Teacher Candidate Megan Schoolcraft Date October 8, 2013
School Cross Lanes Elementar !rade"S#b$ect %indergarten Lesson To&ic Learning the Letter 'T( INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/ STUDENT OUTCOMES St#dents )ill recogni*e letters of the al&habet St#dents )ill identif sight )ords the ha+e learned St#dents )ill ,no) and recogni*e the letter T St#dents )ill listen to so#nds of letter, re&eat letter, and )rite do)n the letter St#dents )ill &rod#ce )ords the ,no) that start )ith letter T or ha+e the letter T in them- WV CSO RLA!"!#!1!$ % .ame all lo)er"#&&er case letters in random order RLA!"!#!1!1 / Segment )ords into &honemes 0cat 1 "c" "a" "t"2 RLA!"!#!1!& / #se basic elements of &honetic analsis 0e-g-, common letter"so#nd relationshi&s, beginning"ending consonant so#nds, short +o)el so#nds, )ord &atterns2- NATIONAL STANDARDS .CTE o 3- St#dents a&&l ,no)ledge of lang#age str#ct#re, lang#age con+entions 0e-g-, s&elling and &#nct#ation2, media techni4#es, fig#rati+e lang#age, and genre to create, criti4#e, and disc#ss &rint and non/&rint te5ts- MANAGEMENT FRAMEWOR# Le'( t'') * epa+ate da, t' -'.p/ete O+erall Time / 100 min- lesson Time 6rame 7 20 min re+ie) &honics 80 min- introd#ction and bod 80 min- assessment and clos#re STRATEGIES Start Sa5on 9honics lesson )ith the st#dents, do :l&habet :cti+it )ith the ball, 9honological"9honemic :)areness acti+it )ith ball, Dail Letter and So#nd ;e+ie), S&elling So#nd ;e+ie), Sa5on 9honics letter T )or,sheet, read 'M T <oo,(, 9ict#re of T items, Treas#re =#nt, !ro#& assessment acti+ities 0Com&#ter Center, T#rtle Craft, <o5 of ;ice, >ord >eb )ith Letter T- DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION/ ADAPTATIONS/ INTERVENTIONS %inesthetic learners )ill be able to hands on dig in rice and hold ob$ects that do and do not start )ith the letter T- <eha+ioral &roblem st#dents )ill be monitored and if get o#t of hand, )ill ha+e assistant to hel& them )ith acti+it- St#dents )ith +is#al &roblems can sit closer to board- PROCEDURES St#dents )ere introd#ced to the letter T earlier in the )ee,- I(t+'d0-t1'(/ Le'( Set ? )ill introd#ce the lesson b going o+er their ro#tine Sa5on 9honics- 9la al&habet acti+it and &honological"&honemic a)areness ball game )ith st#dents Com&lete dail letter and so#nd re+ie) )ith the children ;e+ie) s&elling and so#nd :&&lication and contin#al re+ie) )ith the letter T )or,sheet ED@ 300/01 S&ring 2013 B'd, 2 T+a(1t1'( ? )ill read the 'M T <oo,( to the st#dents to get them more familiar )ith the letter T .e5t )e )ill loo, at a Sa5on 9honics &ict#re that has a lot of items that start )ith the letter T in the &ict#re and let st#dents &ic, o#t things in the &ict#re that the can find that start )ith the letter T .e5t ? )ill transition the gro#& and hel& them go on a 'Treas#re =#nt( aro#nd the classroom to find things that start )ith the letter T- ? )ill bring gro#& bac, to the car&et to let them listen to an al&habet song abo#t the letter T C/'0+e ? )ill assess the st#dents thro#gh their gro#& )or,- ? )ill ha+e 8 different gro#&s )or,ing at the same time o Com&#ter Center o Craft Center" T is for T#rtle o =#nting for letter T items in rice bin o Letter T )ord )eb- E+er ten to fifteen min#tes ? )ill rotate gro#&s so that each st#dent )ill be able to go to each gro#& ASSESSMENT D1a3('t1- ? )ill be diagnosticall assessing st#dents b obser+ing the st#dents com&lete the Sa5on 9honics Letter T )or,sheet- ? )ill )al, aro#nd the room as ? assist the st#dents and tell them )hat to do ne5t- ? )ill ma,e mental note of )hich st#dents )o#ld &robabl need more )or, than others- F'+.at14e 6ormati+e assessment )ill ta,e &lace d#ring the treas#re h#nt- :fter st#dents ha+e been introd#ced to the letter T and ha+e been able to see things in a boo, or in a &ict#re that start )ith letter T, st#dents )ill )al, aro#nd the classroom finding and identifing things that start )ith the letter T or the recogni*e the letter T so#nd in the name of the ob$ect- S0..at14e5 S#mmati+e assessment )ill ta,e &lace d#ring gro#& )or,- ? )ill be able to see )hich st#dents #nderstand the so#nd that the letter T ma,es and )ill be able to identif it in the )or,- One gro#& )ill be on the com&#ters )or,ing on the )ebsite :<Ca-com- :nother gro#& )ill be in the bac,, c#tting and gl#ing together a T is for T#rtle craft- There )ill be an assistant teacher )ho )ill administer the sand bo5 gro#&- ? )ill ha+e items hidden in the bo5 of sand- St#dents )ill ta,e t#rns finding items in the bo5 and the )ill ha+e to tell the teacher )hether or not the ob$ect starts )ith the letter T- ? )ill go aro#nd the gro#& and one b one, st#dents )ill tell me a )ord that the ,no) starts )ith the letter T or has the letter T in it- MATERIALS Smart<oard Elmo <all 1/A letter cards 1/A &ict#re cards Sa5on 9honics )or,sheet 18- 0 Letter T >or,sheet2 'M T <oo,( Letter T &ict#re Letter T song on Smart<oard <in ;ice Letter T materials" non letter T materials Bes and .o notecards 2A T#rtle foam &lates 2A co&ies of T#rtle c#t o#t Craons Scissors ED@ 300/01 S&ring 2013 Com&#ters :<CB:-com 8 9oster <oards shar&ie mar,er 'Chic,a Chic,a <oom <oom( boo, E6TENTED ACTIVITIES I7 St0de(t F1(18e Ea+/, ?f st#dents finish earl the can go to the classroom librar and &ic, #& a boo, to read and loo, at #ntil class is abo#t to go to l#nch- I7 Le'( F1(18e Ea+/, ?f the lesson finishes earl, st#dents can share )hat )ords the came #& )ith on the Letter T )ord )eb- ?f there is still time, teacher )ill read 'Chic,a Chic,a <oom <oom( to st#dents #ntil it is time to go to l#nch I7 Te-8('/'3, Fa1//N't A--e19/e ?f technolog fails, teacher )ill &re&are a mi5 and match sight )ord acti+it for st#dents on the com&#ter center- :lso, teacher )ill read boo, b holding it and sho)ing st#dents aro#nd the room &ict#res- Re7/e-t1'( ? thin, that this lesson )ent e5tremel )ell- =a+ing this be one of m first lessons e+er ta#ght, m coo&erati+e teacher told me ? did a )onderf#l $ob- D#ring this lesson the st#dents seemed to sta engaged and foc#sed on the tas, at hand- ? had &lanned to teach for a straight C0 min#tes- >hen ? )ent in the first da, ? )ent )a o+er m time- ? had alread ta#ght for o+er an ho#r and a half, and still had other some acti+ities to do in gro#& )or,- O+erall, the entire lesson ended #& being abo#t 2 ho#rs long- One thing ? learned from this lesson )as that ? needed to manage m time better )ith st#dents- O+erall the st#dents had a great learning e5&erience and ? thoro#ghl en$oed teaching ,indergarten for the first time- ED@ 300/01 S&ring 2013