Pre-Plan

BYU-Idaho Preschool
Lab Number
Preschool Concept or Topic Spiders

Date for Pre-Plan Review: November 16, 2016

Date Plan will be taught: December 5, 2016
Level Three Supervisor: Katelyn Murray
Lead Teacher: Heather Johnson

Childrens Names and Learning/Development Goals:

1. _____. Interact with peers. _____ will be able to work on her goal to
interact with her peers as she plays with them.
2. ______. Counting. _____ will be able to work on his goal in math as he
counts spider legs.
3. ______. Being able to sit still and listen.______ will be able to work on
his goal during gathering time, small focus, and closing circle.
4. _____. Going to gathering time._____ will be able to work on her goal to
go to gathering time during gathering time.
5. ______. Counting.______ will be able to work on his goal by counting
spider legs.
6. _____. Social interaction. ______ will be able to work on her goal to
interact with her peers as she plays with them within the different areas
of the classroom.

Preassessment and Findings: I asked______ what he knows about spiders

and he said that they spin webs to stay busy. I asked ______ how many legs a
spider has and he said four _____. ________ used his hand to show me how big
a spider is by using his hand. I was reading the busy spider to ______ and I
asked her why the spider was spinning the web and she said for fun. I
asked_____ what spiders eat and she said bugs. I asked _____ where spiders
live and he told me that they live outside, but that he has seen them inside
to. I asked _____ if she liked spiders and she said no because they are mean. I
also asked her how they catch their food and she said that she didnt know.
From these assessments, I see that the children know what a spider is, but
they dont know why they spin webs or how many legs they have.

Ideas to be Emphasized:
1. Spiders have 8 legs and are different sizes.
2. Spiders spin webs to catch their food.
3. Spiders are hairy and use those hairs to taste and to protect themselves.

Questions to be answered by the children:

1. What does a spider look like.
2. Why do spiders spin webs

First-hand Experiences:
1. See a spider
2. Feel spider webs
Attach the curriculum web on a separate page.

Students: Do not write in the box.

Committee Outcome
Approved Approved with revisions Not Approved
Resubmit by ______________________________
Preschool Lesson Planning Web
Preschool
Preschool Skills
Concepts Sorting
Classificatio Counting Characteristic
Spiders
n s
Living Hairy
Bug Big
Arachnid Small
Eight Legs

Topic
Spiders ING Words
Benefits/ Spinning
Uses Eating
Nature Crawling

Activities for
References
younger children
https://www.fantas Where Books Counting spider legs
ticfunandlearning. Outside The very busy Activities for older
com/spider-books- Inside Spider children Creating
kids.html Webs Songs The Itsy Bitsy Spider spider webs in art
http://www.presch The itsy bitsy The spider and the
oolinspirations.co spider fly
m/2013/10/18/20- Im a little spider
fun-spider-facts-
for-preschoolers/