EDUC 2220- Educational Technology

Infant-Pre-K Curriculum Plan: Technology-Based Lesson/Activity

Your Name Sophie Braet Activity Title

Number of children participating at one time 3-5 Ages Older Toddlers: ages 16-36 months

Activities written for previous classes cannot be re-used and must be the original work of the student.

Ohio Early Domain: Language and Literacy

Learning &
Strand: Reading
Development
Standards: Topic: Early Reading

List at least 1 Standard Statement: show an appreciation for reading books, telling stories and singing.
standard that
is addressed by
this activity. Domain: Language and Literacy
Write out each
component Strand: Reading
completely Topic: Reading comprehension
and exactly, as
published in Standard Statement: Demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of stories and
ELDS.
information in books

Lesson
Summary: I will introduce the song “the Itsy Bitsy Spider” by talking about spiders, showing pictures of spiders
and pictures of rain. We will prac ce the song and the hand mo ons. I will model the story on a felt
board and the children can reenact the story in a center. They will be able to sing along with the song
on the classroom iPad and then in the art center be able to demonstrate their comprehension of the
story by using a spider stamp and stamping it on a picture of a kitchen faucet. In the science center
they can watch a rain video on the classroom iPad or use the rains ck to make the sound of rain in the
classroom as music.

Es mated This lesson will take place all week when the children are at centers. The story, song and hand
Dura on: mo ons will be in a whole group se ng to prac ce and learn. The felt board will be whole group on
day one but a center a erwards for them to use as a way to demonstrate understanding. The rains ck
and art centers will be open all week as op ons to go too. The centers will be open for an hour each
day and the whole group lessons will be 20 minutes each day.
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Preparation What preparation is needed?

of materials I will have the iPads loaded with the books/songs and images.
and I will have the felt board ready with Itsy Bitsy Spider images
environment I will have the rainstick ready in the music area
I will have the rubber stamp of a spider ready with paper with a faucet image ready

What materials will be used?

Hard book of Itsy Bitsy Spider
Song of Itsy Bitsy Spider
Felt board with spider, rain, sunshine and kitchen faucet
Rainstick in music area
Paper with faucet image- ink pad with spider to stamp on image

Ipads: Itsy bitsy Spider, EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/app/read/18998

EPIC books rain book/song/video: https://www.getepic.com/app/read/73701
Images of rain: https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/rain
Images of spiders: https://unsplash.com/s/photos/spider

How will the learning environment be set up?

We will use the rug area for whole group- song, story and hand motions.
The centers will be used for rest of learning: art center for stamping, music center for rainstick,
library/book area for iPads and other books.

 Instruc onal Procedures:

Day 1:
I will begin by showing the ebook of the Itsy Bitsy Spider on the iPad.
I will then demonstrate the hand mo ons to the song.
I will ask the children to model a er me.
I will introduce the rains ck and talk about rain brie y and show them where the rains ck will be.
During this me the students will be with me on the rug area. My hopes is that they can sit and listen to the book and
learn some hand mo ons but not expec ng mastery.
We will break for center me and I will be parked in the book/library area for anyone wanted to con nue watching the
book.
The co-teacher will be assis ng students around the room.

Day 2:
Now that we have been introduced in small increments to the basic understanding of the story- We will prac ce it
again in big group me not he rug. I will remind them a er about the rain s ck and show them videos of rain on the
iPad.
We will break for center me and I will help students on the iPads again while my co-teacher assists students around
the room.

Day 3:
We will review the hand mo ons of the story.
I will review the rain s ck and rain sounds on the iPad in the music center.
Today I will introduce spider images on the iPad and spider stories on the iPad for anyone wan ng to explore more in
the book/library area.
I will help students on iPads and my co-teacher will be assis ng students around the room.

Day 4:
We will review the mo ons to the Itsy Bitsy Spider and I am hopeful they will begin to know more mo ons on their
own. This will demonstrate Standard 1. It may not be mastered but they will be trying to do hand mo ons.
We will break for all centers that will remain the same: rains ck, rain video, spider images, spider books.
I will assist all iPads and my co-teacher will roam room helping students in needs.

Day 5:
In whole group we will review the song one more me. Today I will introduce the spider stamps and stamping onto an
image of a faucet. I will put the stamp art in the art center. As the children stamp, my goal is for them to either say/sing
or repeat the story/song. This will demonstrate Standard 2.
We will break for centers that have remained the same all week but now adding the art center. I will be int he art
center and plan on annota ng their words about the story onto their artwork. These annota ons will be the evidence
of their basic understanding of the story/song.
My co-teacher will roam the room helping with iPads today.

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 Extension
EPIC BOOKS: 2nd version of story to listen to: https://www.getepic.com/app/read/55946
This site allows the students to keep singing the song and learning how to follow along.
Other spider books for the reading areas:

• I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton.

• Walter's Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood.
• Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Dean.
• Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham.

Di eren ated Instruc onal Support:

I will be the lead teacher for the main instruc on of this lesson but my co-teacher will help monitor the iPads and
songs/images while the children are listening to them. One of us also needs to help do the stamping of the spider up
the faucet. The rains ck can be independent.

Vocabulary: .
Spider
Itsy
Faucet
Water spout
Rain

For teachers
Books
iPads
Paper and rubber stamps
Rainstick

For students My students will have access to the iPads throughout the week to sing along with
songs, look at images of spiders and rain.
They will have books with spiders in them.
They will have interaction with the rainstick to make music that sounds like the rain.




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