Lesson Plan for Preschool-Grade 2

Name Pets

School/Grade: Pre-Kindergarten
Content Literacy
area(s)/developmental Social emotional: students will be able to talk about their pets with peers.
domain(s) addressed Physical: students will be able to use fine motor skills to draw their pets.
Cognitive: students will be able to differentiate kinds of pets.
Language: students will be able to identify and name different pets.
Approach to Learning: students will be able to identify different kinds of pets and how to take care
of them.
Brief description and “Pets are the perfect way to teach your children about responsibility. All children love to have a
rationale for the lesson pet of their own, but to make them actually take care of that pet, feed it and cleanup after can be
difficult”
https://www.petassure.com/new-newsletters/caring-for-pets-teaches-children-responsibility/
This lesson is important because it teaches children how to take care of pets by being
responsible and empathetic to the needs of these animals.
This lesson is: * A new concept/activity

30 minutes
Timeframe
Objective(s) of the activity Children will be able to identify different kinds of pets and how to take care well of them from the
text.
Connections to standards PK.ELAL.5. [PKR.1.] Participates in discussions about a text (e.g., during whole or small group
interactive read-aloud discussions, during peer sharing, within play scenarios)
PK.ELAL.7 [PKR.3] Develops and answers questions about characters, major events, and pieces of
information in a text
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PK.ELAL.14. [PKW.2] Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, oral expression, and/or emergent
writing to name a familiar topic and supply information in child-centered, authentic, play-based
learning

Language Objectives Pets in the home:

● Dog
● Cat
● Bird
● Rabbit
● Fish
Taking Care of Pets:
● Veterinarian
● Feeding
● Taking for a walk
● Giving a bath
● Training and toys
● cleaning cages/bowls/litter box

Resources/materials needed: ● Book “Biscuit Feeds the Pets” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
(Include any worksheets or ● White sheets
sources of evidence for ● colors
children’s learning you will use ● crayons
during the activity) ● pencils
● Art supplies

Technology inclusion (if

applicable)
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Procedures (step by step) Children will be able to identify different kinds of pets and how to take care of them from the text.

The teacher will read aloud the book “The little book of Pets” by Zack Bush.

The teacher will ask students open-ended questions about the pets from the book. What kind of
pets did you see in the story? How should we care for our pets? How many times should we feed
our pets? Do you have a pet? What kind of pet do you have? What is the name of your pet? After
the children have shared with the class their pet’s name, the teacher will invite them to draw a
picture of their pets. In case, some child does not have a pet, he or she can draw a favorite pet
that she would like to have in the future.
I try: the teacher will show children how to draw a dog on the board and she will write down its
name. She will present his pet by saying “This is my dog, its name is Pete”.
We try: Students will draw their pets on white sheets and they will color them or they can use
other art supplies.
Independent Practice: Students will work in small groups. Each student will draw their own pet.
They can color it, glue ripped colored paper, or paint with watercolors. The teacher will assist
them when they are drawing in case they are not sure what to draw. While students are drawing,
the teacher will ask them questions: What is your pet? How do you care for your pet? Do you
feed your pet? What kind of food does your pet eat? Where does your pet sleep? Do you take
your pet for a walk daily? The teacher can also ask students about the special traits of their pets.
Is your pet big or small? Does your pet have large ears? Is your pet fluffy? Does your pet have a
tail? Finally, students will try to write their pet’s name with the teacher's help.
Students will introduce their friends to their drawings about their pets during circle time. They
will start saying “This is my cat, dog, rabbit, bird, etc, and its name is…”. Students can also share
some special traits of their pets or how they care for them.

Method of assessing children’s Pre-assessment Assessment of Student Assessment of Children’s

understanding of Outline the steps you will take Learning Outline the steps you Language Learning
lesson/activity/objective(s) to evaluate student’s prior will take to evaluate students’
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(Be sure to include any tools, knowledge(i.e., What are the learning. What evidence will I Outline the steps you will
rubrics/checklists and/or skills and/or content have to assess whether students take to evaluate students’
worksheets you will use for knowledge the students need to have successfully achieved the language learning. What
assessment(s) effectively engage in the content objectives (i.e., rubrics, evidence will I have to assess
activity?). checklists)? whether students have
successfully achieved the
The teacher will assess the The teacher will conduct an content objectives?
children by asking them to informal assessment by
identify pets from the story. She collecting anecdotal notes. She
will also ask students if they will take pictures of students’
know how to take care of their drawings of their pets to The teacher will assess if
pets properly and what evaluate if they tried to write the children can name the
activities they must do for their using phonetic awareness of kind of pet their pets are
pets. their pets' names or if some of and some activities they do
them wrote them correctly. for their pets in order to
During circle time, the teacher take care of them.
will also take notes if the
students can present their pets,
say their names, explain some
special traits and name some
activities they do to take care of
them.
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Plans for differentiated Supporting children with Supporting English Language Learners, a culturally
instruction/instructional identified delays or responsive pedagogy, and anti-bias/anti-racist curriculum
modifications disabilities (i.e., IEPs and 504 What modifications should I make to the activity to ensure all
Describe how you will support plans) students are included and engaged in all steps required to meet
struggling learners. What considerations should I the lesson’s objectives?
keep in mind regarding cultural
Teachers will assist the relevance, age appropriateness, The teacher will provide flashcards of different kinds of pets in
struggling students by showing and ability levels for all the student’s language. The teacher will also provide a video
them visual flashcards of the learners? explaining how to take care of pets in the student's language
different activities to take care prior to the lesson to get a better understanding so that students
of pets and the different kinds of For students with disabilities, can complete the activity.
pets. If students have difficulties teachers can substitute
drawing their pets, they can use materials with textures that are
a flashcard of the type of their more suited and less triggering
pet to use for their presentation. to their sensory intake. For
example, instead of drawing,
Describe how you will support teachers can provide figures so
learners who have mastered the that they can choose their pet
concepts and need additional of the figures and glue them on
challenges. a sheet by making a collage.
Teachers can also talk to
For the students that have parents previously so that they
developed a full understanding of can send them a photo of their
the kind of pets and how to take pets in case children can not
care of them, the teacher will ask work with art materials.
them to write a list of some of the Children will be able to
activities they can do to take care introduce their pets with the
of their pets. pictures they brought from
home.
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Follow up/Extension activities How can I provide an opportunity to remediate, reinforce, or expand on students’ learning today in
class?

The teacher will take the students for a walk around the neighborhood so that they can identify
some pets. The students will be able to ask the pet owners how they take care of their pets. Later
during circle time, they will share about the pets they saw and what activities the owners said
they do to take care of their pets.
Family Engagement Activities
How can I support families in extending the learning in their home environment?

The teacher will send parents a white sheet where parents can glue some pictures of their pets and
the whole family. The teacher will encourage parents to ask questions to their children about how
they take care of their pets to reinforce the lesson. Students will be able to bring their collage
pictures and show them to the class.