Teacher: Alex Eastin

Grade Level: K-5

Subject Area: Transportation

Length of Lesson: One day

Desired Results
Indiana Academic Standard(s)
4.4.1 Investigate transportation systems and devices that operate on or in land, water, air and
space and recognize the forces (lift, drag, friction, thrust and gravity) that affect their motion.
K.DA.1: Identify, sort, and classify objects by size, number, and other attributes. Identify
objects that do not belong to a particular group and explain the reasoning used.
1.DA.1: Organize and interpret data with up to three choices (What is your favorite fruit?
apples, bananas, oranges); ask and answer questions about the total number of data points,
how many in each choice, and how many more or less in one choice compared to another.
Uses visual motor perception to manipulate objects.
Grasps small objects independently.
Manipulates writing tools and school supplies
Uses fingers of two hands to complete activities.
Enduring Understandings
Essential Question(s)
Identifying transportation methods
What vehicle goes in air? On land?
Identifying transportation on air, water
On water?
and land
Knowledge and Skill Objectives
SWBAT accurately identify where cars drive on, where airplanes fly, and where
boats sail.
Assessment Evidence
Student participation
Accurately placing the car, boat, or airplane in the correct category
Learning Plan
Learning Activities
Hand each student a paper with three categories on it, air, land, and water
Ask student to say each category.
Give each student a piece of paper with four different modes of transportation on
them
Have the students cut out each mode and glue them into the correct category
Ask student about each vehicle and where it should go.
Resources and Materials
Six sheets of paper, scissors, glue, pencils
Required Accommodations/Modifications
Special scissors for K, and gluing assistance for J

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Lesson Plan Evaluation & Teaching Reflection
Was the content worth knowing? Support your response.
Yes, the entire month we were learning about transportation, so this was a good way to test the
kids knowledge about transportation and where they travel.

Describe how the activity was developmentally appropriate.

It got the kids to visualize the categories in which the vehicles go, but also helps them create
mental categories for other things.
Give an example of how you know the activity was interesting to the children.
The kids love using their scissors and gluing, plus the prospect of playing a song for them
afterwards motivated them additionally.
Describe how the activity included opportunities for the children to test their knowledge.
I first let the kids place each vehicle in the category they thought it should go in, and then
corrected them in needed

Describe a follow up activity that would build on concepts you have presented.
A follow up that would help would to bring in physical representations of each vehicle, such as a
toy car, boat, and airplane to demonstrate how each travels

What behavior(s) did you observe while presenting the activity? What do you think caused
the behavior(s)?
All the children were well-behaved and did their diligently.
How did you involve the children in the closure of the activity?
I made them recite what they had done (i.e. car goes on land), and made them help clean up
before moving on
Describe what changes you would make and what you would keep the same if you
presented the activity again.
I would bring in the toys the next day and make this activity a two part thing so it could really instill
itself into the students minds.