Mat Session Letter U and Number Fifteen- Designing Your own Underpants

Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: KINDERGARTEN Date: Term 2, week 8 Students’ Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Arts and Crafts & English

No prior knowledge.

Strand & Content Description(s) from the Australian

Curriculum:
English
o ACELY1653 produce some lower case and upper
case letters using learned letter formations.
Arts and Crafts
o ACAVAM107 Use and experiment with different
materials, techniques, technologies and processes
to make artworks.

General Capabilities ( areas that are covered in the lesson)

Personal and
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical
Social
Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour understanding
Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities ( areas that may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Lesson Objectives
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Students will be able to identify the letters (U) as well as specific word formations that are associated with the
letter.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for Students:

o Letter U Word Cards Students with vision impairments may be provided with
o Bells larger text sheets or further assistance in retrieving the
o Name Sheets correct materials for the activity.
o Permanent Markers
o Whiteboard Erasers For early finishers, they are to transition to the free play
o Number of the Week Template (15) centres around the classroom.
o Letter of the Week Template (U)
o Anecdotal Notes Students who struggle to keep focused on the task at hand
o Interactive Whiteboard will be provided with other alternatives (for example, if you
o Design your Own Underpants Template finish this work you will be able to go and play with the
o Demonstration blocks).
o Textas
o Take Home Boxes
o Portfolios
o Discussion and Questioning
o Lead Pencils
o Work Samples
 Mat Session Letter U and Number Fifteen- Designing Your own Underpants
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

LESSON DELIVERY Resources/References

Time
8:30am Motivation and Lesson Introduction:
1. The students enter the classroom and place their library books in the
basket located at the front of the classroom.

2. The students are then required to locate their name set up on the
three desks. Bells
The students are to place the letters of their name in order, trace the
pre-written name provided and then write their name by themselves Name Sheets
on the line provided at the bottom of the laminated sheet.
Once the students have completed this, they are able to free play in Permanent Markers
the available play centres around the classroom until the day begins.
Whiteboard Erasers
During the above activities, the educator must walk around and praise the
students to increase their self confidence levels as well as providing support Number of the Week
where needed. This is extremely important if their parents have departed. Template
3. The educator will then ring the bells to signal to the students to Letter of the Week
transition to the mat to begin the day. Template
4. Good Morning introductions are complete as well as the timetable for Interactive Whiteboard
the day (located at the top of the whiteboard for the students).
Letter U Word Card
5. After the timetable has been read and explained with the students,
the number of the week (15 – fifteen) will be introduced to the Demonstration
students.
o Does anyone know what this number is?
o Let’s all count to 15 together. The educator may wish to
extend the students thinking by prompting “oh no we have run
out of fingers, what can we do?”
o What two numbers together make 15?

6. Once the number of the week has been introduced, the letter of the
week (U) is introduced to the students. The students with the
educators assistance will make the sound and work through some
examples on a word card.

7. After the above steps are complete, the educator will instruct the
students to point their knees towards the board in preparation for the
“Aliens Love Underpants” by Claire Freedman book.

8. After the book has been finished, the educator will then explain each
table top activity to the students.
“But first before you go and play I just want to show you something”

9. Using the interactive whiteboard and the “design your own

underpants” template, a demonstration will be shown to the students
on how to decorate and make it as colourful as possible.

10. The students will then be distributed among the various learning
areas based upon their interest.
9:20am

During the mat session, if the students become off topic or distracted, the
educator is to implement the behaviour management strategy of “are your
eyes watching (pointing to eyes), are your ears listening (pointing to ears), are
you voices quiet and are your bodies still.
 Mat Session Letter U and Number Fifteen- Designing Your own Underpants
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

Lesson Development:
9:20am
The table top activity is set up with the appropriate writing and drawing
materials before instructing students to come to the table to complete their
activity.

1. The students are given a template sheet as well as a lead pencil to

write their name on the back. Design your own
Underpants Template
2. As the students complete this, they will then begin to decorate their
underpants using the various writing materials. Lead Pencil for Name
The educator should use the prompt of “what letter do Underpants Writing
start with?”
Textas
3. Using the textas placed in front of the students as well as the Portfolios
demonstration work sample from the mat session, the students are
free to make their Underpants as colourful as possible. Take Home Boxes
o The educator should strive to use the prompts of:
“What patterns can you make?” Questioning
“Remember on the mat how I showed you…why don’t you try
that?”
“Why don’t you use your favourite colour and your second
favourite colour?”

4. Some educator assistance may be required to focus the students’

attention towards making different patterns or implementing different
colours on their template.

5. Once this is complete the students’ artwork will then be placed in their
take home box, portfolios or displayed around the classroom.

As recess takes place at 10:30am if some students have not completed the
activity they will do so after recess or in the next session on another day.

10:30am Lesson Closure:

At the closure of the table top craft activity, invite the students to share their
craft by scaffolding discussion.
What letter does your craft start with? Is that our letter of the week? Discussions
Can you say another word that starts with this letter? Questioning
The closure of the lesson is completed when the students have completed
their craft activity as the classroom is very play based.

Assessment:
The students are observed by the educator during their play activity and Work Samples
assessment will be taken in terms of the students’ artwork samples.
 Mat Session Letter U and Number Fifteen- Designing Your own Underpants
Burrendah Primary School – Kindergarten

Early Years Learning Framework Outcomes

o Outcome Two – Children are connected with and contribute to their world.
- 2.4 Children are connected with and contribute to their world where they
become socially responsible and show respect for their environment.

o Outcome Five – Children are effective communicators.

- 5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of
purposes.
- 5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and gain meaning from these
texts.

o Outcome One – Children have a strong sense of identity.

- 1.3 Children have a strong sense of self through creatively expressing
ideas and responding to the ideas of others.
- 1.1 Children feel safe, secure and supported through developing their
emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency.

o Outcome Four - Children are confident and involved learners.

- 4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity,
cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm,
persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
- 4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem
solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and
investigating.