Kindergarten Audience Science Objective - Student will be able to:

Understand the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.

Performance Objective- Estimate how many seeds the pumpkin has. Count by 10 using a ten frame. Compare weight, sizes and shapes of

pumpkins.

Students Participation

Teacher Observation of students.

Smart Board game.

Class Assignment.

Story Time- Read “From Seed

to Pumpkin” by Wendy Pleffer and discuss the story.

“Hook”- Pretend to eat a pumpkin pie and say,

Guided Practice Begin to count by ten.

Modeling-Complete the assigned worksheet with their findings.

Checking for Understanding-Students will play a game on the Smart Board to demonstrate understanding of the life cycle of a pumpkin.

Closure- The students will watch and listen to the video/song “That's How A Pumpkin Grows” by Brian Vogan.

“Does this

make sense?”

“Does this have meaning?”

Prime-Time 1

Down-Time

Prime-Time 2

Abstract Sequential

Concrete Random

Abstract Random

Concrete Sequential

Logical/Mathematic Verbal/Linguistic

Musical

Bodily Kinesthetic

Naturalistic

Spatial/Visual

Interpersonal

Smart Board game.

Video of a song by Brian Vogan.

Sousa, D. (2011). How the brain learns. (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin A Sage Company. DOI: www.corwin.com

Gregorc, A. (2013). Gregorc learning styles. Demand Media Inc., Retrieved from www.ehow.com/about_5509203_gregorc-learning-style.html

Owen Wilson, L. (2005). Newer views of learning. Dr. Leslie Owen Wilson, Retrieved from http://www4.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/learning/miindicators.htm

Picture of Book “From Seed to Pumpkin” http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-seed-to-pumpkin-wendy-pfeffer/1100580388?ean=9780060280383

Cerebral Lobes picturehttp://www.appsychology.com/Book/Biological/cerebral_cortex.htm Technology picturehttp://www.gboe.org/school%207/technology.htm Limbic picture) phychology 105 01 at Clifton at Vassar Collegehttp://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/quiz-1/deck/1251138

Pumpkin song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT6rtAcV3Ko