Vocabulary 1
In a lesson plan, method of gaining the children’s attention.
Motivation or hook
A written plan outlining specific actions and activities that will be used to meet goals
lesson plan
With evaluation, you will improve what?
your teaching skills as well as the curriculum.
Themes, such as sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell are appealing to them. Families, colors, shapes, pets, farm animals, and foods are also good for what age group
themes for two-year-olds
What are more valuable if they involve concrete, firsthand experiences
themes
key to planning a balanced curriculum.
Block Plan
The celebration of some holidays can offend some families, and the activities planned around holiday themes are also often quite stimulating for children. are reasons for doing what?
The reasons why you should use caution when planning holiday themes for children
a planning tool or map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Web
A child-centered curriculum that “emerges” from the children’s interests and experiences
Emergent Curriculum
if you are going to make instant pudding, include milk, pudding mix, bowl, wire whisk, spoon, scraper, and measuring cup. If you are going to do a finger-painting activity, list paint, paper, aprons, and wet sponge.
These things go where in a lesson plan?
Materials Section
two activities that nearly always relate to the theme
stories and bulletin board displays
what should be apparent to anyone who walks into the classroom
The curriculum theme. For example, if the theme is flowers, the bulletin boards, posters, and books should reflect the theme. The posters could be pictures of flowers with names printed under them. The science tables should contain a wealth of materials for experimentation and investigation.
It provides simple step-by-step directions. These directions should be in order. This is the what?
Procedure
These children can provide input into theme building.
older preschoolers
a generalized idea or notion.
concept
One main topic or idea around which the classroom experiences and projects are planned.
Theme
Developmental goals are statements that tell this
the “why” of the activity.
Connecting activities using a theme allows children to what?
photographs, children’s artwork, videos, teacher observations, learning stories, and samples of children’s work.
Examples of documentation
These include pictures, puppets, alphabet letters, tapes, video clips, resource people, cards, artwork, photographs, animals, stuffed toys, clothing, and masks.
Motivation devices, or "hooks" or introducing the content
Curriculum themes are an important medium for helping children form what?
concepts
The expected outcome of an activity
Learning expectation
A written, overall view of the curriculum that outlines the time period and scheduled activities.
Block Plan
These are?
Steps to writing a block plan
This is the reason why themes should never be preplanned for months ahead.
children’s developing interests and needs must be accounted for
Parents or guardians gain a better understanding of what the children are learning and how their development is progressing when teachers do this
Document childrens work
Lesson plans contain these 7 steps
Ways to integrate holidays into broader themes.
Thanksgiving in a celebration theme, Valentine’s Day in a friend’s theme, or Halloween in a fall season theme.
The way an activity ends.
closure
A curriculum based on the concept that as children grow, their circle of interests becomes larger.
Spiral Curriculum
This might include cleanup tasks or sampling of food items at snack time. It refers to the movement from one activity to another. For example, at the end of a creative drama activity, you may ask the children to walk like heavy elephants to the snack table.
Closure or transition
Themes help teachers organize and integrate what?
Their planning and state standards
Documentation is important both to the children and their parents or guardians. Children can note that their teacher and families value their work and take pride in their accomplishments, which helps build what?
their confidence.
The 3 step process for evaluating your activities
major factors affecting theme length.
Children’s attention spans, needs, interests, experiences, and available resources