Observations:

1)
Observation Task 9: 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
Reading activity



Individual Improve
reading skills.
Teacher directed.

Drawing activity


Individual Be creative. Teacher directed.


Singing activity

Whole class Change the
routine in the
class.
Teacher directed.
Searching in
computer.



Whole class Develop their
knowledge and
to use the
technology at
school.
Teacher directed.
Racing Activity



Whole class Improve
physical
developing.

Child chooses the activity.




2)

Observation Task 8: Activity types

Focus: Learning activities
A.
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/childs
choice

Reading Activity


Individual Improve reading
skills.
Teacher directed

Coffee and water
experiment
Activity.


Group Let the learners
to exploring.
Teacher directed

Math Activity


Group Improve
cognitive and
physical skills.
Teacher directed

Reading Activity2


Class Improve
personality
skills.
Teacher directed





3)
Observation Task 7: Classroom management and teacher
talk

Focus: Classroom Management
A. Observe the teacher and complete the following table :

Beginning and ending the day
Punctuality at the
beginning of the lesson
teacher arrives before the pupils
with pupils
after pupils
learners arrive
all on time
most on time
several late
Teachers response to
those who are late. What
does she say?

positive reinforcement




negative reinforcement



punishment

She sends them to the
monitor.
Starting the day: what
does the teacher say/do?
She let one girl to read the three goals for the
classroom.





Lining up : location Playground
Outside class
Inside class
Teacher instructions for
lining up: what does she
say/do?
She said line up sweet girls.





Ending the day: what
does the teacher say/do?
She has a box that she put 5 marbles if the students
achieve the three classroom goals at the end of the
day.





Moving
Moving the children for
an activity.
What does she say/ do?
She claps six times and the students repeat the
clapping after her, then they move.



Moving the children:
how do they respond?
They move quickly without wasting time.



Misbehaviour
What was the learner
doing?
They talking during the explaining the lesson.
They were teasing each other.
Some of them come late to the class.




What did the teacher
say/do?
She warning them for two times, then she reduces
the amount of marbles from the box.
She talks to them individually.
She sends them to the monitor.



How did the child
respond?
They start stop talking during the lesson because of
the marbles.
They were apologizing from each other.
They were never late because the scares from the
monitor.





How does the teacher
stop the children at the
end of an activity? What
does she say/do?
She claps six times and the students repeat the
clapping after her, then they stop.




4)
Observation Task 6: A day in the life of a child who has
exceeded cognitive level expectations

Record sheet

Repeat the same task as last week with a different learner.

Name: Mariam Age: 9 Level: 4

Brief description:

Date of observation:13/ 5 / 2014

Time Activity / Movement Notes / comments
8:30


Teacher starts reviewing for last lesson. Mariam is participating with the teacher.










9:00


Teacher start new lesson. Mariam is looking at the teacher and paying
attention.







9:30


Teacher distributes paper sheet about the
lesson for the whole class.
Mariam is working well with the sheet, and
asking the teacher for question that she
didnt understand it.





10:00


Teacher gives them math materials to
create a pattern.
Mariam is creating a pattern in right way.




10:30


Teacher explains the science experiment
for the whole class to let them do it later.
Mariam is looking what the teacher do step
by step.




12:00









Teacher asks the learners to set in group
to apply the experiment.
Mariam is organizing her group and tell the
each girl what she will do to be ready for the
experiment.
12:30



Teacher gives out reading activity. Mariam is taking three stories to read it in
this period and set quite on the chair and
start reading.




1:00





Teacher tells the students to clean the
class.
Mariam was active girl she clean her table
quickly with group helps.







5)
Observation Task 5: A day in the life of a child who has
not reached expected cognitive targets

Record sheet

Follow a learner who experiences some difficulties in class for a day and write down his
or her activities and movements in the table below.

Name: Shahad Age: 9 Level: 4

Brief description:

Date of observation:.12/ 5 /2014

Time Activity / Movement Notes / comments

8:30
Teacher gives out review
explanation for the exam.
Shahad was attentive with the teacher and looking
at the board, But she was doing understand what
the teacher said and always asking.











9:00

Teacher was organizing the students
in group with different level to help
each other in writing.
Shahad was talking with her friends, but she saw
them working and no one listen to her. Then she
start working with friends helping.








9:30

Teacher gives the students
fiction and non-fiction stories to
classification them.
Shahad was able to know the different between
the stories, and she can sort them.





10:00


Teacher asks the students to
write their own stories in group.
Shahad was walking around the class tell their
group finishing the writing the story.





11:10

Teacher asks the students to
draw the story.
Shahad was fighting with her group, she want to
draw the story alone.




11:40









Teacher gives out reading
activity.
Shahad was setting under the table and start
reading the story.
12:10



Teacher explain new lesson in
math class.
Shahad not paying attention with teacher, but
with teacher warning she start listen carefully.





1:00





Teacher do some competition to
the whole class.
Shahad was interesting to participate on the
activities.







6)
Observation Tasks 5 and 6: Different learning styles and
differentiation General observations


Focus: On the learner.

Objective: The student teachers will observe and report on how learners are different.

A.
For this observation, you will begin by observing the class for 1 hour. Take
notes. The following questions will help you focus.

1. What do you notice? Who are the students who answer the questions?
Who are
The students who are quiet? Who are the students who are not focused?
I notice that there are different group level in the classroom. Mohamed
and AlAnood are the children who answer all the questions. Amna was a
very quiet girl in this class. Yousef was always sleep and not focused in
the classs.

2. Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when they have
finished?
Yes there are one group always finish their activities quickly, They
walk around the class and see their friend activites.

3. Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal with
them?
Yes, when they have more time the teacher set with them and helps
them to complete their tasks.

4. Are there any learners with special needs? What kind of special needs do you
think they have? How does the teacher deal with them?
No.

5. How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?
She gives them different sheets and activities that related to the
lesson.











B.
When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to help you choose a lower
level student in the class.

Observe one of the learners for the rest of the day and make notes.

Here is an example:
Time Activity (what is the
learner doing?)
Notes (what happens
during the activity?)
9.30 Teacher gives out a reading
activity to do in groups.
Alya is working on the activity
but is asking her friend for the
answers. She is finding it
difficult..
9.50 Teacher plays a game with the
whole class.
Alya is joining in with her
friends and is playing the
game.
9:30 Teacher shows word cards
for whole class.
Amna is trying to read the
word but their classmate
answer quickly.
9:40 Teacher tells the whole
class to count backward
from 20-1
Amna is counting
backward very well but she
stop in 7, with teacher
helps she complete it.
10:30 Teacher asks children to
imagine the story and tell
their classmate about it.
Amna is thinking about the
story, she raises her hand
to start telling the story.
She has good starting but
without ending and with
teacher helps she have
nice ending.
11:30 Teacher asks learners to
draw their stories.
Amna is drawing the story
but she asks the teacher
every minute what I can
draw next.
12:00 Teacher tests the children
the letters for the
evaluation for the school.
Amna is reading first 5
letters but she doesnt
remember the rest.

7)
Observation task 4: Planning and preparing for learning

Focus: The importance of planning and preparation

Objective
The objective of this task is for student teachers to begin to identify and discuss the
relevance of planning and preparation as well as to gain insight into how teachers do
this.

A. Before the observation
Discuss the task with the teacher and arrange a good time to observe her teaching. (this
could be for as little as 15 min)

B. During the observation, record and make notes on what the teacher and the
learners are doing.

Example
Teacher activity Learner activity Time
spent
Teacher arranges learners into
groups to work on an activity/task.
She gives the instructions and gives
a quick demonstration of how to do
it.

Teacher starts the activity/task and
walks around the room and helps
those who need it.
Learners listen to the teacher, get
into groups and watch the
demonstration



Learners start the activity, and talk
together to finish it. Some students
are raising their hand asking for help.
4 mins





10 mins
Teacher arranges children
into groups to work on an
activity. She gives each group
the instructions of how to do
it.
Some children are listening to
the teacher, get into groups and
start the activities.
5 mins
Teacher walks around the
groups and set with each weak
level group to helps them
understand the activity well.
Children are working with the
activities well in high level
group, but in weak level they
spend more time to finishing
the activities.
13 mins

Note: This is only an example, the aim of this is to observe what is happening in the
learning environment you are in.





C. Find out how the teacher planned and prepared for the section you
observed. Interview your teacher.
D. Use the following questions to help you

How do you plan? Do you plan weekly, daily, as part of a team or individually?
Ms.Najla plan weekly, All KG2 teachers meet with each other and sharing
ideas for the plan for this week. Then in each week one of the teacher make
a plan and print it for other teachers.
Do you do anything you havent planned to do?
Yes, Sometimes she do something that she like it or saw it on the TV
or read it from the books, But after that she add this activity in her
plan.

What is important to you when planning a lesson?
The most important thing we she plan is to think about different
levels children in the class and make different activity for them.

Do you plan to do the same thing with all the children in the classroom?
(Why/Why not?
No, there are different children I the class and each level need
different thing to understand well. So she do different activity but
with the same information and idea.