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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Emmy Lavoie Lesson Title: Shape Castles

Date: 3/4/22 Grade Level: Kindergarten Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):

1RE Describe their artworks and efforts and share their artmaking processes
Pre-assessment of current knowledge:
To pre-assess students’ current knowledge, the teacher will begin by reading the book Triangle by Mac Barnett. Throughout the book, the teacher will ask
questions to get an understanding of how much the students know about shapes. The teacher will then ask students to look around the room to see if they see
any shapes around in everyday objects. They could point out objects like the door, desk, board, etc. Then the teacher will explain that buildings (castles) are
made out of shapes too, so they will be using shapes to create their own castle.

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed
Instructional Objective(s): The
student will be able to...
Students will be able to create a
unique castle using the provided
shape cut outs.
Students will be able to come up
with a story that could go along
with their castle.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
The teacher will be looking at
students’ fine motor skills when
pasting the shapes and while
writing their stories.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
Before hanging the children’s work on the wall, the teacher
will be analyzing it to see if they met the objectives. The
teacher will be able to see if the students created
something that resembled a castle, and the teacher will be
able to read all their stories about the castle. Through this,
the teacher will be able to see what the students know
about art, writing, and creativity.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
The teacher is gathering all the students work to hang on
the wall. The teacher will then be able to tell if there are
any students ahead or behind their peers. All their work
will be on the wall for the students to see and be proud of
their work.
Academic Language:
Shape
Triangle
Square
Rectangle
Circle
trapezoid
Procedural steps:
1. The teacher will introduce the topic by reading the
book Triangle by Mac Barnett. They will talk about
the different shapes seen in the book. They will also
talk about different shapes they see around the
classroom in everyday objects.
2. The class will have a small discussion about castles
and houses. The teacher will explain that castles are
made of shapes, so they will be creating their own
shape castles.
3. Then the teacher will pass out an assortment of
shapes that were previously cut out. There will be
various sizes and colors of squares, circles,
rectangles, triangles, and trapezoids.
4. The students will then have 10-20 minutes to create
their castles. They will get a large piece of paper to
glue the shapes onto. They should also use crayons
or colored pencils to add other drawings to their
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castle. There are no limitations to how many shapes

they use or what colors.
5. Once students finish, students should write a short
story that is less than 5 sentences that is about their
castle. It can be describing the castle or something
from their imagination.
6. Then, the teacher will ask a couple students to
share their work with the class. The teacher will
Safety Considerations: hang up all their work on the wall.
Students should keep glue out of
their mouth.

Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on

materials.)
Construction paper

Adult Roles:

The teacher begins the lesson by reading a book.

The teacher will be walking around the room to see if the
students need assistance with their castle or writing the
story.
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Resources & References:

Shape castle idea came from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/740349626227481344/

Ohio Department of Education (2012). Fine arts standards: Visual arts. https://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Learning-in-Ohio/Fine-Arts/Fine-Arts-Standards/Ohio-
Visual-Art-Standards-2012.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US