Lesson Sketch Template for EDT 317

Individual completing this plan: Courtney Seevers

Lesson title: Backyard Sounds Scavenger Hunt Art Topic: _Music_____________________

Investigation Topic: __Backyard Ecology__________________________________________________
Age Group: __Preschool________________________________________________________________

Two Early Learning & Development Standards (one creative standard and one other content area):
1. Content: Record observations using words, pictures, charts, graphs, etc.
2. Creative: Use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials.

Instructional objectives: list 2- 3 observable/measurable objectives for this lesson. Use precise language w/ action verbs.
The student will:
1. Record what they hear outside using pictures, words, instruments, and the charts on their paper.

2. Use imagination, creativity, tools and instruments to recreate the sounds the objects they found
made.

3. Be able to match up sounds with the objects that make them.

Experience(s): Describe authentic (real life, hands-on not representational) materials and enticing/ creative experiences in
which children are actively engaged. Include a step-by-step walk through of the experience. Experiences will encourage
experimentation, use of creativity, problem solving and language development. Experiences will directly relate to the learning
objectives and ELDS. How will the experience(s) inform you on the children’s prior knowledge and interest in the topic? How
will you ensure your learning objectives and assessment strategies align?

1. Teachers will print out a chart on a piece of paper with certain animals and objects that can be found
outside. These include water, birds chirping, the wind, trees creaking, any animals, twigs snapping under
their feet, cars driving by, etc. The list will depend on the setting of the activity.
2. Teachers will take students outside on a playground, in a grassy area, preferably a wooden area.
3. The students will have their paper, a clipboard, and a pencil or marker to mark off what they have heard.
4. They will try to find as many as they can.
5. Teachers will remind students the goal is not to find the objects with our eyes, but hear them make their
special sounds with our ears.
6. Once students hear all of the objects make their sounds, they will head back in to the classroom.
7. Teachers will debrief the time outside asking students what all they heard on the list make sounds. They
can even expand the question and ask if they heard anything else make noises.
8. The teacher can next either provide any musical instruments or special tools if they have any, or have the
students use their hands, feet, and mouths to make the noises.
9. The teacher will then one-by-one call out objects on the list and have the students recreate the noises
with either the tools and instruments, or their bodies and mouths.
10. Additionally, the teacher can choose to find the noises on YouTube or other form of video, play the
sounds, and ask the students if they can guess what is making that sound.
11. The teacher can also choose to make the activity a race or game and see who can get a bingo or their
whole board crossed off first.
12. The teacher could also assign one of the objects to each child and they have to recall the sound it made,
and find a way to recreate it for the class.
Assessment of student learning:
1. Data to be collected-
a. Are the students able to determine what the objects are on the paper?
b. Are the students able to determine where they can find the objects on the paper?
c. Are the students able to record what they hear outside, on their paper?
d. Are the students able to differentiate between seeing the objects and hearing them?
e. Are the students able to differentiate the sounds between the objects?
f. Are the students able to use their imaginations and creativity to recreate the sounds
of the objects they heard outside?
g. Are students able to use tools, instruments, or their body to recreate the sounds of the
objects they heard, or the single object they were assigned?
h. Are the students able to match the sounds to the object that makes them?

2. Method used to record/aggregate data-

a. Videos
b. Observations
c. Presentation

3. Interpretation of assessment data-

a. Matching Quiz
i. Since the students are using their own creativity and imagination, they will
recreate what they heard, and that cannot be determined right or wrong by
anyone other than the student. By asking the students to match objects to
typical sounds they make, this will show the teacher they have a general idea
and understanding on what the sounds make. The students will draw a line
from the first column to the other column matching the object to the sound it
typically makes.
ii. Example of the matching quiz:

Object Sound
bird “waaaaa”

water dripping “snap”

wind “chirp chirp”

car driving by “whooooosh”

stepping on a stick “bloop bloop”

 Lesson Sketch Scoring Guide for EDT 317

Individual completing this lesson plan:

Lesson title:

Points
Criteria Comments Points
Possible Earned

1. ELDS domain, strand, topic, and 5

standard statements from at least 2
content areas were integrated into the
lesson. 1 creative standard, 1 other
domain.
2. A minimum of two instructional 5
objectives are identified for the lesson
and used precise, observable, and
measurable action verbs that provided a
clear sense of what the children would
be able to do.
3. The lesson experiences teach 10
instructional objectives and were
creative, developmentally appropriate
and included enticing, engaging and
authentic materials. The lesson
accurately introduced an art concept
and one other content art and included
opportunities for creative expression,
peer interaction, and/or problem-
solving.
4. Assessment strategies were used to 5
evaluate what the children learned as a
result of the learning experience and
were related to the instructional
objective and ELDS. Data, method/s
used to record/aggregate data were
described and an interpretation of the
data was included.
25
Total Points Possible/Earned