Teacher Candidate Lesson Planning Sheet

Urban Institute of Teacher Education

Teacher Name
Grade Level Kindergarten
Subject Social Studies
Date

Part One: Lesson Focus – “The What”

Thinking Points: What am I expecting students to learn? What materials and resources am I
planning to utilize? What will I accept as evidence that my students have learned?
Content Objective: Students will be able to build friendships with the other students
What do I want my students to in the class.
know and be able to do?
Students will be able to ……

Standard : Standard 2: Students will recognize their roles and

What is the CCSS that
corresponds with this objective?
Language Objective:
What will my students do to
learn and/or demonstrate their
mastery of the lesson by
reading, speaking, writing, or
listening?
responsibilities of being a good citizen.
Objective 1: Demonstrate appropriate ways to behave in
different settings
b. Demonstrate positive relationships through play and
friendship.
Students will be able to describe what friendship is
Students will be able to participate in singing a song about
friendship
Students will be able to listen to a story about friendship

Assessment: Student responses

What assessments will I utilize Observing and listening.
to determine that my students This will be a formative assessment.
have learned and met the
objective?
 Materials and Resources:
What materials and resources
will I utilize to facilitate student
learning?
Part Two: Lesson Implementation – “The How”
Thinking Points: How will I teach to ensure learning for all students? How will I engage my
students in the learning process? How will I check for understanding throughout the lesson?
How will I make instructional adjustments for students that are in need of additional support?
Lesson Components with
Estimated Timeframe
Lesson Introduction:
____ minutes
How will I clearly communicate
the objective and purpose for
learning? How will I provide
background knowledge? How
will I “hook” the students?
Check for Understanding:
How will I know that all
students know the objective and
purpose of the lesson?
Instructional Strategy:
Teacher Modeling –“ I Do”
____ minutes
What will I say and do as I
demonstrate the demonstrated
the concept?
Check for Understanding:
How will I know that the
students have a clear
understanding of the concept?
Instructional Strategy: Guided
Practice – “We Do”
____ minutes
How will I engage my students
instructionally with the concept?
Book: How do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?
Music for the friendship song
Teacher Expectations: Student
Instructional Strategies/Activities/ Expectations
Questions
Today we are going to talk about Students are listening
friendship. While I read this story, I want quietly to the story
you to think about how you could be a and thinking about
good friend like the dinosaur. how they can be a
good friend
After reading the story ask: Students are
What does it mean to be a good friend? responding and
Why is it important to be a good friend? participating
Now we are going to learn a song about Students are listening
friendship.This song talks is telling us that
we can have more than one friend. We are
like a family at school and we need to
make sure we are kind and friends with
everyone.
By raise of hands, who knows the song
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? This song is
like that but some of the words have
changed a little bit.
I am going to sing it for you first.
Sing the song and include the actions as
you sing.
Students know the song Twinkle Twinkle Some might raise
Little Star. their hand if they
know the song
Now that you have heard the song, I want Students try to sing
you to try and sing it with me. and learn the song
Teacher and students will sing the song with the teacher
with music a couple more times until you
feel the students know it pretty well.
 Instructional Strategy;
Independent Practice
____ minutes
How will I provide my students
with the opportunity to engage
in independent practice? What
will the students who have
finished early do?
Check for Understanding
How will I know that the
students have a clear
understanding of the concept?
Lesson Closure
_____minutes
How will I review and clarify
the concepts taught?
Now that we have all sang the song Students try to sing
together, I want to see if you can sing the the song without the
song without me. teacher
Play the song and have the students try and
sing it on their own.
If the students can sing the song without Students remember
the teachers help. what they learned and
sing the song on there
own.
Review:
What does it mean to be a good friend?
Why is it important to be a good friend?

Part 3: Post Lesson Analysis – “The What’s Next”

Data Analysis:
What will I do next based on
analysis of the assessment
results?
Reflection:
What components of the lesson
went well? What components
will I modify?
 Teacher Candidate Lesson Planning Sheet
Urban Institute of Teacher Education

Teacher Name
Grade Level Kindergarten
Subject Social Studies
Date

Part One: Lesson Focus – “The What”

Thinking Points: What am I expecting students to learn? What materials and resources am I
planning to utilize? What will I accept as evidence that my students have learned?
Content Objective: Students will be able to build friendships with the other students
What do I want my students to in the class.
know and be able to do?
Students will be able to ……

Standard : Standard 2: Students will recognize their roles and

What is the CCSS that
corresponds with this objective?
Language Objective:
What will my students do to
learn and/or demonstrate their
mastery of the lesson by
reading, speaking, writing, or
listening?
responsibilities of being a good citizen.
Objective 1: Demonstrate appropriate ways to behave in
different settings
b. Demonstrate positive relationships through play and
friendship.
Orally discuss friendship.
Students will be able to discuss friendship.
Students will be able to sing the song orally with the teachers
help.
Students will be able to sing a song that they know with some
new words added.

Assessment:
What assessments will I utilize
to determine that my students
have learned and met the
objective?
Students will be able to know the new words to the song:
Twinkle, Twinkle, little Star about friendship.
Oral repetition and students being able to demonstrate knowledge
of the new words to a familiar song.
 Materials and Resources:
What materials and resources
will I utilize to facilitate student
learning?
Introduce the song, Twinkle, Twinkle little star
Read the book: HOW DO DINOSAURS PLAY WITH THEIR
FRIENDS.
Orally discuss friendship.
New words put in song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Part Two: Lesson Implementation – “The How”

Thinking Points: How will I teach to ensure learning for all students? How will I engage my
students in the learning process? How will I check for understanding throughout the lesson?
How will I make instructional adjustments for students that are in need of additional support?
Lesson Components with Teacher Expectations: Student
Estimated Timeframe Instructional Strategies/Activities/ Expectations
Questions
Lesson Introduction: Respond orally;
____ minutes 2 Minutes: Listen quietly;
How will I clearly communicate Repeat some of the discussion from the Sing quietly.
the objective and purpose for previous day. Review the words of the
learning? How will I provide song.
background knowledge? How
will I “hook” the students?
Check for Understanding: Students will repeat the objective and Respond orally.
How will I know that all purpose of the lesson orally.
students know the objective and
purpose of the lesson?
Instructional Strategy: Students will sit
Teacher Modeling –“ I Do” We are going to add motion to the song. quietly and imitate
____ minutes Teacher will model the motions to the teacher’s motions to
What will I say and do as I song. the song.
demonstrate the demonstrated Students will repeat until they have the
the concept? motions down.
Check for Understanding: Students will watch and also do after Students will repeat
How will I know that the several repeats. the song and add
students have a clear motions. When the
understanding of the concept? majority of the
students have it
down, then we will
move to “we do”
Instructional Strategy: Guided Today, we are going to make some new Students will get into
Practice – “We Do” friends. We are going to get into partners partners. They will
____ minutes today and work on the song with actions. look at each other
How will I engage my students and do the song and
instructionally with the concept? the motions..
Instructional Strategy; After the partners can do it; then students Students will
Independent Practice will move into a new partner. demonstrate
____ minutes One big circle, then students will face knowledge of the
How will I provide my students another student that is close to them in the song and motions by
with the opportunity to engage circle. We will go into the big circle again. doing it with several
in independent practice? What Then students will do the song again with a different partners.
 will the students who have
finished early do?
Check for Understanding
How will I know that the
students have a clear
understanding of the concept?
Lesson Closure
_____minutes
How will I review and clarify
the concepts taught?
new partner. Students will try it again for
3 more times as time will permit.
Students will sit down again on the rug. Students will be
We will discuss again about friendship and called on randomly to
how this song and activity can lead to new demonstrate their
friendships. knowledge of the
concept.
We will quickly review and ask them to Student example.
work on keeping old friends and making Student listening.
new friends.

Part 3: Post Lesson Analysis – “The What’s Next”

Data Analysis:
What will I do next based on
analysis of the assessment
results?
Reflection:
What components of the lesson
went well? What components
will I modify?