Intern Name: Karissa Speckhart

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Past & Present Recess

Grade: Kindergarten
Length of Lesson: 45 minutes
Date Taught: 05/26/2021
Overview
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Students will identify the differences between recess in the past (based on the
artwork Snap the Whip 1872 by Winslow Homer) versus recess today, and will
be able to draw themselves participating in an activity relating to recess in the
present.

K.17 The student will create artworks inspired by a variety of sources and
subjects.
Standards of
Learning ​ a) Depict the human figure.
​ b) Use nature as inspiration.

How is school and recess different now?

What looks similar? (in regards to the painting)
Essential Questions What activities do we participate in at recess?

Students will be able to…

Objectives ​ a) Depict the human figure.

​ b) Use nature as inspiration.

I can explain the differences of recess in the past versus the present, and
Learning Target can portray myself (or multiple people) participating in a recess activity.
Necessary Prior - what activities are done during recess time
Knowledge
The materials provided will be pipe cleaners, paper, and other coloring utensils
Materials (ex: crayons).

I will begin by asking questions about what the students partake in during recess
time. I will then follow up with showing them the painting by Winslow Homer
Introduction/Hook and ask them about how their recess activities and how school today differs
from the recess and school shown in the picture.

Instructional Pipe cleaners will be used to form miniature people, which can be traced or used
as a visual tool when drawing themselves on their paper. They will then be
Activities & allowed to color and add background as well as additional details to their work.
Strategies
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 - past / back then
- present / now
Key Vocabulary or - similar
Concepts - different
- observe
Is the student able to successfully depict themselves partaking in a recess
Assessments activity in a drawing.
The students will then have time to share and express what activity they drew
Closure Activity themself doing.
The instructions for making the pipe cleaner figure are visual for those with
hearing accommodations. The directions can also be translated into various
Accommodations languages for those who may not be fluent in English.

Resources N/A

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Karissa Speckhart
Lesson Title (Subecjt/Topc): Past & Present Recess
Date of Lesson Taught: 05/26/2021
Cooperating Teacher & School Mrs. Lynch, Cooke Elementary
Grade: Kindergarten
Time of Day: 9:20 - 10:00

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
My cooperating teacher Mrs. Lynch had certain objectives which had to be met before the end of the school
year. So with that information, we discussed what ideas needed to be emphasized to the students before
they moved on to first grade art. With that being said, the highlighted objective became instructing how to
draw or depict a human figure with the use of additional background details.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction? The objections helped focus my instruction
because it specified and highlighted what needed to be the take-home message from completing the
assignment. In other words, it helped focus where my energy went when instructing the lesson.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated? The students were able to successfully draw
themselves at recess and compare the similarities and differences of the past and present in regards to
recess.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began? It proved to be the slightest bit difficult to
instruct the students on how to create the pipe cleaner person because the materials were so small, so if I
were to instruct this lesson again maybe find a way to blow up the size of the pipe cleaner person onto the
SMART board or maybe instruct it by going around the classroom and explaining it.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed? There were enough materials for each student as far as
paper and pipe cleaners went, however not every student had enough coloring tools.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?) I feel that it was effective because I was able to
ask the class what they learned and they were able to recite what we did in class.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!) I feel that it was a success because the
artwork created from the lesson directly relates to the objective in that each student was able to depict a
human figure and configure natural elements into their work.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success? I found it helpful to spend my
time verbally preparing for the lesson because I was able to formulate how I was going to present prior to
when I had the additional audience members. This was very helpful because I was able to recite what I had
practiced when the pressure of presenting was on.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what? I
maybe would add additional resources to include in the background of the artwork. Looking back it might
have been cool to add water color detailing or tissue paper clothing to add other pops of color without
distracting from the main focus of the artwork.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson? It was an awesome experience to be able to present a
lesson plan and see how students interact with new information.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)