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Teacher
Candidate
Date
of
Scheduled
Visit
Name/Address
of
School
Age/Grade
level
Cooperating
Teacher
Name
of
Lesson
Content
area(s)/developmental
domain(s)
addressed
Brief
description
of
the
lesson
YeaEun
Schwartz
April
6th
2015
Preschool
of
America
Market
St.,
New
York,
NY
Pre-K-
ages
3-4
Ms.
Iris
Classroom
Number
Rationale
Timeframe
Community
Helpers:
What
Tools
Will
They
Need?
(Classifying
tools
according
to
occupation)
Mathematics
and
Social
studies:
Children
will
be
developing
their
classification
skills
while
building
a
better
understanding
of
the
different
roles
each
community
helper
plays.
Children
will
sort
the
community
helper
tools
and
discuss
how
the
tools
are
used.
A
new
concept/activity
Classifying
the
tools
will
build
strong
classification
skills.
Discussing
the
use
of
each
of
the
tools
will
help
the
children
better
understand
the
roles
of
different
community
helpers.
15
min
Given
instruction
on
the
roles
of
community
helpers,
students
will
demonstrate
understanding
of
the
different
tools
needed
for
different
occupations
and
sort
them
accordingly.
Connections to standards
Language
Objectives
Standard Area - Math: Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core) Grade Band - Math.P-8: Prekindergarten - Eighth
Grade Grade Level - PK: Prekindergarten Domain - PK.MD: Measurement and Data Cluster - Sort objects and count
the number of objects in each category. Standard PK.MD.2:
Standard Area - SS: Social Studies Academic Level - SS.E: Elementary Standard - SS.E.3: Geography Key Idea SS.E.3.1: Geography Performance Indicator SS.E.3.1A:
This
lessons
language
focus
will
be
on
vocabulary
acquisition.
The
children
will
be
learning
new
words
for
the
various
tools
used
by
different
professionals
such
as
stethoscope
and
rolling
pin.
Resources/materials
needed:
Learning
Activity
Plan
for
PreK-Grade
2
Cut
out
tools:
stethoscope,
medicine,
x-ray,
shot,
fire
hose,
fire
truck,
smoke
mask,
ax,
rolling
pin,
flour
and
sugar,
oven,
white
board,
pencils
and
paper,
books,
tool
belt,
tool
box,
hammer,
wrench
Cut
outs
of
community
helpers:
doctor,
firefighter,
baker,
teacher,
construction
worker
Chart
with
spaces
for
community
helpers
on
top
and
tools
on
bottom
None
for
this
lesson
Learning
Activity
Plan
for
PreK-Grade
2
Learning
Activity
Plan
for
PreK-Grade
2
Observer
feedback
on
the
lesson
plan,
including
commendations
and
recommendations
for
improving
aspects
of
the
learning
activity