14.1 Chelsey Sorter

My lesson plan would be geared towards the younger age groups, pre-k- first. Because Special Education licensure is a Pre-K- 12, I like to explore different lesson plans for different age groups. For this particular example, I will be teaching math skills using a literature-based activity.  The primary goal of the lesson plan will be learning to use numbers and count, literature and using creative thinking. 

On day one, I will ask the students if they have read Dr. Seuss books before. I will  then ask them if they know any poems.I will start by introducing the author, Dr. Seuss and the book " Ten Apples Up On Top." I will bring an apple and show them that the book is about apples. I will then ask the children to help me to count to ten and place the apples in a row as we count. When I read the book, I will ask the children to help me jump up or touch the top of our heads when the books says "up" or "top." 
On the second day, I will bring out the book and ask if the children remember our our story from yesterday. On this day, I will have students practice balancing bean bag "apples" on their heads. Count how many bean bags each student can balance on his/her head.
On the third day, we will have paper plates and markers out to draw and count apples. 
On the fourth day, we will each write a sentence to put in our collective book.
On the fifth day, I will have a short worksheet to evaluate their counting. The students will simply have to count how many apples they see in each question. 


In this lesson plan, I had many informal and formal assessments that I used. I will ask them many books they've read to get an idea of how many students have read or heard of Dr. Seuss. I will ask the students to help me count and jump with me each time they hear the trigger words. On the second day with the bean bags, I will individually go around to students and see how many remember the counting techniques. Finally, I have a formal evaluation on the fifth day to see how many they can count. This lesson has a lot of opportunities to evaluate how much the students are learning.