Christmas Card Lesson Plan

Lesson Planning Template
ED 3501
Fall 2020
Component One: Organizational Information

Teacher
Grade Kindergarten
Name(s)
Lyndsay Hirsche Level(s)
Subject
Seasonal, Early Literacy, Physical Skills
Area(s)
Start/Stop
Times +
Around 40 min
Lesson
Duration
Component Two: Description and Rationale

• This lesson will continue with our Christmas themed activities.
• This lesson will incorporate elements of literacy, physical skills, personal and social
responsibility and creative expression.
• Students will understand that sending someone a card is a way of showing that they are
special to us. The story we are reading before hand is mainly as a fun activity to focus the
students before the art activity.
Description: • Students will be able to exercise their fine motor skills but cutting card-stock and painting on
glue.
• Students will exercise their literacy by writing a Christmas message on the card along with
reading Aliens Love Panta Claus
• Differentiation Considerations - Fine motor issues and speech. A few students are just having
trouble developing their fine motor skills. Students will be able to further develop their skills by
drawing, pasting, glueing etc.
Students will learn that they can show how they feel about others through a holiday card.
Rationale:
Students will enjoy crafting their own special card to give to the person of their choosing.
Component Three: Learner Outcomes

• Early Literacy - The child listens, speaks, reads, writes, views and represents to comprehend
and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts. The child listens,
speaks, reads, writes, views and represents to enhance the clarity and artistry of
General communication. The child listens, speaks, reads, writes, views and represents to explore
Learner
thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.
Outcomes(s)
• Physical Skills and Well Being - The child develops fine motor and perceptual motor skills
(GLOs)
(or equivalent) through participation in a variety of activities
• Creative Expression - The child explores self expression through creative thought and through
language, art, movement, music and drama.
• Personal and social responsibility - The child experiences and expresses feelings in socially
acceptable ways.
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• Early Literacy - Enhances artistry: experiments with sounds, colours, print and pictures to
express ideas and feelings. Experiences various texts: Participates in shared listening,
reading, and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other media texts from a variety of
cultural traditions and genres, such as picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories and
photographs, illustrations and video programs. Enhances legibility: Forms recognizable letters
Specific by holding a pen or pencil in an appropriate and comfortable manner. Uses references : the
Learner student copies scribed words and print texts to assist with writing.
Outcome(s) • Physical Skills and Well Being - The child develops fine motor skills involving finger speed,
(SLOs)
(or equivalent) arm steadiness, arm and hand precision, finger and hand dexterity, and the manipulation of
small materials. The child develops perceptual-motor skills through activities involving eye-
hand coordination; e.g. looking at pictures books, stringing beads, cutting, pasting, drawing
and collage work.
• Creative expression - Uses imagination creatively in dramatic play. Experiments with line,
colour, shape, texture, and pattern in diverse media to explore and express ideas.
• Personal and social responsibility - Begins to express and accept positive messages.
Component Four: Learning Objective(s) and Assessment Evidence

• Students will learn how greeting cards are used to communicate feelings, information and
Learning events.
Objective(s) • Students will create a Christmas card to share with the person of their choice.
• Students will enhance fine motor skills by completing difficult tasks.
Component Five: Pre-Lesson Preparations

Materials and Equipment
• Aliens Love Panta Claus
• Cardstock paper
• Sharpie
• Scissors
• Pencil
• White glue
• Small container
• White glue brushes
• Cotton balls
• Red sparkle paper
• Google eyes
• Red pom poms
Teacher Tasks
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• Cut red triangles for Santas hat
• Trace shape for Santas face and photocopy
• Gather enough google eyes, pom poms, and cotton balls
• Put white glue, container and brush on table
• Grab story
Component Six: Body (introduction, activities, closure)

Introduction Time
Allotment
Introduction • Start off with movement break

to Lesson • All I want for Christmas Just dance video (3 ish min)
• Ask students to direct their attention to the front board. (Hands on top, now we
stop)
• Behavioural reminders for students - remind students that Miss Hirsche will pick a
secret student at the end of the day. Reminds students to raise their hand before 5
speaking (Oh I can’t hear you if you don’t raise your hand!) Please wait in your
chair and raise your hand if you need me, don’t come over.
• If students are energetic or excitable that day then do 5 finger breathing exercise
before putting out book.
• Show students the book “Aliens Love Panta Claus”
Time
Activities Allotment
Learning ▪ Pre reading questions - What does the author do? What does the illustrator
Activity #1 do?
▪ Read the story. Stop throughout the book for questions and comments. 7
▪ Post reading questions - Why are they giving away pants? Why do they love
pants so much? Did you enjoy the book?
Transition
- pull up Christmas card example
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Learning - Explain to students the importance of greeting cards and how they can be used.
Activity and We use cards to show loved ones they are special, that we love them and that
Assessment we care. They are used for a number of different
- How do you show the people you love that they are special to you? Have you
ever received a card? Maybe for your birthday?
- Explain to the students that today we are making Christmas cards that you can
give to someone special at home! Mrs. Mahoney is passing out a piece of paper
right now and awe are going to write a message on it.
- Explain to students that the card has four lines on it. We are going to write
“Merry Christmas, Love, ______” You can copy my letters off the board, just
write your name instead of mine!
- Wait for students to complete writing the message. Once they are done writing
they will be instructed to cut out along the black solid line on the outside of the 35
card. Please wait patiently for your classmates once you are done.
- Once they are finished cutting, they can fold along the black dotted line. Show
students on exemplar lining up the pieces and folding slowly. If you need help,
raise your hand.
- Once this is complete they can paint white glue along the very top of the fold.
Stick Santa’s hat onto the glue. Once this is complete raise your hand for a
teacher to come find and help you. The teacher will help you glue on the eyes
and nose.
- Next students will paint on glue along the bottom and hat line using their
brushes. Next they need to fluff the cotton balls and stick them down onto the
glue making Santa’s beard and hair.
- Cards will be set aside to dry.
Closure/Cliffhanger Time
Allotment
Transition: • - Lesson wrap up - Who are you going to give your special card to? Did you have
fun making something for them?
Component Seven: Teacher Reflection

What worked
well? Why?
•
What didn’t?
Why not?
What would
you do
differently
next time to
further
promote
optimum
learning for all
students?

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Lesson Planning Template

Component One: Organizational Information

Component Two: Description and Rationale

Component Three: Learner Outcomes

Component Four: Learning Objective(s) and Assessment Evidence

Component Five: Pre-Lesson Preparations

Component Six: Body (introduction, activities, closure)

Introduction • Start off with movement break

Component Seven: Teacher Reflection

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