Preschool Choice Board
Overview
This Preschool Choice Board includes 16 activites including numbers, colors, shapes, letters, and names as a review for the year. This choice board could be used as a review lesson or as a homework option.
Preschool Choice Board
Planning: In preparation for the lesson, I will make copies of the choice board for each student. I will write out groups that I will divide the students into for the small group portion of the lesson.
Standards: SC-ELS MTE-1t Count up to 10 objects in a variety of ways (for example, left to right,right to left, in stacks, etc.).
SC-ELS MTE-1w Match numerals 1-10 to sets of objects, with guidance and support.
SC-ELS MTE-1aa Tellwhat number comes next or what number came before another number when counting 1-5.
SC-ELS MTE-2d Use observation and counting with increasing accuracy to answer questions such as “How many do we need?” and “How many more do we need?” during play and other daily activities (count new children to see how many more plates are needed for snack; return extra drinks to cooler at picnic to arrive at the correct number).
SC-ELS MTE-4n Identify basic 2- and 3-dimensional shapes (square, circle, triangle) in the environment.
SC-ELS MTE-6e Use drawing, writing, and concrete materials to represent and communicate a variety of mathematical ideas (draw shapes to represent pattern; stack different-colored blocks to represent classmates’ answers to a survey question).
SC-ELS LDC-7p Repeat familiar songs, chants, or rhymes.
SC-ELS LDC-9p Identify their name and the names of some friends when they see them in print.
SC-ELS LDC-12e Demonstrate an interest in learning the alphabet.
SC-ELS LDC12h Make some sound-to-letter matches, using letter name knowledge (notice the letter B with picture of ball and say, “Ball”; say, “A-a-apple.”).
SC-ELS LDC14d Use known letters and approximations of letters to write their own name and some familiar words.
Implementation: To begin the lesson, I will introduce the Preschool Choice Board to the students. We will go over the different activities that the students will have to choose from when we are using the Choice Board. We will discuss that all of the activities are reviewing different things we have already learned.
As a whole class, we will complete the counting and hopping activity. I will have all the students stand up and together, we will hop up and down and count to 8. We will do it again, hopping up and down and count to 5 and 10.
Then, I will ask the students to find a partner and with their partner pick a number to count to and hop up and down. If there is an uneven number, I will partner with the odd student. We will then switch partners and pick another number to count to and hop up and down. I will initial on each student’s Choice Board that they completed that activity.
While the students do learning stations, I will call up the small groups that I divided them into during my preparation. Each small group will choose an activity from the Choice Board to complete with me. This will allow me to assess the students as they complete the activity and see which students may need some extra review of the activities. I will then initial on the Choice Board the activity that each small group completed.
The Preschool Choice Board also serves as a Parent-Teacher Communication piece. The parents are able to see the skills that their student has learned and is working on in class, and I will be able to see what the student is working on at home.
Reflection: Once the lesson is complete, I will be able to reflect upon the flow of the lesson, the engagement of the students, and the students' success. I will then be able to review the lesson and make modifications and accommodations as needed to any parts of the lesson.
Special Considerations: Activities may need to be modified for students with physical disabilities, developmental delays, or learning disabilities.