Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Kate Van Etten Lesson Title: Drama Lesson Plan

Date: 4/15/2024 Grade Level: Toddler Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): 2. A : Develops ability to express new ideas through imagination and inventive play.

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Students will be asked if they know or are familiar with the story, “The Three Little Pigs”

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to...
-Use imagination to plan and act
out scenes based on books,
stories, or everyday life.
- Engage in brief episodes of
make-believe play that involve
sequenced steps, assigned roles
and/or an overall plan for the play.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
-Take pictures
-Record anecdotal notes
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
-This activity could be done multiple times with multiple
groups of students. Compile the evidence from each time
this lesson is completed into a group to compare the
different groups to assess for understanding and different
developmental skills.
Academic Language:
-Play
-Roles
-Act
Procedural steps:
-First we will review the story, “The three little pigs”
-Students will work to create their costume for the play, “The
Three Little Pigs”. They can use paper, glue, scissors,
markers
-Next, the students will go to the carpet and we will pick out
which role the students will play.(the students can switch off).
-The students can act out however they chose. This could
look like the exact play or they can put their own creative
twist.
-The students can then switch roles and do the play again.

-Use creative thinking and skills to Differentiation:

be able to communicate a thought
or idea with other students.
Safety Considerations:
-Students should be careful with
materials when constructing
-Student groups will be picked in order for every student to
get a chance and for students to work together Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on
-Students will get to switch roles throughout the play materials.)
-If needed, a teacher can participate with a student who
may not understand the story or needs additional support. -Books, markers, paper, glue
Adult Roles:
-Facilitate costume making, book reading, and help students

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Learning Experience Template

costumes with playing their roles if needed.

Resources & References:

The story, “Three Little Pigs”

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

Rev. 1/2024