EDUC 2220- Educational Technology

Infant-Pre-K Curriculum Plan: Technology-Based Lesson/Activity

Your Name Sara Mulllens

Activity Title The Giving Tree Lesson Plan

Number of children participating at one time 12

Ages 3 years old

Activities written for previous classes cannot be re-used and must be the original work of the
student.
Ohio Early
Learning &
Developme
nt
Standards:

Domain: Langueage and literacy

List at least 1
standard that
is addressed
by this
activity. Write
out each
component
completely
and exactly,
as published
in ELDS.

structure and function of print.

Strand: Pre-Kindergarden
Topic: writing application and compostition

Standard Statement: Writing Process: Demonstrate an understanding of the

Lesson
Summary:

We will be focusing on the book The Giving Tree and how to recogonize the words
in this book that go along with out focus in November of sharing and giving thanks.

Estimated
Duration:

I plan on dividing this lesson into two days with a 60 minute rotation (every 20
minutes) for our centers throughout our classroom.

Preparatio
n of
materials
and
environme
nt

What preparation is needed?

We will make a tree in our dramatic play area
Make ditto worksheets and games that are theme to our book for our technology and
writing centers
Have leaves, sticks, and apples in the science center for exploration
What materials will be used?
Apple sauce, paint, paper plates, computers, pencils, paper, and scissors.
How will the learning environment be set up?
All of the centers in my clas will be focusing in on our vocab wordas and our book, so all the
centers willl be themed to The Giving Tree

Instructional Procedures:
We will start the week by watching The Giving Tree on youtube aong with reading a hard copy in
class. Our focus will be on letter and word recognition with this book along with sharing and
giving thanks. All of our centers will be decortated and themed to this book so that everything w
are doing ties together.

Day 1:
First 10 minutes: students will be rotating very 20 minutes between the technology, art and
dramatic play centers. We will choose our centers and the activities within each center will then
begin
20 Minutes Rotating: I will be helping at the art center as students paint their letter trees. We will
trace their hands and arms for the trunk then they will cut them out and glue them to the tree
they just painted and then use a red dotter to make the first letter of their name on the tree. In
the technology center the studdents will be doing a maze to have the boy find the tree as well ad
matching games with letters and picture on items from the book. The dramatic play cetner will
have a student made tree in it where the can play with apples and hang letter apples on the
branches of our giving tree.
Day 2: Fisrt 10 Minutes: students will be rotating every 20 minutes between the writing, science,
and blocks centers. We will choose our centers and the activities within each center will then
begin.
20 Minute Rotating: I will be helping between the writing and science centers helping the
students trace their letters on their worksheets and in apple sauce. The apple sauce will be used
for sensory play as well as letter practice writing them with their fingers. The worksheets will be
focusing on letter form and holding their pencils correctly. The block center will be building things
in the story like a house, a tree, and a stump.

Extension
will have a QR code to send home with more fun worksheets with tracing and letter matching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE
home with family.

The Giving Tree on youtube to watch at

Differentiated Instructional Support: We will be making matching puzzles and games on a

tabblet for our student wth autism to use. This will still allow him to focus on the tters we aree in
class but at his own pace and on an interface he enjoys and can focus on.

Vocabulary: Tree, Apple, Share, Giving, Thanks

For teachers
For students

Make ditto sheets and games on comupter for technology and writing centers.
Buy art supplies for letter trees and apple sauce writing
Bring ipads to class along with clothes that can get messy and an good attitude
ready to learn!