Names:

McKenna Eberhart

Period:

Date: 2/10/16

Book Lesson Plan (39 Points)

Title (1 pt): _______The Little Engine That Could____________
Author (1 pt): _____Watty Piper______________
Illustrator (1 pt): _____George and Doris Hauman____________
Theme/Moral (1 pt): _____Never give up on your goals.____________
5. Story Stretchers: (Meaningful questions to ask when reading the story) (5
1.
2.
3.
4.

pts)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

____What do you think is going to happen?__________________

____What are you picturing in your head?_________________
____What do you think is the problem in this book?___________
____Why do you think that character did that?_______________
____If you were that character in that situation what would you have done
differently?_____________________

Activity
6. Choose and circle one of the following to design large group learning
activities for, then, on the back, describe the activities, in detail. (30 points)
Language Art

Creative Art

Math

Large Motor/Physical

Science

Social Studies

Name of Activity: (Ex.Creative

arts How a Seed Grows) (1 pt)
Length of Activity: (How long
will the children work on this
activity?) (1 pt)
Activity Objective: (What do
you want them to learn/practice?
Why? (2 pts)
Directions for
Caregiver/Teacher: Give at
least five detailed instructions
for the caregiver to prepare for
this activity. (5 pts)

Creative Arts- I Can Goals

30 minutes

I can___set my own goals and write them out.____________________

So that I can__learn writing skills and develop fine motor skills._____
1. ___Create a word document._____
2. ____Put in the document I think I can Make sure it is bolded and in a
large font. Put a few lines after I think I can____
3. __Print the document. Print about 30. Cut out the I think I can
statement.______________
4. ___Set out construction paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue,

child safety scissors, and the papers you printed.____________

5. __Tell the children to come up with a goal or I can statement and to crea

a train engine with the paper. They will glue their I can statement to thei
Directions to Tell Preschooler:
Give at least five instructions
that the caregiver will have to
share with the preschooler, use
preschool-friendly language. (5
pts)
Objects Needed: (Identify at
least five objects/items that will
be in this activity, then explain
how children will use them. Ex.
Crayons, to draw and color
familiar faces.) (10 pts)

Concepts and Skills

Addressed: (Well designed
activities should address each
area of development, explain
how your activity will do this.)
(6 pts)
Physical: (2 pts)

train.____________________________________
1. __Think of a goal or something you want to do. It must be
appropriate.__________________________________
2. __Create train engine like from our book earlier with
paper.__________________________________________
3. ___Glue your goal to your train.______________________
4. ____Place your trains on the drying rack. Make sure name is on it!
5. ____Take your train home at the end of the day!________

1. ___The I can statement you printed. Writing out their goals will help the
children with their fine motor skills and develop goal setting skills.___
2. __Crayons/markers/colored pencils are used to color their trains and to
write their goal.___________________________________
3. __Construction paper is used to create the train engines.___________
4. __Glue is used to put the train engines together._________________
5. ___Safety scissors are used to cut out pieces for the train engines.___

This activity allows the children develop fine motor skills by

coloring and cutting out pieces for their train.

Social-Emotional: (2
pts)
Intellectual: (2 pts)

This activity allows the children to work together and to share

utensils which will help develop relationships and social skills.
This activity allows the children to think about their goals and
what they want to achieve. This helps them develop learning
skills.