Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Angela Murphy Lesson Title: Kitchen utensils dance along

Date: 4/21/2024 Grade Level: Preschool Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):

Creativity- Innovation and invention- Use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials.
Standard(s)/Guideline(s):
Initiative – planning, action and reflection- Use prior knowledge and information to assess, inform, and plan for future actions and learning

Pre-assessment of current knowledge:

At the begging of the lesson teacher will ask students
“raise your hand if you have ever helped your family cook”

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s):
- Students will be able to
identify spatula, tongs,
table spoons, ladle, and
strainer through acting out
how to use them
- Students will be able to
recognize the name of
spatula, tongs,
tablespoons, ladle, and
strainer when singing
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
- Students will be able to act
out how a spatula, tongs,
table spoons, ladle, and
strainer are used in the
kitchen
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Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data Academic Language:
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?) - Kitchen
- - Utensil
- Spatula
- Tongs
Progress Monitoring: - table spoons
- During the song the teacher will be aware of - Ladle
students ability of recognizing their utensil in hand - strainer
- Teacher will be infront of all students who are on the
stage, allowing teacher to see all students
- Teacher will remind students if needed when each
utensil is introduced in the song
Differentiation: Procedural steps:
N/A
Intro
-gather students at the stage
-ask students if they have ever helped their parents
cook to raise their hand
Show and tell
- show real examples of the a spatula, tongs,
tablespoons, ladle, strainer
- name each utensil and briefly show/explain what they
are used for – EX- this is a spatula we use it to flip
pancakes and eggs
Song
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Safety Considerations: - teacher will ask students to stand

N/A - assign a utensil to each student to hold – handing
them out
- teacher will explain “we are going to be listening to a
song today that talks about kitchen utensils. I want
you all to dance until you hear your kitchen utensils in
the song” When you here your kitchen utensil sang I
want you to hold your hand high”
- teacher will also explain I want you to act out how we
would use each of our utensils during the song
- Teacher will play the song “the kitchen crew song
(sesame studios)
- When the song talks about a utensil that a student is
holding the students will raise their hand high holding
the utensils
- Teacher will be dancing having their own of each
utensils that the students are holding to remind them
when it is their turn to hold their utensils high
- Teacher will assist students by reminding them when
to raise their hand
- Teacher will keep in mind which students need a
reminder and which student have immediate reaction
when hearing their utensil in the song
- Once the song ends teacher will collect the utensils

Extension if needed:

- Students will once again do the song exactly the

same but holding a different Kitchen Utensil that was
introduced

Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on

materials.)

- Classroom IPAD for utensil song

- 5 spatulas
- 5 tongs
- 5 table spoons,
- 5 ladle
- 3 strainer through acting out how to use them

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Adult Roles:
- Supervision of all students maintaining their safety
- Providing additional support to any student if needed
through reminders
- Modeling appropriate behavior
- Promote engagement by being enthusiastic about the
lesson

Resources & References:

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)

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