Observation Task 9B

" Integrated subject areas " 

Concept	Activity	Language
Body parts	Students watch a video for a body parts song	Sing Head and shoulders song
Matters	Student learn what is a liquid, gas, and solid	Gas Liquid Solid
Clock	Teacher say a time and let the student create this time in paper clock	Numbers Half Quarter

Observation Task 9A

" Activities in a specialist class " 

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
Islamic teacher ask them to make a list for behaviour and misbehaviour things.	Group	Know what is the behaviour things and misbehaviour	Teacher directed
Arabic teacher ask them to write a story	Individual	They practice how to write a good story	Teacher directed
PE teacher ask them to collect the balls from swimming bool	Group	This way help them practice swimming well	Child’s choice

Here is the boys are collecting the small balls.

Ovservation Task 8

" Activity types "

 

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
They read a story and share ideas with the group	Group	Practice to read and learn how to summary the story	Teacher directed
They do the spelling word by the clay	Individual	This way help them to remember the spelling words	Teacher directed
They make a song for numbers 1 to 100	Class	This way help them to know how to count easily from 1 to 100	Child’s choice

They read a story and share it with the group.

Here is a child do the new spelling words by the clay.

Here i choose and talk with one child: 

# What is your name? 

Abdullah Mohammed Buti Alshamsi.

# What subjects do you like at school? 

PE and Arabic.

# What types of activities do you like? 

Playing football, and reading stories.

#Why do you like this activity?

Because i like to move and run.

#What are you good at?

Arabic, because it is easy.

# What do you want to learn more about? 

- I want to learn how to speak english very well.

Observation Task 7

" Classroom management and teacher talk " 

In this task i was observe the teacher, for classroom management.

Beginning and ending the day
Punctuality at the beginning of the lesson	Teacher arrives before the pupils , and start the lesson when they come.
Teacher’s response to those who are late. What does she say?	The positive reinforcement teacher teach the learners to say sorry for being late.
	The negative reinforcement she write their names on the board.
Starting the day: what does the teacher say? do?	The teacher stay beside the door and say for each student good morning, after that she take the attendance, then she begin the lesson.
Lining up : location	The teacher let the students lining up if they will go to the playground, outside class, and inside class.
Teacher instructions for lining up: what does she say? do?	The teacher say: Line up - Line up. Then the students singing the lining up song, and start line up beside the door.
Ending the day: what does the teacher say? /do?	The teacher lining up the students who will go by bus in a line, and in the other line the students who will go by car, each student should say see you tomorrow to the teacher.
Moving
Moving the children for an activity. What does she say? do?	She clap her hands and say time for moving.
Moving the children: how do they respond?	They lining up and start to move.
Misbehaviour
What was the learner doing?	Fighting, Shouting, or moving from place to another.
What did the teacher say? do?	She say the misbehaviour student name, and talk with them.
How did the child respond:	The child say sorry for the teacher, and be good.
How does the teacher stop the children at the end of an activity? What does she say? do?	She clap her hands and say Tidy up - Tidy up

Observation Task 6

" A day in the life of a child who has exceeded cognitive level expectations "

In this task i will observe a child who has the higher level in the class.

Name: Abdullah M.      Age: 7 years       Level: High level

Date of observation: 10 /5 /2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
8:35	Teacher let students to set on the carpet to give them the new words for weekly spelling.	He was focused, and answer with the teacher, also he try to spell a new word.
9:00	Teacher give instructions for students to write the new words on their notebook.	He write all the words with out asking any help, after that he draw a characters that related to the words.
9:15	Teacher but a sentences on the board with missing word.	He answer three of them.
9:30	Teacher take the students to playground.	He lining up nicely.
10:00	Teacher let the students to set on the carpet and count from 1 to 100.	He was sitting nicely, and count very well with the class.
10:15	Teacher ask hem to count by him self.	He count to 100.
10:25	Teacher give instruction to back to their tables and answer the book questions.	He finish answering, after that he start to help the other students.

Observation Task 5

" A day in the life of a child who has not reached expected cognitive targets " 

In this task i will observe a child who has the lower level in the class.

Name: R. Z.       Age: 7 years       Level: Low level

Date of observation: 7 /5 /2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
8:35	Teacher let students set on the carpet to start maths lesson.	She was focused with her teacher.
8:45	Teacher let students back to their tables and answer the book questions.	She take her book to the teacher because she did not which page and what she should do.
9:00	Teacher let student back to the carpet for other part of the lesson.	She was talk with her friend and did not focused with the teacher.
9:10	The teacher tech them how to draw the chart.	She was focused a little bit, and all the other time she was thinking far away.
9:15	Teacher give instruction to draw a chat on their books.	She open the book and ask her friend what should i do?
9:30	Teacher let some students draw a chart on the board.	All the time she was talk with her friend and did not draw any thing.

Observation Task 4

" Planning and preparing for learning "

In this task i make a notes about what the teacher and learners do, after that i do an interview with the teacher about how she planned and prepared for the section i observed.

Teacher activity	Learner activity	Time spent
Teacher let students to set on the carpet to explain the lesson. Teacher start the lesson and answer if the student have a question.  Teacher give instruction for students to back to there table and open the book. Teacher give instruction for students to answer the questions on the book. Teacher answer the question with students in the board. Teacher do an activity that related to the lesson.	Learners set on the carpet and start focused with the teacher. Learners Focused on the lesson, and ask the teacher if they did not understand. Learners back to there tables and open the book. Learners follow the instruction and start answering. Leaners share the answers with their teacher. Learners start enjoying the activity.	5 mins 20 mins 3 mins 15 mins 10 mins 30 mins

#Interview: 

How do you plan? Do you plan weekly, daily, as part of a team or individually? 

In the school we came together once a week at grade level, all the grade duty comes together and they see what they want to do and how they want to do it, it takes six hours to write every thing you want to say and want to do.

Do you do anything you haven’t planned to do?

Yes, regularly, it’s something comes up in class, for example when we do something and the child say oh my dog has a nice nose for example, then we could change the hall contents. 

What is important to you when planning a lesson?
I want to the children have the sense of the achievement when they do the lesson, Also its must to be interesting and fun.

Do you plan to do the same thing with all the children in the classroom?   

Yes, i like to teach to whole group, and then i like to challenge the children who has more able, and i like to give extra help to the student who are weaker.

Observation Task 3

" Mapping environments: The learning environment "

In this task i take some picture of the learning environment that i am on it, and describe each area in a chart.

This is a panorama shot for the whole classroom.

This is a smart-board and carpet area.

This is a groups tables, and the last table is the art area.

Here is the carpet for reading center, and a display in the door.

This is also display area for the students math problems.

This area for the students paints.

Another display area, about "Our 21st century classroom".

Area	Function
Reading centre	There is a carpet for student to set on it and read a book, beside the carpet there is a book shelfs with a lot of books.
Art center	There is a table that has a lot of types of colours and papers for students to show their creations.
Water area	This water area is close to the art center, it has hand washing sink, for the student to wash their hands after drawing.
Smart board centre	There is a smart board with a data show, and two small whiteboard beside it.
Carpet center	There is a blue carpet with colouring faces, it is beside the smart board area, for student to set in it while the teacher is teach.
Display area	It has many boards with students work, for example: Look at our maths problem, Our 21st Century classroom, and our spilling words.
Store area	This area has a lot of teacher staff, and students work.