Monday, May 11, 2015

Observation Task 9: Activities in a specialist class

Observation Task 9a: Activities in a specialist class

In the specialist class (e.g. ICT, PE, Islamic, Art, Music) observe the activities the learners are engaged in. In your journal today write about these.

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Is it teacher directed or does the child choose the activity
In PE the students play hand ball	class	To strength their muscles and teach them how to have control between the ball and their hand.	The teacher direct them
In Islamic he teacher examine them for what they have last lesson	Individual	The teacher exam them for the surah of holy Quran they take it last lesson	The teacher direct them
In art class the teacher ask them to draw about Abu Dhabi read	individual	She want to know what they understand from this activity “Abu Dhabi read”and to develop their cross motor skills for example strength their hand muscles and the control of the pencil.	Direct them

Task 9b: Integrated subject areas (e.g. Math/Science/IT/Language)

Focus: Integration

Ask your MST which e.g. math and/or science concepts the children are learning at the moment. Find out how she helps them to understand these ideas. Ask about how language is part of this learning.

If you can, get a sample of any documentation of the science or maths curriculum you can add this to your TP portfolio. It will give you an idea of the kind of concepts children at this level can understand and also the kind of activities they are engaged in.

For example:

Concept	Activity	Language
The different between Push and pull	Learners go outside and look for items that can be pushed and pulled	Push – pull

Documentation for science and math curriculum

KG2 Ms. Tamika and Basma Term 3 Outcomes

this the KG1 KG2 Curriculum Map

Observation Task 8: Activity types

Focus: Learning activities

Throughout the day, make notes in the table below. In your journal today write about the activities the learners were engaged in.

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
They do the number wheel, students use number wheel to count dots and use clothespins to match numbers to the correct amount of dots.	Group	Reviewing numbers and counting	Directed by the teacher
‘yum or yuck” students guess what is in little red’s basket	Class	Learn them about words for example: bred, corn, cake, and sandwich.	Child’s choice

Child interview

1. What is your name?

Aseal saleh

2. What subjects do you like at school?

English and Art

3. What kind of activities do you like?

I like drawing and reading

4. Why do you like drawing?

Because I like to color pictures and I like to read stories

5. What are you good at?

I am good in English

6. What do you want to learn more about?

I want to learn more about counting numbers, also I like geometric shapes.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Observation Task 7: Classroom management and teacher talk

Focus: Classroom Management

Observe the teacher and complete the following table:

Beginning and ending the day
Punctuality at the beginning of the lesson	teacher come before the pupils , she always on time She also begins her lesson on time and she leaves after they leave
Teacher’s response to those who are late. What does she say?	Ø She use positive reinforcement She tells them that it’s nice to be on time and not nice to be late.
	Ø She sometimes use punishment by put sad face for the student who late for long time
Starting the day: what does the teacher say? Do?	She start the day by review the classroom rules then start the lesson
Lining up : location	Playground: they have a specific time for playing outside they already know it she just say line up play time and they go to play. Inside class: she give them the instructions where they will go to the learning center or the circle .
Teacher instructions for lining up: what does she say? Do?	She tells them line up and they do.
Ending the day: what does the teacher say? /do?	She asks them what they did this day and tells them line up it is time to go home.
Moving the children for an activity. What does she say? Do?	She tells them line up and they go, she walks with them to the place they want to do the activity.
Moving the children: how do they respond?	Some of them response immediately but some of them she need to tell them again because they are talking so they don’t listen
Misbehavior: she just talk to them and punish them by put their names on yellow and if they stay to do wrong she put their names to red “sad face “
What was the learner doing?	: After the teacher put his name on red or yellow some of them feel sad and they become quit but some of them they don’t care.
How does the teacher stop the children at the end of an activity? What does she say? do?	She first tell them you have one mint to finish then she start to count till 10 to finish and clean their place then they start to clean up and show her their work

Friday, May 8, 2015

Observation Task 6: A day in the life of a child who has exceeded cognitive level expectations

Record sheet for a child exceed cognitive level

Name: Asaeail Age: 5 years Level: High level

Brief description: Asaeail very kind girl she is smart and she like to help her teacher, she like drawing .

Date of observation: 6/ 5/ 2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
8:30	The teacher review the classroom rules	She answers all the questions the teacher asks her she know how to count till 20.
9:00-9:30	The teacher ask her the main characters of the little red riding hood story	She ask the questions correctly and she is a good lessoned.
9:30-10:00	They have a sport class	The teacher teach them how to catch the ball correctly, she do it very good and the teacher very happy from her.
10:00-10:30	Break time	She eat then she play
10:30-11:00	The teacher of Arabic review the letters with them	She answers the questions and she is polite with her teacher and obeys the rules.
11:30-11:45	Break	She play and sing with her classmate
11:45-12:10	Review what they have	She still active and practice with her teacher then bake to home