Your name: Jenny Wend and Taylor Hudson Cooperating Teacher: Sara Rober

School: YMCA Preschool rade: Preschool Sub!ect: Reading

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.esson title#Topic: /ery 0usy Spider .esson number: &

STANDARDS/BENCHMARKS/GLCE addressed in this lesson: 2.5.1 Sho1s progress in associating the names o2 letters 1ith their shapes and sounds% 2.5.3 3denti2ies at least &* letters o2 the alphabet( especially those in their o1n name% 2.5.4 4no1s that letters o2 the alphabet are a special category o2 ,isual graphics that can be indi,idually named%

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES Through these learning activities, the learner will demonstrate the ability to: Students 1ill demonstrate the ability to recite the alphabet in the correct order using lo1er case letters% Students 1ill demonstrate the ability to recite the alphabet in the correct order using upper case letters% Students 1ill be able to identi2y di22erent letters and di22erentiate bet1een them

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: Time: I !"#$%&!i# 5 ather around on the carpet 2or circle time%6 E '('eme !: As the class is sitting around the carpet 2or circle time( introduce the boo7 8The /ery 0usy Spider%9 )Today boys and girls( 1e are going to read a story called( The /ery 0usy Spider: 5Hold the boo7 out and allo1 the students to all see the 2ront co,er%6 So( 1ho can tell me some things that 1e ha,e already learned about spiders;9

Continue discussing 1hat they already 7no1 about spiders and possible discuss some o2 the things 2urther in depth depending on 1hat they come up 1ith% A !i&i*(!#"+ ,e! Read the boo7 aloud to the class< be sure to as7 -uestions throughout to chec7 2or understanding% Allo1 the students to 2eel the 1eb being made on the pages< ma7e sure to ta7e note on the di22erent things that they bring up during the reading% E-*.#"(!i# : A2ter the story is o,er discuss some o2 the di22erent things that happened in it% "iscuss ho1 the spider 1or7ed really hard to 2inish her 1eb and ho1 the 1eb connected together to be a 1hole ob!ect%

I ,!"%&!i# (. (&!i/i!ie, 0i &.%$i ' 1&2e&3i ' 4#" % $e",!( $i '5 (&!i/i!ie,6 m#$e.i '6 '%i$e$ *"(&!i&e6 i $e*e $e ! *"(&!i&e7 E-*.( (!i# : "uring the students choice time there 1ill be a ne1 interacti,e center a,ailable 2or them to 1or7 at% This ne1 center 1ill consist o2 the interacti,e 2oam boards that 1e ha,e made%

The boards 1ill ha,e brad positioned on them in the shape o2 a s-uare and each brad 1ill ha,e a corresponding letter% All o2 the letters o2 the alphabet 1ill be present around the s-uare ho1e,er they 1ill not be in the correct order% There 1ill be a long string connected to the letter 8A9 and at the end o2 the string 1ill be a spider% The point o2 this center is 2or the students to manipulate that string and spider to 1rap around the brads connecting the letters o2 the alphabet in order% This 1ill sho1 that the students can recogni=e the di22erent letters and can also connect them in order% There 1ill be another 2oam board 1ith the same concept !ust using lo1er case letters instead o2 the upper case ones% A2ter the students ha,e connected all o2 the correct letters together( they 1ill be able to see that the strings all together 1ill 2orm 1hat loo7s li7e a spider 1eb and then they 1ill be able to re2erence bac7 to the story that 1e had !ust read:

I !e"$i,&i*.i ("+ (**"#(&2e,: E.(8#"(!i# Accommodations 2or di22erentiated instruction 2or: Model an e>ample o2 1hat is e>pected 2rom the students% 5e>plain and sho1 ho1 to do it6 Resource students: $ne?on?$ne e>planation or demonstration%

@S. students: More e>planation and one?on?one assistance to assure that the student understands i2ted students: i,e challenges to allo1 2or them to be challenged as best as they can be A,,e,,me ! As the students are 1or7ing to complete the 1eb chec7 to ma7e sure that they are putting the letters or numbers in the correct order% 32 they are not doing it correctly 1or7 on it 1ith them and allo1 them to retry to chec7 2or better understanding%

LIST #4 MATERIALS ( $ CLASSROOM SET U9 ee$,: Materials: Aoam poster board 0rads Mar7ers#paint#crayons String The /ery 0usy Spider

SA:ET;/CAUTIONS: Strings should be 7ept as neat as possible because they can be a cho7ing ha=ard