ECE TPA Lesson Plan
1. Teacher
Candidate
Cooperating
Teacher
2. Subject
3. Lesson
Title/Focus
4. Grade Level
Ashley Bond
Date taught
11/17/14
School/District
Social Studies
Field
Supervisor
My Family
5. Length of
Lesson
Preschool (4-5 years)
6. Academic &
Content Standards
(GLEs/EARLs/Nation
al)
30
minutes
DEL Benchmarks:
Social Studies
Take pride in own family composition and
interest in others. Understand that families are
diverse.
The student will draw a picture of their family.
7. Learning
Objective(s)
8. Academic
Language
Objective(s)
The student will understand the meaning of the
words family, mother, father, brother, sister,
cousin, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandma, grandpa,
pet, etc.
9. Assessment
Plan
The assessment for this lesson will
be a rubric. The students
drawings will be graded based on
multiple criteria.
Rationale
The reason for using a rubric is
that everyones drawing will be
different. The assignment will just
be assessed based on very broad
criteria.
10. Lesson Rationale
Upon what assessment data or previous lessons are you building?
Answer: This lesson will be built off of students previous knowledge of
families. Students will know who is in their family already.
WHAT requisite skills do students need in order to access the lesson & participate
fully?
Answer: The students will need to know how to draw and who is in their
family.
How does the content build on what the students already know and are able to do?
Answer: Students already know who is in their family. In this lesson
they will be able to draw their family and tell other people about it.
HOW does this lesson fit in the curriculum?
Answer: The curriculum requires students to know their family
composition and understand that families are diverse. In this lesson
they have to show who is in their family and see other students
families, which will show them that every family is different.
By teaching this lesson, how will this add to student learning?
Answer: This lesson will add to student learning by showing them that
every family is different and unique in its own way.
How will the learning in this lesson be further developed in subsequent lessons?
Answer: In the future, students will have to understand more about
diversity and how everyone in the world is different.
11. Instructional Strategies/Learning Tasks to Support
Learning
Learning Tasks and Strategies
Sequenced Instruction
Teachers Role
Students Role
1. The teacher will
ask students
questions about
what a family is.
1. The students will say what they think a family
is.
2. The teacher will
tell students to
draw a picture of
their family.
2. The students will draw a picture of their family
and identify who each person is.
3. The teacher will
have students
share their
pictures with their
table groups.
3. The students will share their pictures with their
table groups and listen to other people when they
speak.
12. Differentiated Instruction
Plan
The students who struggle will just draw a picture and will identify as
many people as they can.
The students who are more advanced will think about what some other
types of families are.
13. Resources and Materials
Plan
The materials needed for this lesson are paper and writing utensils.
14. Management and Safety Issues
Plan
The management and safety issues will be ensuring that students use
all of the materials appropriately.
15. Parent & Community Connections
Plan
In order to involve the students family, students will go home and ask
their parents for some pictures of their family. The students will bring
in the pictures to share in class.
Rubric:
Drawing
Family
Members
Identifying
Family
Members
Sharing
Drawings
with Others
Creativity
Mastery (+)
Proficient (0)
All family
members were
drawn.
All family
members are
identified.
Drawing was
shared and
student listened
to others.
Some family
members were
drawn.
Some family
members are
identified.
Drawing was
shared or
student listened
to others.
Some use of
creativity was
shown.
Use of creativity
was shown.
Skills
Developing (-)
No family
members were
drawn.
No family
members are
identified.
Drawing was
not shared and
student did not
listen to others.
No use of
creativity was
shown.
