Tanya Sanchez

Lesson plan
11-11-2014

Title: Beautifully different

Age: 5 year olds
Concepts: English Language Arts, Social Science, Social Studies, Language arts, Mathematics,
History, Physical and Technology
Developmental Areas: Physical, Cognitive, Language and Social/Emotional
Standards Addressed: Illinois Learning Standards
Language arts- listening and speaking. Use language to convey information and ideas.
Mathematics- Analysis of data information
Social Science- Demonstrating curiosity, exploring life, developing and observes and discusses
Social Studies- Concepts related to citizenship, Economic Systems and Human Interdependence,
and awareness of self, geography, people, and Families
Physical- large and fine motor skills, eye hand coordination
English Language Arts- Communicates and makes connections
Technology- The use of cameras and computers.
Objectives:
Children will be able to follow directions.
Children will be able to engage in conversation.
Children will be able to show curiosity and motivation
Children will be able to show flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
Children will be able to demonstrate fine motor strength and coordination (using fingers and
hands)
Children will be able to participate cooperatively and constructively
Children will demonstrate positive approaches to learning.
Learning Outcomes:
The children will be able to identify and familiarize themselves with different cultures
The children will be able to create a person using different materials
The children will be able to use hand eye coordination when gluing the material onto their
person.
The children will be able to use their language skills to discuss their picture.

Materials: Cut out stencils of people, wiggly eyes, different color felt, different clothing
materials, glue, real clothing from different cultures, cameras and pictures of different cultures.
Procedures: I will start by placing all materials on the table having them ready for the children. I
will then have all the children sit on the carpet. Next, I will start off by talking to the children
about different cultures such as the Asian, African American, Puerto Rican and Mexican
cultures. I will show the children pictures of the different cultures and the different types of
clothing worn. I will ask the children to tell me about their culture and the type of clothing they
wear in their culture. I will also ask the children how they think the clothing has changed today.
Once all the pictures have been passed around and the children have talked about their culture
and the types of clothes that are worn in their culture, I will explain to them that they are going
to decorate their own person using different materials. The children will be able to glue or
paste different pieces of materials to put on their person. I will take pictures of the children
decorating their person. Finally, once the children are done they can talk about what culture
their person is from.
Assessments: As the children decorate their person. I was able to take pictures of them
choosing different types of clothing and pasting it to their picture. I was able to document
childrens conversations and ask questions about the different types of clothing they are using
and what culture their person is.
Accommodations: An adaptation I would make to this activity in order to invite children to
participate would be letting the children draw their own person and decorate it with the
materials.
Modifications: For children with special needs the teacher can use larger stencils.

Reflections on Implementations:

My activity went very good. The children were interested and engaged. My objectives and
learning outcomes were met. The children were asking questions at a developmentally
appropriate level. Out of 10 children doing this activity 8 children fully learned the concepts
completely 2 partially. After explaining to the children more in detail about different cultures
and showing them pictures and clothing the two children began asking questions and got the
concept. What went well was all children participated, they were engaged, and they worked
together, asked questions and were excited to see how each other was decorating their picture.
Next time, I will have the children work in groups of twos and have them collaborate together
when decorating their person. To advance learners thinking, I will have the children come up
with a story about their person.