SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template Explanation

TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas
Essential
Questions
Common Core
Standards
Objectives
A-udience
B-ehavior
C-ondition
D-egree
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
EVIDENCE

Community Helpers
Miss Nicole
History
Pre-K, Kindergarton
Week of March 21, 2016
Be able to correctly match helpers with the things
they need to do their jobs, with 100% accuracy
What are community helpers?
What tools do they use?
Do you know any community helpers?

Standard - 8.2.K.A

Identify people in authority.

All students will correctly match 3 tools with the

Community helper who uses them.

We will start the lesson with an discussion , to find out

what the children know about community helpers and
what tools they use.
During the lesson observation will be used to evulate
the childrens learning
At the end children will have an activity where they
start with a picture of an community helper , under the
helper they will draw and label the tools that they use.
21ST CENTURY
Use the Framework for 21st Century Learning as your
SKILLS
guide.
TECHNOLOGY
The ISTE Standards apply to all areas/grade levels.
ACCOMMODATIO
If the child has an texture issue with the crayons , then
NS
they will use glue to put the right tolls under the
MODIFICATIONS
community helper
ADAPTATIONS
If the child has ADD or ADHD I would break up the
lesson with actiivties that involve getting up and moving
around the room.
If the student has limited ability to use their hands , I
would have them use the community helpers app on an
Ipad.
SUPERVISING
Before you may proceed to creating the step-by-step lesson
TEACHERS
plan procedures on the next page, your supervising
SIGNATURE
teacher/cooperating teacher/professor must approve this plan
with his/her signature/initials.
Note:
Before students can begin the lesson plan step-by-step procedures on the next page,
they are required to complete this first page and receive the supervisor/professors

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signature. The Education Departments goal is to have students address critical

components of the learning before they begin choosing activities.
Resources used:
www.pdesas.org
www.p21.org
www.iste.org

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES

RATIONALE for the
Learning Plan
Introduction

Explicit
Instructions

Lesson Procedure

Upon what prior lessons and learning objectives with

students is this lesson built? Specifically relate how this
lesson will incorporate the PA standards.
Activating Prior Knowledge
Connect any new information to what students
previously learned
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
We would start talking about what community
helpers are and reading a book about them.
The children would dressup as an community helper
and pretend to be them for the day.
Big Idea Statement
Today we are going to learn about community
helpers , like police officers, firefighters, mailman
and woman ext
Essential Question Statement
Do you know what a community helper is?
Objective Statement
I hope that you will be able to tell me 3 community
helpers and what tools they use , do you think you
can do that?
Transition
The students will move from one activity to another
pretending to be a community helper for example
drive like a police officer or put out a fire like a
firefighter ext..
Key Vocabulary
Police Officer
Firefighter
Mail Carrier
Vet
Doctor
Nurse
Teacher
PreAssessment of the Students
The students will be given a felt board with felt
pieces of the community helpers and there tools ,

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Reading Materials
Technology
Equipment
Supplies
Evaluation of the
Learning/Mastery
of the Concept

Closure

Teacher Selfreflection

they will be told to pair them together but then given

freedom to tell their own story
Modeling of the Concept
I will have a started matching paper and I will finish
it as I exsplain what they need to do.
I will show them on the felt board how to pair them
before they start working
Guiding the Practice
Dose a _________ use that tool?
What dose a ____________ use that tool for?
Do you like the _________________?
Providing the Independent Practice Felt board matching
Fine motor gluing and matching
Dramatic play- Be your favorite community
helper
Transition
Students will transation from one activity to another
like their favorite community helper, for example
drive a police car, put out fires along the way ext..
Books about different community helpers
Community helpers APP
Paper, Printouts of the community helpers and tools,
felt board and felt pieces, costumes that represent
the community helpers.
Formal Evaluation
After collecting their work, I will make a check list of
who got the lesson and who still needs help.
Informal Evaluation
I will observe them as they play with the felt board,
and when they do the project. I will use what I learn
to change what we are doing for the day if the
children dont understand.
Summary & Review of the Learning
In a class discussion the children will talk about what
they learned about community helpers
As part of the final discussion the students will talk
about what challenges they faced while learning
about community helpers and how they worked
through them.
Homework/Assignments
They will make a list of what community helpers help
them.
How do you know what students have learned?
Which students did not master the concept?
How will you address this lack of mastery?
How would you change this lesson the next time you

teach it?
What changes would you make to the differentiation
techniques you used?
What evidence do you have of students learning
and what other ways would you collect this
evidence?
Write down students comments about this lesson
their ideas are valuable and can help you strengthen
the lesson.