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Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Marlee Hillock Lesson Title: Emotion Eggs

Date: 4-11-19 Grade Level: PK Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):
- Social and Emotional Development- Self- Awareness and Expression of Emotion- Recognize and identify own emotions and the emotions of others.
- Cognitive and General Knowledge- Cognitive Skills- Symbolic Thought- Demonstrate understanding that symbols carry meaning and use symbols to
represent thinking
- Cognitive and General Knowledge- Science and Inquiry Application-Inquiry- Describe, compare, sort, classify, and order.
- Approaches Toward Learning- Creativity- Innovation and Invention- Use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials.

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Emotions Card Matching Game

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed
Instructional Objective(s): The
student will be able to...
- Identify and express
emotions with 100%
accuracy
- Understand that facial
expressions/emotions
have meaning and draw
the correct symbols to
represent the emotion with
95% accuracy
- Describe and compare
different emotions with
90% accuracy.
- Creatively draw emotions
of their choice onto colored
eggs
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
- The students will be able
to recognize that symbols
carry meaning and use
symbols to express
emotion with 95%
accuracy
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
- Walk around to each student and ask questions:
o What color did you choose for the top and bottom of
your egg and Why?
o What emotion are you feeling? How are you going
to express that emotion onto the egg?
o What emotion is your friend feeling? How are you
going to express that emotion onto the egg?
o Ask about similarities and differences in students’
emotion eggs.
- Record on a checklist for each objective to see if the
students have met the goal.
- Record evidence of which students are
understanding and participating in white board
characteristic discussion on emotion.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
- The students will be placed in groups of four
randomly
- The objective checklist will provide the teacher with
data to determine whether or not the instructional
Academic Language:
Frustrated/Sad/Grumpy
Angry/Mad
Excited/Happy
Tired/Exhausted/Sleepy
Confused
Procedural steps:
1. Review emotions by playing the emotion card
matching game. (go over any emotions that are not
fully understood)
2. Discuss the link between color and emotion,
(red=angry, yellow= happy)
3. Give each student the opportunity to pick the top and
bottom color of their egg. (blue, green, orange, pink,
and yellow)
4. Ask students to draw a face on the egg for the
emotion they are feeling in the moment.
5. Ask students to draw a second face on another egg
to demonstrate what one of their classmates is
feeling.
6. Have children share egg drawings with one another
and discuss the characteristics of different emotions.
7. Children have the opportunity to make up scenarios
with their different egg emotions.
8. Create a chart on the white board with the different
emotions that children represented and have them

Safety Considerations:
Use of markers appropriately
Resources & References:
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and developmental objectives were met
- Struggling students will receive extra
practice/explanation with the emotions in detail
- Students who fully understand will have more
detailed activities in the future and will be
encouraged to work more creatively to express
emotion
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shout out the characteristics while you write them
down. Discuss Opposites. (ex- Happy vs. Sad)
9. Wrap Up- Have children go around the room and say
one emotion they learned today or give an example
of a scenario and how it would make them feel.
Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real life, hands-on
materials.)
- Plastic Colored Easter eggs (pink, blue, orange,
yellow, green)
- Markers
Adult Roles:
- Teacher as Facilitator
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Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?

I chose to implement the Easter egg emotions activity with my preschool students. The students were placed in groups of four

randomly and when they first got to my center we began with an emotions matching game in which I laid 10 different emotions that the

students worked together to match. The ten emotions were: happy, sad, angry, tired, nervous, bored, silly, embarrassed, scared and

surprised/shocked. Next, they were able to choose the top and bottom color of their plastic eggs. Giving the students the opportunity to

choose makes them more comfortable completing the activity. Students were instructed to draw how they felt on the egg with dry erase

markers and to draw how one of their friends in the classroom was feeling today. Dry erase markers were a great material for this

activity because if the students decided they wanted to change any aspect of their drawing, they were able to wipe it off and start again.

I chose to have the students draw how a friend in the classroom was feeling today, to get the children to communicate more to peers

about their emotions. For modifications, students who struggle with fine motor skills had the opportunity to use thicker dry erase

markers, while students with strong fine motor skills were encouraged to use skinnier dry erase markers.

I chose to implement four instructional objectives through this activity. They included: Identify and express emotions with 100%

accuracy, Understand that facial expressions/emotions have meaning and draw the correct symbols to represent the emotion with 95%

accuracy, Describe and compare different emotions with 90% accuracy, and Creatively draw emotions of their choice onto colored

eggs. These objectives were chosen because they directly correlate with the activity and they are necessary for preschool students to

achieve. Children were able to meet the first objective with the matching game. The second and fourth objective were met when the
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children drew on their eggs and discussed the emotions that they were feeling. The third objective was met when the children and I

compared and contrasted the different emotions that them and their peers drew and discussed.

Many of the students used happy or sad as their emotions, while a few others used angry and tired. While the students were

creating I was walking around discussing questions with each student such as: why did you choose those colors, how are you going to

make that emotion, do you see any similarities and differences between your eggs and your friends’ eggs. The students were instructed

to link the colors to the emotions they were going to draw (ex- yellow=happy while blue = sad). Then, I sat with each group of four and

made a comparison chart with them about the emotions they discussed. While discussing questions and making the comparison chart, I

had a checklist for every student to mark down who was meeting the objectives and who still needed more instruction. 100% of the

students were able to complete the activity and meet the objectives.

This activity helped me learn a lot about the students individually and what is going on in their lives. Many of them opened up to

me and told me a story about why they were feeling the way that they were. Through this activity the children were able to share how

they felt through creativity with their peers and instructors. It is a great way for the children to get things off of their chests and to

establish trust with instructors and peers. I felt this was the perfect time to implement this activity since Easter is right around the corner.

The children were very excited to work with the Easter eggs. This excitement made the activity successful and the classroom teacher

said she would like to do more of this activity throughout the year.