NAEYC STANDARD 5

Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum

Focus: Understanding subject areas (literacy, math, science, social studies, the arts) and integrating them into meaningful learning experiences.

Rationale

Strong content knowledge ensures curriculum intentional and intentional and integrated.  Children build foundational academic skills through real-world, connected experiences.

Example of Standard  5

During Work Time the children were discussing how many counting bears each of them had in cups, so I created a Small Group lesson plan based of the previous day's interests 

Artifact 5: Below is an example of a lesson plan used in my classroom: