Template for Lesson Plan

Title of lesson: The letter Z

Name: Aisha Ali Alowais- Fatima Bilal Alyassi
Time: 8:15-8:30 am
STUDENTS (WHO)
ELC-E Students
23 Students
3-4 year olds
12 females:11 males
Some speak English, some Arabic
2-3 special needs students.

Date: 14th March 2016

Location: Australian International School.

*who are they

* how many
* what ages
* What grade
* male/female ratio
* native language(s)
* learning styles (and student intelligences
*personalities
* special needs
* prior learning
* how this lesson fits into prior & future learning
experiences

GOAL/OBJECTIVE (WHAT)
By the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:
- Students will discover more about the letter
Z while working on their Hippopotamus in
the zoo activity.
- Students will write the letter Z on the
paper plates while knowing what it stands
for.

*what specific skill or concept would students have

learned or experience by the end of the lesson
* always expressed in terms of student learning
* concrete, measurable & realistic
* maximum of three objectives
* include name of curriculum guide & objective
numbers when & where applicable
* goals are connected to students

Materials & resources:

Purple cutout shapes of a Hippopotamus
Paper plates
Blue paint
Googly eyes
Trees that we cut out and prepared
Glue
Paint brushes
Markers
Strategies:
Students will sit individually and each
teacher will help a specific group table make
a Hippopotamus out of papers, the
Hippopotamus will be placed on a paper
plate as if it was in the zoo.
Due to the lack of chairs on the table, while
some teachers are helping the students with
the activity Miss Renee will show videos to
the other students while they wait.
Whenever a student finishes her/his activity
she/he will go and switch places with one of
the students that havent done the activity.

*how DAP are the materials & resources?

* have all safety & health considerations been taken
into account?
*remember technology is a tool & is not just limited to
computers
*incorporate technology when & if it supports &
enhances what youre already doing
* do you have a plan B for technology upsets?

ACTIVITIES
Grabber:
We will talk about what they see in the zoo which will excite them
because they love animals, then we will tell them about the
hippopotamus they can see in the zoo and how the going to make
one right now.
Teachers will

Students will

Teachers will initiate the activity and

gather the students by the tables for
the activities.

Students will separate into the

three tables available, while the
rest sit by the mat area by the
computer with Miss Renee.

Teachers will prepare and provide

needed materials for the activities.
Teachers will distribute the materials
needed and help the students create
a Hippopotamus at the zoo on the
paper plates.
Teachers will help the students finish
their activity and make sure they
understand what theyre doing.

Students will create and build

the Hippopotamus on the paper
plates with the help of the
teachers.

what will you do to grab

student attention & to
generate
interest/enthusiasm in the
lesson?
*description of activities
used to meet the learning
objectives
* articulated in terms of
student activity & teacher
activity
* how DAP are the
activities?
*activities are
connected to my goals

Students will know how a zoo

looks like while doing their
activity.
Students will write the letter Z
on the back of the paper plates.

ASSESSMENT (WHAT DID ?)

The teachers will assess the students by showing them where they
should paste the hippopotamus on the paper plate, and the teachers will
help the students to write the letter Z.

References:
Chambers, N. (2015). The letter Z. Retrieved from Pintrest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/513621532476637784/

*what will you do to

assess learning?
*what will happen to
measure that the goals
were met?
* how DAP is your
assessment?
* my assessments are
very tightly connected
to my goals