Mat Session CK and Number 13 – Craft Table Top Activity

Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: KINDERGARTEN Time: Tuesday & Wednesday Students’ Prior Knowledge:
Date: Term 2, week 6
The students are able to identify the Letter C and
Learning Area: Arts and Crafts & English Letter K through exploring these letters in weeks four
and five of term two. They are also able to visually
identify these letters (CK) through name writing as well
as other word formations.

Strand & Content Description(s) from the Australian

Curriculum:
English
o ACELY1653 produce some lower case and upper
case letters using learned letter formations.
Arts and Crafts
o ACAVAM107 Use and experiment with different
materials, techniques, technologies and processes
to make artworks.

General Capabilities ( areas that are covered in the lesson)

Personal and
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical
Social
Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour understanding
Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities ( areas that may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Lesson Objectives
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Students will be able to identify the letters (CK) as well as specific word formations that are associated with
the letter.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for Students:

o CK Word Cards Students with vision impairments may be provided with
o Pictures to Match Word Cards larger text sheets or further assistance in retrieving the
o Bells correct materials for the activity.
o Name Sheets
o Permanent Markers For early finishers, they are to transition to the free play
o Whiteboard Erasers centres around the classroom.
o Number of the Week Template (13)
o Letter of the Week Template (CK) Students who struggle to keep focused on the task at hand
o Anecdotal Notes will be provided with other alternatives (for example, if you
o Paper Plates finish this work you will be able to go and play with the
o Googly Eyes blocks).
o Orange Card for nose template
o Yellow Paint Students who are not fully developed in their literacy skills,
o Lead Pencil the adapted booklet will be used to assist the students in
o Patty Cake Tins completing the table top activity for gathering an
understanding of the positional words.
 Mat Session CK and Number 13 – Craft Table Top Activity
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

LESSON DELIVERY Resources/References

Time
8:30am Motivation and Lesson Introduction:
1. The students enter the classroom and place their library books in the
basket located at the front of the classroom.

2. The students are then required to locate their name set up on the
three desks. Bells
The students are to place the letters of their name in order, trace the
pre-written name provided and then write their name by themselves Name Sheets
on the line provided at the bottom of the laminated sheet.
Once the students have completed this, they are able to free play in Permanent Markers
the available play centres around the classroom until the day begins.
Whiteboard Erasers
During the above activities, the educator must walk around and praise the
students to increase their self confidence levels as well as providing support Number of the Week
where needed. This is extremely important if their parents have departed. Template
3. The educator will then ring the bells to signal to the students to Letter of the Week
transition to the mat to begin the day. Template
4. Good Morning introductions are complete as well as the timetable for
the day (located at the top of the whiteboard for the students).

5. After the timetable has been read and explained with the students,
the number of the week (13 – thirteen) will be introduced to the
students.
o Does anyone know what this number is?
o Let’s all count to 13 together. The educator may wish to
extend the students thinking by prompting “oh no we have run
out of fingers, what can we do?”
o What two numbers together make 13?

6. Once the number of the week has been introduced, the letter of the
week (CK) is introduced to the students. The students with the
educators assistance will make the sound and work through some
word cards.

7. Once the video is complete, the educator will instruct the students to
turn around and face the desks. The rhyming table top activity will be
explained to the students as well as the craft lesson.

8. One student is selected for the table top rhyming activity and two
students are selected for the craft table top activity. Once these
9:20am
students are selected, the rest of the students are free to play in the
other learning centres around the classroom until their name has
been called.

During the mat session, if the students become off topic or distracted, the
educator is to implement the behaviour management strategy of “are your
eyes watching (pointing to eyes), are your ears listening (pointing to ears), are
you voices quiet and are your bodies still.
 Mat Session CK and Number 13 – Craft Table Top Activity
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

Lesson Development:
9:20am
The table top activity is set up with the appropriate writing and drawing
materials before instructing students to come to the table to complete their
activity.
Paper Plates
1. The students are given one paper plate each with their name written Yellow Paint
on the back.
Googly Eyes
2. A tub of yellow paint is placed in front of them and the educator
instructs the student to paint the front of their paper plate yellow. Orange Card with Nose
The educator should use the prompt of “what colour is a duck?” Template

3. After the student has painted their paper plate, they are to place it on Patty Cake Tins
the drying rack to dry and will be completed at a later time during the
Lead Pencil
day.

4. When the paper plates are dry, the students will be called back to the
table to glue the two googly eyes, cut out and glue the pre-drawn
nose and patty cake tins to the paper plate.

5. The students’ artwork will then be placed in their take home box or
displayed around the classroom.

As recess takes place at 10:30am if some students have not completed the
activity they will do so after recess or in the next session on another day.

Lesson Closure:
10:30am At the closure of the table top craft activity, invite the students to share their
craft by scaffolding discussion. Discussions
What letter does your craft end in? Is that our letter of the week?
Questioning
Can you say another word that ends with these letters?
The closure of the lesson is completed when the students have completed
their craft activity as the classroom is very play based.

Assessment:
The students are observed during their play activity through the form of
anecdotal notes. Anecdotal Notes
Anecdotal Notes will be taken on the following:
o The students’ ability to locate the letter of the week (CK) in their craft
as well as whether or not the students are able to say another word
that ends with these letters (CK).
However, these are recorded in terms of their understanding, what they take
from the activity through their discussions and the level of enjoyment.
 Mat Session CK and Number 13 – Craft Table Top Activity
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

Early Years Learning Framework Outcomes

o Outcome Two – Children are connected with and contribute to their world.
- 2.4 Children are connected with and contribute to their world where they
become socially responsible and show respect for their environment.

o Outcome Five – Children are effective communicators.

- 5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of
purposes.
- 5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these
texts.

o Outcome One – Children have a strong sense of identity.

- 1.3 Children have a strong sense of self through creatively expressing
ideas and responding to the ideas of others.
- 1.1 Children feel safe, secure and supported through developing their
emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency.

o Outcome Four - Children are confident and involved learners.

- 4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity,
cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm,
persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
- 4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem
solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and
investigating.