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

Observation Task 9b

Concept	Activity	Language
-         Math Class . -         " 20 To 1 " .	learners counting from 20 to 1 .	The song " from 20 to 1 " .
-         English Class . -         Jump Over .	Story about some animals jumps over .	Jump Over .
-         Science Class . -         What Comes in the day and in the night .	They learn what is the night and the day , the Sun and the Moon .	-         Night . -         Day .

Observation Task 9a: Activities in a specialist class

Observation Task 9a

Activity	Individual /group/ class	Purpose	Is it teacher directed or does the child choose the activity
-         Library	-         Whole Class .	-         The Teacher Take whole class to the library and make the children to sit in a circle and she read a story for them .	-         The Teacher choose
-         Islamic	-         Whole class .	-         Sorat ALQareaah . -         They rebate after the Teacher .	-         The Teacher choose

Observation Task 8: Activity types

Observation Task 8

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
-         The Centers	-         Groups.	-         The Children choose what they want from the centers and play on it for about 15 minutes .	-         Child's choose .
-         Morning Circle Activities .	-         Whole class .	-         Calendar . -         Weather song . -         Seasons Cards .	-         Teacher choose .
-         The litter "Z" .	-         Whole Class .	-         They learn some words start with "Z" . -         Song about litter "Z" .	-         Teacher Choose .
-         Low Abilities .	-         One group .	-         The teacher take a small group who are low abilities to work with them .	-         Teacher Choose .

Reflection 8

1.     How long do the children spend on one activity?

-from 10 to 20 Minutes .

2.     Talk to a child. Ask her or him what she or he enjoys doing at school - the activities and the subjects. Why do they like it?

- He likes the Arabic class because the teacher read a story for him .

6.      Ask a child about the things they are good at and what they want to learn more about.

- He good in the Arabic class 

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

Observation Task 5 

Name: Hesaa AL blooshi                         Age:   4years 8 months   Level: Low ability

Date of observation:. 18./Nov / 2014

Notes/comments	Activity/Movement	Time
She is got focus, looking around the class but not to the teacher.	In the Morning circle.	8:30
She join her friend and start to play with them in the Math center.	centers	9:35
All the class go out to play in the playground.	Play ground	10:00
She went to the canteen with the class, and eat her food.	canteen	10:20
She not concert  with the other from her class, and she got the card with Number 6.	Song (math class )	11:19
She sit in the ground and cry because the teacher take her card.	Another song	11:23
She still set in the ground and cry when they friends is active.	Jumps over	11:30
Hessa  still cry.	10 little fish story	11:36
Hessa choose the brawn center and start to play with her friend with the water.	centers	11:39
She take her bag and stand in the line to be ready to go to the bus so to the home.	Home time	11:55

After the observation

1.  How many different activities did the learner do?

-     5 activities .

2.  How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?

-     She contact with her friends all the time .

3.  What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one activity?

-     Math ( in English ) .

4.  What did the learner do during the break times?

-     At the first she play , then she eat her food very slowly .

Observation task 4: Planning and preparing for learning

 

Observation task 4

Teacher activity	Learner activity	Time spent
Teacher ask the student to go to the centers . Teacher ask the student to set in what they call it " morning center " to teach them the date and to talk about the weather . In the math class the teacher start with the song " from 20 to 1 " . then she but another song " Five little Monkeys " She ask the student to choose the centers . and to take the low student to teach them alone .	The student listens to their teacher and go to choose the centers . The student set in a circle in the rug and they were so active with the teacher . All the student start to song with the teacher but they active more with the " five little monkeys " They start to choose the centers .	15 mins 15 mins 5 mins 15 mins

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

-         at first all the Arabic and English teachers discus what they received from ADEC . then the Arabic and English teacher do a plan for their class .

·     2-   Do you do anything you haven’t planned to do?

-         All the time .

·     3-   What is important to you when planning a lesson?

-         First it's important that I teach what the ADEC gives me . but also I briber something to help them learn something else .

·     4-   Do you plan to do the same thing with all the children in the classroom? (Why/Why not?

-         No , because there is many different levels in the class and also there is a special need student who need a different things and a different way to tech him .

Reflection 4

           •     Why is planning and preparation for learning important? 

            -  Because you Know what you already done and what you steel not .

•     What did you observe?

- There is many ways to start your planning .

·        What did you learn?

- I learn its important to plan before you start any lesson .