Table Top Activity Measuring Length with Playdough Burrendah Primary School

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION

Year Level: KINDERGARTEN Date: Term 2, week 7 Students’ Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Mathematics & Arts and Craft The students are aware of the meanings of long and
short; big and small.

Strand & Content Description(s) from the Australian

Curriculum:
Mathematics
o ACMMG006 Use direct and indirect comparisons to
decide which is longer, heavier or holds more and
explain reasoning in everyday language.
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 Good Morning Song centres around the classroom.
o Elephant Example Demonstration
o Interactive whiteboard Students who struggle to keep focused on the task at hand
o Playdough will be provided with other alternatives (for example, if you
finish this work you will be able to go and play with the
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 Letter Ee.
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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.
Elmer the Patchwork
3. The educator will then ring the bells to signal to the students to Elephant
transition to the mat to begin the day.
Elephant Activity
4. Good Morning introductions are complete as well as the timetable for Demonstration
the day (located at the top of the whiteboard for the students). Example
5. The educator will explain introduce the Letter E to the students on the Interactive Whiteboard
whiteboard accompanied by a word sheet with different words that
start with “E”.

6. The Children’s Literature Book named Elmer the Patchwork Elephant

will be read to the students from an online source.

7. The educator will explain to the students the messaged conveyed in

the book.
Everyone is different, no one person is the same.

8. After this is explained the educator will explain the activities taking
place throughout the duration of the day. Using a demonstration
example.

9. 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.

9:20am
Lesson Development:
Table Top Activity
o The students are asked in groups of 2 whilst the other students are
free playing in the available play centres around the classroom.
The terminology of “measuring length” will be discussed as each student
comes up to the table top activity.

1. Two students are called up to the table top activity after the
uninterrupted playtime.
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2. The educator hands them a square of playdough each to complete

three snakes of different lengths.
Playdough
3. To initiate the activity, the educator asks the students to break their
square of playdough into three pieces and place the pieces in front of
them in arms reach.
As the educator states this, they must hold up 3 fingers and show the
students.
10:30am
4. The educator asks the students to make a long snake with one piece
of the playdough.

5. Next, the students will make a short snake with another piece of
playdough. The educator must make it known that this one has to be
smaller than the long snake.

6. With the remaining playdough the students will make a medium size
one. The educator must also make it known that this one has to be
smaller than the longest one but bigger than the shortest one.

7. Once the students have the three playdough snakes in front of them,
the educator will instruct the students to order them in terms of the
length.

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.

Lesson Closure: Questioning

At the closure of the table top activity, invite the students to share their
developmental thoughts on their 3 playdough snakes made, using the Observations
questioning prompts of Which snake is the longest? Which one is the
shortest? and What do we call the one in the middle?
The closure of the lesson is completed when the students have completed
their activity as the classroom is very play based.

Assessment: Observations
The students are observed during their play activity and this is recorded in the
form of the educator visually observing and reporting back to the mentor
teacher.
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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.