Gwynedd Mercy University

School of Education
Lesson Plan
Your Name: ________Morgan Ewart_____________ Date: ___4/14/16________
School: _Hobbit House Grade/Topic: ___Pre-K_______
STANDARD: PDE ELS: 1.4 Types of Writing
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION: Student will engage in a slot writing activity by
using a shared reading book and tell me what the book was about.
I.
PLANNING AND PREPARATION:
1.

Briefly describe the students in your class, including those with special
needs, explain how you will meet the needs of all learners.
I am tutoring a student at Hobbit House my student is not identified with
an IEP. I have noticed that my particular student has a hard time focusing.
I notice she is more of a Visual and Kinesthetic learner. To meet the needs
of this student I will include activities that are directed towards her
learning style.

2.

What are your expectations for this lesson? What do you want
students to learn and be able to do with the knowledge?
Student will engage in a slot writing activity by using a shared reading
book and tell me what the book was about.

3.

Why are these expectations suitable for this group of students?

These expectations are suitable because I gave an assessment that will
drive my instruction.

4.

How do these expectations support the school districts curriculum,

state standards, and content standards?
I am addressing
PDE ELS: 1.4 Types of Writing
Schools Curriculum

5.

Explain the psychological principles/theories you used in constructing

this lesson.

The theory I will be using I will be using is Jean Piaget and Maria
Montessori. I will also take into consideration the childs learning styles
which includes, Visual and Kinesthetic learning.
II. CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT:
6.

Describe the effective classroom routines and procedures resulting in

little or no loss of instructional time.
DO NOT ANSWER

7.

Identify what you will do to set clear standards of conduct and

behavior management of student behavior.
DO NOT ANSWER

8.

Identify what you will do to establish expectations for student

achievement.
I will greet the student and give her positive reinforcement from the
moment I greet her. I will say remember the last time we met and you did
so well will your assessments today we are learning something new. That I
really enjoy. I hope you will enjoy this as well. We are going to have so
much fun and I will ask the student questions about what we are learning
today.

III.

INSTRUCTION:
9.

What will you do to motivate students?

Stickers and Positive Feedback

10.

What will you do to activate prior knowledge?

Questions and Modeling

11.

How do you plan to engage students in the content? What will you do?
What will students do?
Materials:
Slot Writing Activity Sheet
You Read to Me, Ill Read to you: Very Short Stories to Read
Together
Pencil

Procedure:
Step 1: I will first greet my student and tell her about how
wonderful she did last time we meet and set up the motivation. If
we work really hard like I know you will you will stickers again.
Step 2: I will then ask my student if she knows what short stories
are. I will also have her look through the book to have her get
familiar with the book.
Step 3: I will then start with a shared reading activity by starting to
read and having the student practice.
Step 4: Then I will have my student think about the book and
process what we just read.
Step 5: I will then have the student tell me what she thought the
story was about.
Step 6: I will then pull out the slot writing activity sheet.
Step 8: I will then ask the student to fill in the blank space about
what we read.
Step 9: I will then read to the student what she wrote in the blank
space.
Step 10: I will then bring closure to the lesson by explaining what
we did today.
12.

Describe the use of questioning and discussion strategies that will

encourage students to participate in class.
DO NOT ANSWER

13.

What difficulties do students typically experience in this area, and

how do you plan to adapt/modify to meet their needs?
The student has a short attention span. In order for her to stay focused I
will give her opportunities to move and keep my lesson focused towards
the student.

14.

Identify what informal and/or formal assessments you will use to

monitor student learning.
Questioning, Child Pictures, and Writing

15.

What will you do to bring closure to the lesson?

I will then bring closure to my lesson by explaining what we did today. I
will explain that we read a story together and wrote in blanks spaces based
on the book. We also summarized and clarified what we read. I will also
ask the student if she enjoyed the lesson.