Topic of Study: Transportation LESSON PLANNING

Teacher: Janie Schutte

The topic of this study is Transportation. For this lesson, we read the book I Love
Trucks! by Philemon Surges. I chose this study, because the children were
interested in learning more about different vehicles and it was one of our new
thematic units to learn about.
Intro Questions:
1) What trucks have you seen that help out community?
2) What is your favorite truck or vehicle/car?
3) How does an ambulance say Were in a hurry?
Follow Up Questions with I Love Trucks!
1) Which of the trucks was blinking and screaming? Why does it make those
Rationale Statement: sounds?
2) What was your favorite kind of truck from the story/book?
3) Whats the name of the truck that zooms to fire? Why are they driving so fast?
Song of the Week: Stop and Go
Red on top
Means stop.
Yellow in between:
Stay and wait for green.
Green below:
Lets go!
Objectives: The goal of this activity is for the children to learn about different types of
transportation and what they do. Children are going to learn about all types of
transportation, what they do and where they go. In example, the children are going
to learn about ambulances. They will learn what ambulances are used for, where do
they go, and why they sound so loud when the sirens go off. The expected outcome
is for the children to have an understanding on transportation and the multiple uses
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of it.

Early Learning Standard: APK 3.2.C

Early Learning Standard: SPK 1.1.C
Standards:
Early Learning Standard: SPK 1.1.C (Used Twice, Different activities)
Early Learning Standard: LPK 1.1.1

Age group: 4-5 years.

How long the activity takes to implement: 5-10 minutes(Can be longer)
Where is the activity? For this activity, it could be done outside but we did
it in small assigned groups on the letter carpet.

Before beginning the activity, read to the group Police Car by Chris Oxlade. This book
Activity: identifies the different types and uses of police cars.
In this activity, the kids will have a chance to make their very own police car. For this
dramatic play, all that is needed are chairs, maybe a writing pad & paper, and a childs
imagination. The chairs create the imaginary police car to drive, have one child play
police officer, as the others pretend to be the bad guys. In example, one child runs
a red light or walks across the road they should not. The police officer could write a
ticket for this using pencil and paper, handing it to the pretend bad guys. Kids will
each get a turn to play police officer or bad guy.

What materials are needed to complete the activity?

Chairs
Materials Needed: Note pad
Pencil
Police Officer dress up clothes (If available)
Imagination

Assessment: How will you assess students understanding, learning, or growth from this activity?
Developmental Social/Emotional
Domains:
Sense of Self
-Show ability to adjust to new situations
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-Recognizes own feelings and manages them appropriately

-Stands up for rights
Responsibility for Self and Others
-Respects and cares for classroom environment and materials
-Follow classroom routines
-Follows classroom rules

Prosocial Behavior
-Plays well with other children
-Recognizes the feelings of other and responds appropriately
-Shares and respects the rights of others
-Uses thinking skills to resolve conflits

Physical Development

Gross Motor
-Shows balance while moving
-Pedals or steers (pretending, uses the movements)

Fine Motor
-Controls small muscles in hands

Cognitive Development

Learning and Problem Solving

-Observes objects and events with curiosity
-Approaches problems flexibly

Representation and Symbolic Thinking

-Takes on pretend roles and situations
-Makes believe with objects
-Makes and interprets representations
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Language Development

Listening and Speaking

-Expresses self using words and expanded sentences
-Understands and follows oral directions
-Answers and asks questions
-Actively participates in conversations

Reading and Writing

-Enjoys and values reading
-Demonstrates understanding of print concepts
-Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print
-Understands the purpose of writing
-Writers letters and words

How did the plan work? Was enough planned? Too much? Did children maintain
interest or go in other directions? What will you do the same if you repeat this
Lesson Reflection:
activity? What will you do differently the next time? How can you extend this
activity?
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Janie Schutte

EED 210

Michelle Rhodes

October, 28, 2013

Lesson Reflection

The plan worked out really well overall, there was a fill in activity planned but it was not needed in the end. The children all maintained

interest in the activity, each child was really excited to get to play police officer! For my activity, we just used the chairs and our imagination.

I really liked the idea of having pretend tickets and using a dress up for this dramatic play. Speaking of dress up, I would have liked to have

used the dress up clothes for this activity, but did not even think about it! The kids really enjoy playing dress up when they play in the pretend

kitchen, the dress up clothes could be used in this activity as well. The kids could pick the outfit of their choice, as one child will be picked to

play police officer, but everyone gets to take a turn. I could have extended this activity with taking it outside rather than inside, or with having

a real police car visit the school. Children could get the opportunity to see inside the actual car and view the real world use of it. In this

activity, though I gave direction it was the kids who put the imagination and fun into this activity. Its so easy to set up a few chairs and play

police car, but the kids really made this a blast! Some of the kids would even add to the different ways the bad guys could get in trouble, in

example, driving too fast. If one of their friends was driving too fast, the child who was playing the role of the police officer would say Stop!

Slow down, or youre going to get a ticket! The kids really enjoyed learning about the different types of transportations, besides the police

car activity. They were so interested to learn about how many types there were, what they do, where they go, who drives them, etc. This is a
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lesson I would definitely use again, though with some modifications, it was such a great unit for the kids to learn about. They really appeared

to enjoy it and Im glad I chose the certain activities for this lesson plan!
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