Name: Alicia Simmons

Focus Area: Science & Discovery

Title of Lesson: Discovering Community Helper Items

Date: 10/08/2014
Grade Level: Preschool
Total Time: 30 minutes

I. Objectives:
The children will identify what items they have felt in the box which is a
stethoscope, screwdriver, badge, and a piece of mail by self-exploration.
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The children will identify what items go to which community helper.

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Domain: Science knowledge & skills

Element: Conceptual knowledge of the natural & physical world

The children will comprehend and verbally respond to the question of what
each community helper is.
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Domain: Science knowledge & skills

Element: Scientific skills & method

Domain: English language development

Element: Expressive language

The children will engage in counting how many items are in the box.
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Domain: Mathematics knowledge & skills

Element: Number concepts & quantities

II. Materials:
Sensory box
Stethoscope
Piece of mail
Screw driver
Police officer badge
4 picture cards of community helpers (Doctor, Mail carrier, Police officer,
Construction worker)
III. Procedure:
A. Motivation
1. I will show the children 4 picture cards of community helpers.
2. I will ask the children to identify each community helper.
3. I will ask the child which helper they like the most.
B. Steps
1. I will show the children the 4 picture cards of community helpers.
2. When the children respond, I will ask them what each helper is and
which one they like the most.
3. I will ask the children what is something each community helper has
or wears.
4. I will show the children an item that each helper owns.

5. I will put the items in the box and ask the children to, one at a time,
to slowly reach inside the sensory box and guess which item they
feel.
6. I will have the children pull out the item they have to see if their
prediction was right.
7. I will ask each child what item they have picked out.
IV. Conclusion:
I will pull all the items out of the box and have the children count with me
how many items were in the box.
V. Transition:
I will ask each child to quiet sit on the purple line and once sitting nicely, I
will call them to get their name and pick and area.
VI. Follow-Up Activities/Learning Centers:
1. Place pictures of the community helpers with the name on the back in the
language center for children to explore and have an idea on how to spell and
how to pronounce that helper.
2. Place the helper items in the math center for the children to count.
3. Place community helper books in the reading area for children to look at.
VII. Evaluation/Assessment:
A.
1. Did the children engage in the sensory activity?
2. Did the children successfully identify what items go to which
community helper?
3. Did the children comprehend and verbally respond to the question of
what each community helper is?
4. Did the children successfully participate in the counting of all the items
together?

B. Self-Reflection Assessment:
1. What did the children most enjoy?
2. What did the children least enjoy?
3. If I implemented this lesson again, what would I do differently?
VIII. Early Learning Standards Met:
Domain/Element: Science knowledge & skills/ scientific skills & method
Domain/Element: Science knowledge & skills/ Conceptual knowledge of the
natural 7 physical world
Domain/Element: English language development/ Expressive language
Domain/Element: Mathematics knowledge & skills/ Number concepts &
quantitates