Journal Notes (Student & Teacher) 3

What is your general feeling about TP at the end of the day? (S) In the last week, I've felt that the time passed very quickly, but I was happy that I have built up a good relationship with the kids and with the teacher, as I felt that I really made a great effort in this training. (T) The teacher was happy because she was able to help me in the tasks that I have and also happy that I had helped her a lot and she was grateful for that and wished me the best of luck.

Reflect on the duties / activities did you carry out during the preschool today. How do you feel about your efforts? Was there anything you could have done to improve the quality of the learning experience for the children? (S) On this day, I attended a lesson on Pre-assessment for environmental patterns of the colors of the UAE flag, as I had attended activity patterns which are about pieces of paper on flag colors of the UAE and the kids should stick the colors in the form of patterns, I felt happy that some of the students have learned how to work patterns, but some students needs to help so helped them in order to reach the stage of understanding and learning. (T) The teacher helped me in the work activity and as she explained to me how to make students understand the lesson in simple way, as she said after I've finished the lesson that I worked well for the delivery of information to students and help the students who did not understand the lesson was wonderful.

What was the most interesting activity or strategy you saw your MENTOR use? Why did you think it was interesting and worth noting/remembering? Compare this with previous TP experience. (S) Strategy used by the teacher in the classroom I have used a clapping with some other movements strategy, has succeeded with me as the students were responders to me, I've had a quick response of them better than the first time when I used this strategy, and I think that this strategy is impressive because the normal clapping not succeeds and does not respond to children. (T) The teacher uses the clapping with some movements such as raising hands up then hand over the head, behind the back and then fold of arms, and the students do it with her, in order to focus on the lesson, because the normal clapping does not succeed him and that students do not respond to him.

What progress have you made in terms of your own personal targets for TP this semester? Which TP competencies do you feel you achieved and which do you think that you need to focus on next time? Discuss ways in which you could do this. (S)&(T) It’s kind of the same of the second time, one of the personal goals achieved in this TP is that I have made myself responsible and role the class when I was given a lesson and I earning the respect of students, and I was very happy when I saw that students listen to me and do what they are ordered to do, and I tried to use all the strategies that I have studied this year in the class and has succeeded with me and I was happy that my studied did not go vain, but this time I focus in the strategies and I used some of them and I did it well, that because I’ve watched the teacher well and write notes to know the correct way to use all the strategies and teaching methods.

What evidence of learning did you identify/document today? Relate this to the ADEC curriculum goals. (S)&(T) I took the table weekly goals of curriculum Abu Dhabi Education Council from the teacher, and taught me how to work using the lesson curriculum, evidence of learning that worked on this day was to introduce the flag colors as show them and tell them how and what is the patterns, on activity which is colored paper clipped in the shape of small squares and the students should do the patterns. Using of Abu Dhabi Education Council curriculum is to organize a innovative style of education for future generations.

What was the most important thing you learnt about the role of the teacher in managing all aspects of the school day? Compare this with previous TP experience and where possible make links with college based learning. (S)+(T) I have learned a lot about the role of the teacher in the school day and all of them important in being a teacher and it's including, planning, which is done by teachers meeting and choose a particular theme for the week and put her specific plans and then every teacher is planning for the lesson and activities in her own way, I has also learned how to explain the instructions to the students instead give lectures it's better to use the tools to clarify and make things easier for them and also assessing students' abilities in constantly and make suggestions for improving it, and as I learned how to interact with the students and gain their respect and be a positive example for them and also showed interest and care for students.