Pre-Plan

BYU-Idaho Preschool
Lab Number 5
Fishing
Date for Pre-Plan Review: 10/07/15
Date Plan will be taught: 10/28/15
Level Three Supervisor: Christabel Ethridge
Lead Teacher: Karla Barreno

Special instructions for the day:

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 1:20 2:45 PM

Literacy:
Children will learn literacy skills as they learn about different letters in the art table and also in the
dramatic play area as they created using letters and numbers and also by naming letters as they are
catching.

-Fritzs Fish by Geraldine Elscher (E8)

-Gone Fishing by Earlene Long (L25)
-The little fish by Bernadine Cook (C16)

Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up

Creative Art Description: RR1, creative arts:
Decorating the Big Children will be able to decorate the big paper -Letters (IWP)
fish fish with different art materials and also with -Numbers (IWP)
(4) colorful numbers and letters. -Feathers (Art cart)
-Pompoms (Art cart)
Objective: Children will name different letter and -Glitter glue (RR1, cabinet C)
numbers as they create art to increase their -Stickers (RR1, Cabinet B)
literacy skills. Children will identify letters in their -Paper fish (IWP)
environment as they recognize the letters in the
table to glue on the paper fish. (D5, G57)
Manipulatives: Activity Description:
Wooden Area Children will be able play at the wooden
(2) working area.
@=1 ***Make sure the children wear their goggles
**Make a box with tape so children know where
not to cross.

Objective: Children will be using their fine motor

skills as they cut the wood and hammer nails. The
children will be using their fingers and hands for
purposeful tasks. (D2G18)

Math: Activity Description: -Frogs on a log (RR2, red, 10)

Frogs On a Log The children will count the pegs as they place -Math worksheets (IWP)
(2) them on the board. This will help children who
have goals to learn how to count. Place math

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 worksheets for children to solve math problems
with the help of a teacher.

Objective:
Children will say words and count to increase
math and cognition. Children will begin to
imitate counting, using number words without
one to one correspondence, and without order
(D4G39).

Science: Activity Description: -Real Fish (IWP)

Discovery Parts of a The children will be able to observe the fish and -Gloves (kitchen)
Fish write parts of the fish on the paper with the -Magnifying glasses (RR2,
(4) teachers help. purple, 8)
@=1 -Construction paper
Objective: Children will be able to label or draw (Workroom)
and describe sensory exploration of the fish by -Markers (Art Cart)
writing down things they notice about the fish. -Plastic bag (Laundry)
The children will explore and investigate physical
properties of living and nonliving things (D4G42). Cover a brown tray with a
bag and put the fish on it.
Tape the construction paper
on the wall.

*Sensory Table: Activity Description: -Fishes (IWP)

Fish in the Pond The children will observe the pond and see one -Plants (IWP)
(3) of the places fish live. They will be able to touch it
@=1 with one finger. This relates to my ITBE because Fill up the sensory with water;
children will learn that one of the places fish live add the small rocks, and the
is in ponds. plants. Then add the
children to the sensory table.
Objective: Children will be able to feel/touch
different textures to explore and increase
cognitive development.
*Blocks: Activity Description: -Ocean animals (RR2, green,
In the Ocean Children will play with various ocean animals in a 29)
(3) pretend ocean set up. This is related to my ITBE -Small Boats (RR2, green, 7)
because children will be able to observe -Large boats (RR2, green, 8)
different types of fish and see that fish also live in -Blue blanket (IWP)
the ocean. It will look like an ocean since it will
have boats, and different types of ocean
animals.

Objective: Children will be able to name

different shapes as they build with different
structures with the blocks to improve their
cognitive skills.

*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: RR2, yellow:

Lets Go Fishing Children will pretend they are fishermen. They -Fishing poles (IWP)
(4) will need to use eye-hand coordination skills to -Fish (IWP)

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 catch the fish with the fishing pole. This relates to
my ITBE because children will be able to go
fishing by using a fishing pole. Children will work
together to catch all the fish and put them in
buckets. Then they will sell them to each other.
Objective: Children will engage in mutual social
play by communicating with other children they
caught a fish and they will work cooperatively by
collecting all the fish in a bucket (D3G28).
-Bridge (Toddler closet)
-Cashier
-Baskets (RR2, beautiful junk)
Place a blue blanket on the
floor. Put all the fish on top of
it. Bring the bridge and
place the fishing poles there.

Alternatives:
Creative Art: Description: -Play dough (Closet)
Play Dough The children will play with play dough using their -Play dough toys (RR2,
fine motor muscles. sensory, 13)

Set up in dramatic play.

Indoor Gross motor Description: -Mr. Potato head and friends
Mr. Potato Head Children will play with Mr. Potato head and his (RR2, orange, 193)
and Friends friends by putting all his body parts together.
Set it up at the manipulatives
table

ROTATING SNACK 2:10 2:45 PM

Nacho; cheese and salsa in (PC)
Juice

OUTDOOR PLAY 2:10 2:45 PM Location: South Playground

*Gross Motor: Description: -Fish box (IWP)

Feeding the Fish IELG D2 G17: Throws large beanbags -Pictures of worms (IWP)
The children will use their gross motor skills by -Beanbags (Workroom,
throwing the beanbags with pictures of worms to cabinet 7, shelf 1)
the Fish (box).
This relates to my ITBE because the children can Place the box in the grass
see that fish eat worms and other types of bait. and put the beanbags
around.
Objective: The children will work on their large
motor skills by throwing the beanbags to feed
the fish (D2G17).
2nd: Description: -Bowling set (GG)
Bowling Children will work on their gross motor skills my
using their arms to throw the ball and knock Set up the bowling pins and
down the bowling pins. the ball at the pavement.

Objective:
Children will work on their gross motor skills by
throwing balls with some accuracy and knocking
down the bowling pins.

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3rd: Description: -2 trampolines (GG)
Trampolines Children will jump in the trampolines are play with
@=1 other children.

Children will jump and use their whole body to

move up and down to increase gross motor
ability.

**A teacher should always be by the trampolines

making sure the children dont fall.

CLEAN UP 2:45 2:55 PM

The teachers will sing all together Its clean up time in preschool

GATHERING TIME 2:55-3:10 p.m.

Transition
Animals in the Ocean song
Song found on YouTube
Children and teachers will follow the lead teacher as she does the song movements.

Activity Name Description Materials

-Pictures of the ocean, river,
Where Can We There are many places where we can find fish; lake, ponds (IWP)
Find Fish?
Fishes can be found in the ocean, rivers, lakes,
and ponds. (Put these pictures on the flannel
board)
I will ask each child where they have seen fish,
as they answer I will put a picture of a fish under
the picture of the place they tell me.

What Do Fishermen Fishermen wear waders, a vest, and a hat (I will -Fishermen cloths (IWP)
Wear? show them the cloths) I will explain to them that
waders are long water boots that keep their
bodies dry. They wear vests to store items in the
small pockets. Hats are used to protect them from
the sun, since they are long hours in the sun
fishing. They use fishing poles to catch fish.

Fishing I need everybodys help. Take out your -Shoe (IWP)

imaginary fishing poles and help me catch a fish, -hat (IWP)
roll it, roll it. Oh no we caught a shoe! Lets try -fish (IWP)
again, Roll it, roll it, oh no! we caught a hat. Lets
try again. Roll it, Roll it, Is it a fish? YES!

SMALL FOCUS GROUP

3:10 3:25 PM

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Group #1 Group #2 Group #3 Group #4

Your Activity Description & Objective Materials

Transition to Small I will put pictures of four different colored fishes in -Pictures
Focus Groups their nametags and send each group to the different -tape
small focus groups at the same time. The children will
need to follow the lines made with tape.
Small focus 1: Small focus 1: Small focus 1:
Putting Bait On Our -Worms (IWP)
Hooks. Description: -fake Hooks (IWP)
@=2
Children will be able to look at real worms and hooks. - Gone Fishing by
The teacher will teach that the worms are used as Earlene Long (L25)
bait, and that bait is used to attract fish to catch
them. Then Read the book Gone Fishing. While you
read the book give them paper and crayons and
have them color different fishes.
Older children will help the younger children put the
bait on the hooks.

Objective:
The objective of this game is to help children
understand cause and effect. If we put bait on our
book then the fish will come and fishermen will be
able to catch them (D1G8).

-Pond materials
Small focus 2: Description: Start telling children that one of the (IWP)
Making Our Own Fish places fish live are ponds. Then give everyone a -Plastic fish (IWP)
Pond plastic bag and have the children create their own
pond. They will be able to choose from the materials -The little fish by
on a tray and place it in the middle. Then start Bernadine Cook
reading the children The little fish. (C16)

Objective: Children will be able to create their own

pond by putting rocks, leaves, and mud in a plastic
bag and adding a plastic fish. The teacher will
explain that fish can live different places, in oceans,
lakes, rivers, and ponds. They will be able to take their
pond home.
***Put duct tape to seal the bag better.**

CLOSING CIRCLE 3:25 PM

Transition
Hokey Pokey song
The teachers will sing and do the movements of the song and the children will follow.

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Activity Name Description Materials
Feeding the The children will feed the monster information they learned -Pictures
monster information throughout the day. I will feed the monster pictures and objects (IWP)
related to the lesson. I will ask children what are places we can -Song (IWP)
go fishing? What do fishermen wear? What do we put in the -worms (IWP)
book to attract fish? -fishermen
Then we will sing: cloths (IWP)

Animals in the Ocean song

We will sing the animals in the ocean all together.
Hot Potato The children will play hot potato with Mr. Potato head. I will pass -Mr. Potato
around a ball and say hot potato and whoever got the hot head and
potato will choose what part of Mr. Potato head will be taken friends (RR2,
off. orange, 193)

We All Do Things Children will sing the song together and follow the teachers
Together action movements.
Freeze Dance I will play a song and pass out scarves while the children dance. The children
will dance
with scarves
(Cabinets
2&3, shelf 3)

Rainbow Fish To The I will read this book to the children and give them a plastic fish to -Rainbow fish
Rescue play with. to the rescue
by Marcus
Pfister (B P6)
-ocean
animals.

Brown Bag Brown The children will guess what is inside the bag. There will be (IWP)
Bag different things in the bag that start with the letter F, and the
children will have to guess what it is.
Matching Card I will give each child a card and they need to walk around and Cards (IWP)
Game find their partner.

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

Animals in the Ocean

The fish in the ocean go gop gop gop X2
All day long
The crab on the rock goes pinch pinch pinch X2
All day long
The sharks in the ocean go chump chump chump X2
All day long
The octopus in the ocean have 8 toes X2
All day long
The dolphins in the ocean go leap leap leap

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All day long
The Jelly fish in the ocean go wobble wobble wobble X2
All day long
The waves in the ocean go up and down up and down X2
All day long

Hokey Pokey Song

All do things together

We all clap hands together X2
As children like to do
We all stand up together X2
As children like to do
We all sit down together X2
As children like to do
We step in together X2
As children like to do
We all turn round together X2
As children like to do

RESOURCES:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/fish.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/facts-on-fish/#fishing-facts.jpg