Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

Teacher Candidate Johanna Ellerbe

Date/Time of Scheduled Visit
Name/Address of School Northside Center for Child Development
Age/Grade level Pre-K Ages 4-5
Cooperating Teacher Classroom Number Head Start3
UPK
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Name of Lesson Counting and Sorting Tree Sticks and Read Aloud Activity
Content area(s)/developmental
domain(s) addressed
Cognitive Development: Children will be counting 1-5, 1-10
Measurement: Children will sort sticks by size, (small, medium and large)
Physical Development: Using fine motor to hold sticks
Brief description of the lesson
This lesson is: A new concept/activity
A review of a previous
lesson/activity
A continuation of a previous lesson/activity
A conclusion of a concept
Rationale
Children in the class need to practice 1:1 correspondence counting, and measurement. According
to the Teaching Strategies Checkpoint Assessment some of the children in my class are below age
level in these two skills.
Timeframe
Activity will last 20 minutes.
Objective(s) of the activity Children will accurately count 1-5
Children will accurately count 1-10
Children will identify a small, medium and large stick (children will succeed by the third attempt)
Connections to standards Common Core Standards Addressed:
Domain 5 Cognition and Knowledge of the World, Mathematics, 2. Representing a number of
objects with a written numeral, 3. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities to
10, connect counting to cardinality, Measurement and Data, 1. Identify measurable attributes of

Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

objects, such as length or weight. Describe them, big, small, etc.
Domain 4: Communication, Language and Literacy 2. Demonstrates he or she is building
background knowledge, 3. Understands he or she is understanding what they observe, 5.
Demonstrates a growing receptive vocabulary, 6. Understands a growing expressive vocabulary,
Part B English Language Arts and Literacy, 1. With prompting and support, ask and answer about
detail in the text, 2. With prompting and support retell familiar stories, 5. Interact with a variety of
text (story books, poems, etc.) 10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and
understanding. Craft and structure, Domain 2: Physical Development 6. Demonstrates hand eye
coordination. And dexterity needed to manipulate objects

Resources/materials needed:

Bin with sticks and twigs
The sticks and twigs should be in different sizes
Ziploc bags labeled small, medium and large
Black marker to label bags
Song written on large chart paper, along with colorful picture

Technology inclusion (if
applicable)
Cd Player for audio book
Procedures (step by step) Motivation:
Children and teacher will sing the song Im a Little Apple Tree (sung to the tune of Im a Little
Teapot)
Im a little apple tree, short and cute,
Here are my branches, here is my root,
When the summer sun shines, up Ill shoot.
And all my blossoms will turn to fruit.

Teacher will read Trees Count (By Trish Holland) Pages 1-12
During the read aloud teacher will count along and point to the objects in the story: One tree,
two seeds, three pecans, etc.
After the read aloud we will look at the pictures and numbers again. Teacher will turn to page

Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

24 and ask children to try to count the ten trees.

Teacher will show students ten sticks. She will say I need help counting all these sticks I found
on my way to school.
Teacher will ask children to help her count as she holds up each stick 1-10. (Teacher may also
count in Spanish)
Teacher will show children the zip lock bags that she has in three different sizes. She will ask
children to notice one bag says small, another medium and the biggest bag says large.
Teacher will ask a child to help her find one big or large stick
Teacher will ask a child to help her find a medium stick
Teacher will ask a child to find a small stick

Independent Practice (small group activity, working with partners, or independently)
Children will work in a small group with a teacher counting and sorting the sticks. They will use
the zip lock bags to sort the sticks into the three categories: small, medium and large. Children will
be encouraged to measure with other sticks and explore how or why one stick is larger or shorter
than another.
Closure (sharing/reflection, next steps)
Children will be given small zip lock bags to take home and fill with sticks, twigs of leaves. They
should write the number to match the amount they find. (1-10)
Children will work with parents to find a stick or leave that is the same size as their hand. They
will share during circle time what they found.

Method of assessing childrens
understanding of
lesson/activity/objective(s)

Teacher will assess children through
anecdotal records, recording of
children performing counting and
Pre-assessment
Prior to activity children have
counted bears in the classroom
math area, they have also
sorted the bears by size and
color.
Assessment of Student
Learning Outline the steps you
will take to evaluate students
learning. What evidence will I
have to assess whether students
have successfully achieved the
content objectives?
Assessment of Childrens
Language Learning
Outline the steps you will
take to evaluate students
language learning. What
evidence will I have to
assess whether students

Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

sorting activity.

Individual meeting with the child to
measure if goals were achieved.

Teachers will observe children
and note if they are counting with
accuracy.
Are the children following
directions when you ask them to
pick up five sticks?
Are the children playing games
with the sticks and counting on
their won?
Are the children talking to peers
about the size of food, toys, sticks,
or any other objects? Example: My
tower is bigger, my chicken is
smaller, my hand is the same size
as yours, etc.

have successfully achieved
the content objectives?

Observe children during
play, meals, outdoor time,
and other times of the day
for evidence of language
development. Ex. Use of new
concepts and vocabulary
Plans for differentiated
instruction/instructional
modifications
The story Trees Count (By Trish
Holland) will be available on Cd for
children to listen in a small group.
Some children will have number
cards as visuals when they are
counting.
Sticks will be used as manipulative
for counting 1-5, 1-10
Supporting children with
identified delays or
disabilities
Some of the children will be
counting 1-5, others 1-10.
Children that need one on one
support will work with their
SEIT repeating the activity,
and the read aloud

Supporting English Language Learners
Repeat instructions as needed in Spanish

Translate parts of the story as needed

Count in Spanish
Follow up/Extension activities During snack time children will count how many animals cookies they have 1-5.


Learning Activity Plan for PreK-Grade 2

Any additional information that
would be helpful for the observer
to know

None at this time.

Observer feedback on the lesson plan, including commendations and recommendations for improving aspects of the learning activity