Lesson Plan #3 : Types of Vehicles

Rationale

This lesson plan will introduce various types of vehicles and what they are used for. Their shapes and sounds that they make will be discussed as well. The children will also identify which vehicles are typically used to transport people. The plan will connect to other environmental print that they encounter when they are travelling. The goal is to have the children connect the signs they see on roads and streets and be able to interpret and decipher them. Lastly, by allowing the students to record themselves on Gosynth, this will turn students from passive to active learners thus engaging them in “technology-enhanced participatory instruction” (Szeto et al., 2015, p. 41).

Curriculum Areas

Language and Literacy

Suggested Frameworks

TEA (Texas Education Agency) State Standards:

Motivation to read skills:

*Child notices environmental print and connects meaning to it.

Print Concepts:

*Child understands that illustrations and print carry meaning.

*Child imitates actions that demonstrate that text progresses across pages.

ISTE Standards:

3) Knowledge Constructor

            c) Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifact that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

6) Creative Communicator

            a) Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Name the various types of vehicles
• Identify which types of vehicles are used to transport people
• Identify and demonstrate the types of sound each vehicle makes
• Interpret road signs

Vocabulary

Rubble, Tanker, Mechanic, Breakdown, Forklift, Sturdy, Accelerates, Weave, Vehicles, Signs

Preparation and Prerequisites

• The teacher will ensure the video for Cars, Trucks and Transportation sounds for Kids – learn school – preschool – kindergarten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X0pp9MF68s is ready to be played on the computer (see Appendix K)
• Make sure Gosynth is ready for use to record the voices of the children
• Print and cut all the materials for the road signs (see Appendix L)

Time Needed

40 minutes

Material and Equipment

• Pencils/Crayons
• Drawing Paper
• Homework worksheet to draw signs around the home (see Appendix M)
• Cut out of road signs
• Tablet to play YouTube video Tough Trucks-By Tony Mitton and Ant Parker-A children’s book about trucks-Read in English ESL
• Video for Cars, Trucks and Transportation sounds for kids-learn school-preschool-kindergarten to be played on the computer
• Book: Tough Trucks by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

General Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Gather the children around the reading mat and have them sit down. Tell the word ‘vehicle’ and ask the children what it means. Ask them to put their hands     up when they want to speak.
2. Introduce the book Tough Trucks to the children and ask them what type of vehicle they see on the cover and what it is used for.
3. Read the book and stop at the vocabulary words to explain what they mean.
4. After reading the book ask them which truck they liked the most.
5. Recap what each truck does e.g. garbage truck picks up garbage etc.
6. Play the video for Cars, Trucks and Transportation sounds for Kids – learn school – preschool – kindergarten. Pause every time the curtain closes and have the children guess what vehicle the sound relates to. Make sure to give each child an opportunity to take a guess.
7.   Let the children pretend they are a vehicle and record the sound they make using Gosynth and play it back to them. Since it is an easy web tool to use, allow each child to press the ‘Start’ button and re-play (big red button) and re-record if necessary.
8. Ask the children if they know what the word ‘signs’ means. Explain the word and ask them to look around the classroom to locate any signs (they should point to the ‘Exit’, ‘Enter’, ‘No Running’, the school emblem, etc.).
9. Show them the cut outs of the various roads signs and explain to them what each one means.
10. Ask the children if they have seen any of the signs before and where it was that they saw them.
11. Have the children go back to the writing centers and provide them with copies of the road signs and ask them to name and draw the shapes that are familiar to them.

Assessment

Formative assessments

Assist the children that are having a difficult time recalling the various vehicles and trucks. Reinforce shapes at the learning centers for those who cannot remember them.

Summative assessments

Provide worksheets for children to take home to draw signs they see around the house and review with them when they return the homework on Friday.

Appendix

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