THANKS FOR AL SOMOW SCHOOL AND THANKS FOR MS. SANA

THANKS FOR AL SOMOW SCHOOL AND THANKS FOR MS. SANA

Observation task 8&9

Observation task 8&9

Observation Task 8: Activity types

Observation Task 9a: Activities in a specialist class        

Reflection 8&9

A.    Reflection 8

1.     How long do the children spend on one activity? The children spend 8 m on each activity.

2.     What kind of tasks do they do individually? In pairs? In groups? As a class? the high level students they do the alphabet hunt activity individually but, the low level students they require help

3.     How does the teacher introduce the activity? the teacher introduce the activity with showing the pictures she introduce them some pictures like the picture of apple and a post card of the letter like A for Apple. She says them to match the letter with the thing

4.     How are the instructions checked? She checks instructions very carefully and she explains to the students also.

An Interview a child

- Child's name: Hamdan Mohammed                                    - Grade: 1c

- Teacher's name: Ms. Sana                                                      - School:  Al Somow

- Date: 17/11/2014

1. What do you like to do at school?                                                             

He like sport class

2. Why do you like?                                                                                                                          

Because we play football in the sport class and I love to play football 

3. What are your favorite subject                                                                                             Sciences

4. Why do you like?                                                                                                              
  Because we go to the lab and we are doing interesting experiments

5. What are you good at?                                                                                                        

   In English

6. What do you want to learn more about?                                                                   

    I want to learn more about how I write sestinas

Reflection 9

1. How often do the children attend this class? once or twice in a week

2. What kind of learning tasks place and why is it considered important? The children learn drawing, painting, music they do exercise and games. It is considered important because games and activities are very much important for children for their health.

3. What special skills /training does the teacher need? (You may need to ask)?  The teacher should know how to teach the students different games to develop their interest. The music teacher should know how to use instruments very well.

4. What special equipment/facilities/resources are needed? A playground, swimming pool, musical instruments and games to play

5. Ask a child what they enjoy about this class. Ask them what they learn? The children enjoy music; most of the children like to play piano. The children like swimming. They learn how to play with a piano how to swim how to play football.

7. Does the teacher use strategies which are different from their main teacher? Yes, the teacher use strategies to make the student understand the game easily she explain the game first and show them a video of children playing.

8. What did you enjoy about the lesson? I enjoyed about the lesson that the students playing there were very energetic they were all participating in the game. Everyone was active. The children were taking a lot of interest.

•         The children in the class they spend 8 minutes on each activity. the teacher introduce the activity with showing the pictures she introduce them some pictures like the picture of apple and a post card of the letter like A for Apple. She says them to match the letter with the thing, she checks instructions very carefully and she explains to the students also. The children learn drawing, painting, music they do exercise and games in P.E. they learn about their religion in Islamic studies. it is considered important because games and activities are very much important for children for their health. Mental and physical health. Students are playing different games to develop their interest. The music teacher should know how to use instruments very well for teaching the students very well. to swim how to play football .the teacher use strategies as well  to make the student understand the game easily she explain the game first and show them a video of children playing. I enjoyed about the lesson that the students playing there were very energetic they were all participating in the game. Everyone was active

Observation task 7

Observation task 7

Classroom management and teacher talk

Reflection 7

Beginning and ending the day
Punctuality at the       beginning of the lesson.	Teacher arrives   before the pupils Learners arrive  All on time
Teacher's response to those who are late. What does she say?	positive reinforcement ·         Gold fish ·         Good boy ·         Great ·         Well done ·         Excellent negative reinforcement ·         Stop ·         Sit ·         Do not speak ·         Be quite ·         Do not shouting ·          No that not good punishment pu  Ø  You can’t sit in circle time ·        You will not go with us to lap to different activity ·        Sit alone ·        Go to principal ·        No play
Starting the day: What does the teacher say? Do?   Line up please, Good morning. How are you? after that  she take attendance and put them in group
Lining up: location	ü Playground   ü outside class   ü inside class
Teacher instructions For lining up: What does she say? Do? Line up, please stay in the line and quite who is not quite will do in the end of line.
Ending the day: What does the teacher say? Do?                                             Line up please take your book Goodbye see you tomorrow. After that she helps them to go to the bus.
Moving
Moving the children for an activity. What does she say? do? She put them in four group and explained for them what they should do after that she help students who not understand the activity
Moving the children: how do they respond? Some students listened and understand what teacher asked them and some of them they are busy in talking and played.
Misbehavior
What was the learner doing? talking and play and not listened to teacher what she say
What did the teacher say? Do? She put this student in the teacher table so she can control this boy.
How did the child respond? Does not listen for teacher and he play all time.
How does the teacher stop the children at the end of an activity? What does she say? Do? She say you will not get a gold fish this will help teacher and he will stop and start to listen to the teacher because all student like gold fish.

T



The learner was not listening to the teacher. The teacher asked him to write he was shouting and saying no I will not write and trying to throw the book. The students get annoyed and they don’t want to study sometimes. But, the teacher work hard. The teacher is patient humble and very polite. She teaches and deals with the students very kindly and politely the teacher make the students busy in reading. She has some post cards with words for the children to see the pictures and read the words. The post card strategy is useful. The children take a lot of interest in learning through activity they learn like they are playing. The students enjoy learning. 

Teacher Table