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1. Goal
To demonstrate understanding of print concepts
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.
Recognize and name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
During a discussion in morning meeting, children will brainstorm how we know who they are.
Students will be asked to identify whose name the teacher is holding based on just looking at it.
Formative assessment
When each student comes up to identify their name to put on the chart, the teacher will observe if
they correctly identified their own name and will ask them if they know the letter that their name
starts with.
Summative assessment
After the activity, students must identify their name in one other place throughout the classroom
by walking to it and pointing it out.
5. Teaching Strategies
Use of SMART Board
Discussion
Brainstorming
Modeling
Demonstration
Indirect Instruction
6. Sequence of Instructional Delivery and Classroom Management
1. Goal
To demonstrate an understanding of print concepts
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Standard - CC.1.2.PREK.B
Answer questions about a text.
Pre-assessment
Use student’s prior knowledge from this morning to see what letters they know. Ask students to
identify what letter their name starts with.
Formative assessment
During reading, the teacher will ask questions about the letters of the animals in the book and ask
students to connect that to their name spelling.
Summative assessment
At the end of the story, ask children to recall letters from the book. Observe if students can make
connections to their name or an animal in the book. Observe students in the art center using the
book as a resource.
1. Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
Evaluate students’ ideas of the lines they see in a snow man. What kind of vocabulary do they
use? Discuss their thoughts on the lines that they saw in the video.
Formative assessment
Observe students as they form lines using the play dough. Take pictures or videos of the process
and complete jottings as time permits.
Summative assessment
After the activity is complete, ask students to identify the lines that the made in their letter. Take
photos of their work to document learning in a portfolio.
1. Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
Ask students to recall types of lines from our activity yesterday. Write a list of all the places that
students found lines throughout the classroom. Were they curved or straight?
Formative assessment
As children are moving letters into the Venn diagram, observe and if possible, take notes of where
the students are placing each letter and if they are placing them in the correct section.
Summative assessment
Recap the categories in the Venn diagram and ask students to recall what letters have straight lines
and what letters have curved lines. In a quick assessment, students will identify if a letter has
straight or curved lined using flash cards.
5. Teaching Strategies
Demonstration
Modeling
Guided Practice
Hands-on Activities
Use of SMART board and Hatch programming
6. Sequence of Instructional Delivery and Classroom Management
1.Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
To form letters using straight and curved lines
Standard – CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
As I am modeling the activity and the creation of the bait, students will engage and participate in a
discussion about the letter. Students will be expected to identify the shape of the letter and actively
trace with their finger in the air.
Formative assessment
Observe students as they create their letters with pipe cleaners for bait.
Summative assessment
At the end of their activity, the teacher will check their alphabet mat for accuracy of letters. Letters
should be molded correctly with the bait and matched to the correct alphabet on the mat.
5. Teaching Strategies
Discussion
Demonstration
Hands-on Activities
Independent Practice
Modeling
1. Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
To demonstrate that letters are made up of lines
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
Students will brainstorm ideas on different ways to create letters. Ask students to verbalize their
ideas. Students should use vocabulary such as straight, curved, long, and short to describe the
letter shapes. The teacher will listen to the children’s ideas and assess their knowledge of letter
composition based on this.
Formative assessment
The teacher will take pictures of the students working independently or in groups composing letter
shapes. This will document their understanding.
Summative assessment
The teacher will show students the images she took during the activity and ask students to
summarize the letter composition using vocabulary words.
5. Teaching Strategies
Modeling
Demonstration
Independent Practice
Group Cooperation
Brainstorming
Paired Work
1.Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
Standard – CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
Students must find their worksheet by identifying their name on the snow globe.
Formative assessment
The teacher will ask the students what letter they are searching for and aid in identification if
needed.
The teacher will jot notes as students are working independently on the accuracy of letter
identification as well as how they work to accomplish an assigned task.
Summative assessment
The teacher will use the completed worksheet to assess letter matching knowledge. Students will
verbalize to the teacher the letters in their names too.
5. Teaching Strategies
Modeling
Independent Practice
Hands-on Activities
6. Sequence of Instructional Delivery and Classroom Management
1. Goal
To demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet
To demonstrate understanding of print concepts
To demonstrate understanding that letters are connected to words
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.C
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Standard - CC.1.1.PREK.B
Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and
name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
Pre-assessment
After students bring back the letter that they found throughout the classroom, they will identify the
letter and sound of that letter.
Formative assessment
Note student’s accuracy as they find objects throughout the room. Observations should be
completed as they use self-talk or other visual ways to match a letter to their resources.
Summative assessment
Performance Assessment
o Observe students as they are sharing with their partners. Students should be correctly
identifying the letter that they found and the matching word that corresponds with it.
5. Teaching Strategies
Cooperative Group Work
Hands-on Activities
Think-Pair-Share
Use of SMART Board
Independent Practice
Demonstration
Modeling
Partner Work
Overall, I really like the flow of my lessons. I think that everything makes sense in the
development of my unit. I planned this unit plan to take place in the beginning of the
school year, but more towards October-November. I started out with the foundational
skills and slowly added things on to the prior lesson in the next one. This makes sense to
me because we know that language and literacy development happens in a sequential
order, so nurturing this concept will help to better support learners in the development. I
think that the students will like all of the hands-on activities the best in my unit plan. I
really tried to highlight all different learning styles, but also be sure that there was always
something hands-on that would take place. I think that the children will also be excited
about the idea of seeing their own name all over and getting to dig into something special
to them.
2. What was most challenging in the creation of this literacy unit? Be specific and provide
examples with explanation why you feel this way.
The most challenging part about this literacy plan was all of the assessments. I know this
is more of the lesson plan structure rather than the unit plan itself, however, it is just a lot
to be assessing the entire activity. I know that I probably do this already, but being
intentional about it was definitely something that I guess I need more practice on.
Another thing that was most challenging to me in creating this literacy project was to
ensure that I had enough activities to cover the foundations before moving onto
something else. Initially, I had planned to do letter recognition and then transition into
letter-sound correspondence. However, as I began planning, I felt that the students really
needed more time to focus on the letter themselves and I recognize that this can take a
long time, as I see it in my actual classroom. Even when I went back and kind of looked
at everything, I feel that I made a huge jump from the second to last lesson to the final
lesson plan. Leading up to this, I took baby steps as I progressed in letter recognition, but
then had crazy expectations. Now looking at it, I would probably go back and change
that, but I am not sure what would come next for me. I found myself actually planning
backwards, which I found very interesting. I started at the last lesson plan and worked my
way back to the beginning. I think because I knew where I wanted students to be, it was
easier for me to back track and find out how they were going to get there.
3. Provide information about what previous knowledge and/or environmental supports you
feel would be necessary if you were to implement this unit. Provide information about
where you would project this unit to continue or develop into after the 2-3 week time
period - what would happen after the last lesson?
For this unit plan, I feel like I really started almost at the basics of letter recognition.
Some of the prior knowledge that I would expect students to know at this point would be
name recognition. I would also expect students to be able to follow directions and have
problem-solving skills. As far as environmental supports, the classroom would need to be
very rich in print and environmental print. As I mentioned in some of my lesson plans,
students will need to find letters throughout the classroom, so it is crucial that the
environment supports that. After this unit, it would be my hopes that we would move
onto more letter recognition in real-life situations, but also transition into letter sounds.
From experience, a lot of times, my students have learned both letters and sounds
together. However, I understand that everyone learns differently, so it was important to
me to foster those foundational skills and really take my time on this. I would love to use
more books to promote the importance of letters and make the connection to print and its
meaning.