Observation Task 5: A day in the life of a lower

level learner
Focus: On the learner.
The first day you will observe a lower level learner. The second
day you will observe a higher level learner.
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners
are different.

For this observation, you will begin by observing

the class for 1 hour.
1. What do you notice? Most of student do what the teacher say for them and a few
of them didnt do . Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses? Yes , most
of time the class have strengths and a few time weaknesses .
2. Are there learners who finish activities quickly? Yes . What do they do
when they have finished? They do other activities when they finish
3. Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? yes . How does the teacher
deal with them?
4. Are there any learners with special needs? NO . How does the teacher
meet their needs?
5. How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities? She
give every group of student in the same level the same activity

When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to

help you choose a lower level or a higher level learner
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?)
9.30
Teacher gives out a
reading activity to
do in groups.

Notes (what happens during the

activity?)
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.

After the observation

1. How many different activities did the learner do? 4 different activity
writing, reading ,playing and drawing .
2. How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day? They
do the activity together and they do what their teacher say for them
3. What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one
activity?
10 minutes
4. What did the learner do during the break times? They play different
games out said and they eat their breakfast inside class on the eating
corner.
5. What did the learners attention span / interest during activities seem
like? They interest when they do something about UAE such as They
want to draw UAE flags during the event of UAE flag day.
6. What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?
They like to spend most of time : to play games and draw , the least of
time for writing and reading .

Record sheet
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in
the table below.

Name: Ahmed

Age:

Level: lower level

Brief description:
Date of observation: 29/ 10 / 2016
Time

8:30
8:50

Activity /
Movement
Reading
Quran with
teacher in
the morning
Teacher
teach new
letter in the
class
Drawing UAE

Notes / comments
Ahmed speak with his friend and didnt
reading with teacher
Ahmed play with material for teacher and he
didnt listen to the teacher when she teach

9:00

flag

Ahmed walking in the class and didnt draw

with other student

10:00

Eating
breakfast

Ahmed say I dont want to eat I want to play

games

10:30

Playing in
playground

Ahmed hit his friend during a break time and

he didnt play any games with other student

Teacher start
teach the
lesson
Playing in the
math corner

Ahmed didnt want to sit in the class he want

to go out class

11:00
11:30

Ahmed didnt play in this corner he want to

play with a ball during this time

12:00

12:20

Teacher show
all student
video in the
smart screen
All student
write a letter

Ahmed didnt see the video he want to see

cartoon in this time
Ahmed drawing different things and didnt
want to write