This 1-week kindergarten lesson plan focuses on jungle animals. Students will research jungle animals using books, computers, and tablets. They will then decorate a classroom jungle animal research center. Activities include coloring and cutting out animals for decoration, building animal shapes out of wood or clay, doing animal yoga poses outdoors, and learning animal anatomy. Students will also prepare jungle animal foods in the kitchen center while measuring and classifying. The lesson incorporates standards for research, reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language and assesses students through portfolios and their finished classroom decoration.

1. TPA Lesson Plan #_1______
1. Teacher Candidate Alicia Poe Date Taught N/A
Cooperating Teacher N/A School/District N/A
2. Subject Integrated Field Supervisor N/A
3. Lesson Title/Focus Jungle animals 5. Length of
Lesson
1 week
4. Grade Level Kindergarten
6. Academic & Content
Standards
(GLEs/EARLs/Common
Core)
 Research center
- Activity: Read books and search on
computer for animals found in the jungle
and plan out decoration for room discuss
animals they want in the décor and where
they want them.
- RI.K.1 with prompting and support
answer questions about key details in
text
- RF.K.1 demonstrates understanding of
the organization and basic features of
print
- W.K.2 use a combination of drawing,
dictation, and writing to compose
informative text in which they name what
they are writing about and supply
information about topic
- SL.K.1 participate in collaborative
conversations with diverse partners
about kindergarten topics and text with
peers and adults in small and large
groups
- L.K.6 use words and phrases acquired
through conversations, reading and being
read to, and responding to text
 Art center
- Activity: Color and cut out paper and
cardboard animals to put on the wall
-
 Building center
- Activity: build animals out of wood or
clay. shapes and number of legs
- K.G.A identify and describe shapes
- K.MD.B.3 classify objects and count the
number of objects in each category

2. - K.CC.B.5 count to tell the number of
objects
 Outdoor center
- Activity: physical education animal yoga
creating animal poses themselves and
doing animal poses.
- HF.K.1.1.2 Demonstrates mature form in
non-locomotor skills that contribute to
movement proficiency.
 Indoor nature science center
- Activity: anatomy of the animals
-
 Kitchen center
- Activity: what do jungle animal eat?
Measuring, classifying
- K.MD.B.3 Classify objects and count the
number of objects in each category
- Component 1.5: Understands relationship
of nutrition and food nutrients to body
composition and physical performance.
7. Learning Objective(s)

8. Academic Language  The names of the animals
- Monkey etc.
 Jungle

9. Assessment
Portfolio and finished room decoration
**Attach** all assessment tools for this lesson
10. Lesson Rationale
 Upon what assessment data or previous lessons are you building? WHAT requisite
skills do students need in order to access the lesson & participate fully? How does
the content build on what the students already know and are able to do? By
teaching this lesson, how will this add to student learning? HOW does this lesson
fit in the curriculum? By teaching this lesson, how will this add to student learning?
How does the lesson build on previous lessons or previous learning? How will the
learning in this lesson be further developed in subsequent lessons?

4. 11. Instructional Strategies/Learning Tasks to Support Learning
Learning Tasks and Strategies
Sequenced Instruction
Teacher’s Role
Provide materials
and ask questions
that promote
thinking and
exploration.
Students’ Role
- Research the topic
- Have fun
- Learn
- Create
- Build
- Explore
- Make
- Do
- Ask questions
- Find answers
Student Voice to Gather
The students chose the topic, they will also have choice of center after the first day
of research.
12. Differentiated Instruction
Plan
All center are easily accessible by all, crutches, and wheeled chairs
accommodated. All children are learning at their own pace.
13. Resources and Materials
Plan
 Research center
- Computers
- Books
- Tablets
- Camera
 Art center
- Paper
- Pens
- Markers
- Crayons
- Paint supplies
- Scissors
- Beading supplies
- Stencils
- Paper machete
- Glue

5. - Tape
- Paste
- Clay supplies
- Play dough
- Cardboard
 Building center
- Blocks
- Wood
- Tools
- Wire
- Sandpaper
 Outdoor center
- Play ground
- Space
- Jump ropes
- Hula-hoops
- Garden area
- Colored cones
- Water play area
 Indoor nature science center
- Nets
- Bug homes
- Water sand exploration table
- Magnifying glass
- Pots
- Soil
- Watering can
- Pet
- Pet food
- Outdoor material table-leaves, flowers, nuts, etc.
- Growing lamps-heat lamps—growing plants or young animals
 Kitchen center
- Food
- Water
- Sink
- Counter space
- Knives
- Utensils
- Dishes
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Stove
- Cookie sheets
- Pots and pans
- Serving spoons

6. - Towels
- Washcloths
- Potholders
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Blender
- Cutting board
14. Management and Safety Issues
Plan
 Research center
- Computer safety
- Password protected
 Art center
- Paint rules
- Scissor safety
- Crafting rules
- Careful use of glue
 Building center
- Wire safety-sharp ends
- Safe use of pliers
- Wood safety-splinters
- Sandpaper
- Tool safety
 Outdoor center
- Boundaries
 Indoor nature science center
- Heat light instructions
- Careful handling of microscope and magnifying glass
- Careful handling of all bugs and plants-allergies, poisonous, bites
 Kitchen center
- Knife Safety
- Stove safety rules
- Food prep knowledge
- Washing hands
- Careful handling of dishes
- Cold food vs hot food
- Blender safety rules
15. Parent & Community Connections
Plan
Pets that they have at home

7. Have the family and community volunteer to help in the centers