) for the lesson.

The children's learning is assessed through the documents that they prepare and the pictures that they captured. Some of the students captured beautiful pictures that are clear and taken from a perfect angle while some students take blur pictures and it is difficult to tell about the situation. But, I am surprised that 80% of the students it accurately because they are habitual of using cameras in their daily routine. But they lack in to explain the picture they only add some words. This shows that at least they know how to capture and narrate the story through words. Thus, this activity shows that students are good at using technology because they are very much familiar due to the extensive use of such gadgets in their homes.

Closure

Learning Activities:

The closure is the conclusion of your learning experience. It is time to wrap up the experience by summarizing, reviewing, and/or reflecting on the learning that has taken place. Describe all activities and strategies you will use in the closure of your learning activity.

Concluding the findings of this activity, it is evaluated that these kinds of technological activities are good for students because through these activities they learn how to use technology productively. If such activities are not created, then such technological products will only be used for recreational purposes. Through this activity, the students show their interest in learning the operation of such gadgets and they use their skills to use them in the best productive way.