5/23/2013

Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Farrell Moorehead Lesson Title: Fruits & Vegetables Interactive Writing
Date: 4/23/23 Grade Level: Preschool Circle one: ECE
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): With modeling and support, use a combination of drawing, dictating and emergent writing to tell a story, to express ideas, and to share
information about an experience or topic of interest. (Composition)

Language and Literacy, Approaches Toward Learning, Cognitive Development and General Knowledge
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Pre-Kindergarten (Ages 3-5): Pre-assessment is based on each students’ general knowledge skills and gross motor
development.

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

Two- Three Assessed Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
Instructional Objective(s): The to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and Fruit, Vegetable, Explain, Describe, Taste, Smell, Color, etc.
student will be able to... skill?)

The student will be able to express
what they know about different
fruits and vegetables with evidence
connected to their statement(s).
The student will be able to identify
characteristics contributing to what
distinguishes a fruit or vegetable.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Cognitive Development and
General Knowledge: Describe,
compare, sort, classify, and order.
Observation guides and an analysis of the recordings from
what students share in the writing center will be used to
record data from the students’ performance during the
lesson. Teachers will communicate in the classroom to
share the observed goals met from each student and
collectively as a classroom.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
Are students able to identify their understanding of what a
fruit and/or vegetable is in an accurate description?
Evidence will be compiled through being written out. New
academic language will be displayed and easily accessible
in the classroom for students.
Procedural steps:
The teacher(s) will engage the class by communicating that
they will ask each student to describe a fruit and/or vegetable.
The teacher(s) will further engage the students by expressing
that they will call each student up to the writing center when it
is their turn and they will each get to express their answer to
the teacher, who will write the answers down.
After all students have the chance to share, the teacher(s) will
play the “Fruits and Veggies” video for the class.
Once the video is finished, the teacher(s) will ask students if
they can name more examples of fruits and vegetables and
any time they have seen a fruit or vegetable or possibly if
they have any favorites.
Key academic language is identified, written on the board,
and open for students to discuss.
After all students have engaged with the teacher in the
Interactive Writing activity, they are given the chance to also
add to the academic terms what they believe to be different
characteristics of fruits and vegetables, such as color, size,
shape, taste, etc. the activity ends when all students have
shared.
The lesson ends with allotted time for any remaining
questions about the lesson topic.
 5/23/2013
Early Childhood Education
Learning Experience Template

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

materials.)

Adult Roles:
-Classroom management and to monitor safety and behavior
Safety Considerations: -Recording observations
-Moderating the Interactive Writing activity
-Enough space to move around in -Playing the video and video controls
the classroom throughout the
lesson.
-Smooth transitions between each
student going to the teacher to
participate in the interactive writing.

Resources & References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTK-uWx_VQo

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)

I have learned that my students love being asked questions that do not just ask for a “yes” or “no” answer. They really seem to engage in giving answers that allow
them to have the opportunity to express their opinions and findings on topics they have learned so far because they are proud to contribute to a topic in which they
recognize. Regarding future instruction, this will give me as a teacher the opportunity to continue to ask engaging questions with my students.