Table Top Activity Craft Lesson (Kitemaking) Burrendah Primary School

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION

Year Level: KINDERGARTEN Date: Term 2, week 5 Students’ Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Arts and Crafts & English The students are aware of the alphabet formations
through visually observing children’s literature, name
writing as well as other word formations.
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 letter as well as word formations that are associated with the letter.

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

o Library Basket Students with vision impairments may be provided with
o Name Sheets larger text sheets or further assistance in retrieving the
o Permanent Markers correct materials for the activity.
o Whiteboard Erasers
o Bells For early finishers, they are to transition to the free play
o Kite Day A Bear and Mole Story by Will centres around the classroom.
Hillenbrand
o Pencil Students who struggle to keep focused on the task at hand
o String will be provided with other alternatives (for example, if you
o Kite Coloured Triangles Pre-cut finish this work you will be able to go and play with the
o Kite Template blocks).

Students who are not fully developed in their literacy skills,

the adapted booklet will be used to assist the students in
completing the table top activity for gathering an
understanding of the positional words.
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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.
Library Basket
2. The students are then required to locate their name set up on the
three desks. Name Sheets
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 Permanent Markers
on the line provided at the bottom of the laminated sheet.
Once the students have completed this, they are able to free play in Whiteboard Erasers
the available play centres around the classroom until the day begins.
Bells
During the above activities, the educator must walk around and praise the
students to increase their self confidence levels as well as providing support Good Morning Song
where needed. This is extremely important if their parents have departed.
Letter K Template
3. The educator will then ring the bells to signal to the students to
transition to the mat to begin the day. Letter K Word Mats
4. Good Morning introductions are complete as well as the timetable for Kite Day A Bear and
the day (located at the top of the whiteboard for the students). Mole Story by Will
Hillenbrand
5. The educator will explain introduce the Letter K to the students on the
whiteboard accompanied by a word sheet with different words that
start with “K”.

6. The Children’s Literature Book named Kite Day A Bear and Mole
Story by Will Hillenbrand will be read to the students online (video).

7. The educator will explain to the students that they will be making their
very own kite.

8. Two students are selected for the table top letter craft activity and the
rest of the students are free to play in the other learning centres
around the classroom until their name has been called.

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.

Lesson Development:
Table Top Activity Kite Coloured
o The students are asked in groups of 2 whilst the other students are Triangles Pre-cut
free playing in the available play centres around the classroom.
Kite Template
1. “Today, we are going to be making our very own Kite!”
The educator can extend the students knowledge and thinking Pencil
processes by asking the students the question of “What letter does
the word Kite start with? Why have I chosen to make a Kite with you?” String
2. The educator will provide the students with four coloured triangles.
Asking the students to tell them the colour of each triangle.
(for example, red, blue, green and yellow).
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3. The students will then glue them onto another template that has been
pre-cut into the shape of a Kite.

4. Once, the students have done this, the educator will attach some
string to the students Kite for them.

5. The students are then instructed to write their name on the back of
their artwork.

6. Their work will be displayed around the classroom or placed in their

take home folders.

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

It is important for the educator to praise the students as they are completing
their work to increase their self confidence.

10:30am
Lesson Closure:
At the closure of the table top activity, invite the students to share their
developmental thoughts on the process of creating their Kite through
scaffolding questioning.
What letter does your Kite start with?
The closure of the lesson is completed when the students have completed
their Kite activity as the classroom is very play based.

Assessment:
The students are observed during their play activity and this is recorded in the
form of anecdotal notes.
The anecdotal notes are recorded in terms of their enjoyment, what they take
from the activity through their discussions and whether or not the students are
able to create their Kite correctly as well as verbally explain it (in terms of
what letter it starts with).

Early Years Learning Framework Outcomes

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

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.

Outcome One
Children have a strong sense of self through creatively expressing ideas and
responding to the ideas of others.

Outcome Four
Children are confident and involved learners.