Observation Task 6: A day in the life of a child who has exceeded cognitive level expectations

High Ability Student

Name:           Maitha Adam                                 Age:  5                                 

Brief description:

I asked the teacher to chooses child with high abilities and she chosen me this student and I've been watching the student's this for a whole day in class and find out what the abilities of study.

Date of observation:7/5/2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
08:10 am	Sing the days song.	She know the days and she sing well.
08:42 am	Review parts of the story	She  repeats with the teacher and try to Memorize it.
09:00 am	Sing parts of the story song.	She is trying to sing with the woman at the video, and ask the teacher to replay the song again.
09:20 am	Groups (Art Center)	She understand what to do and start draw the characters of the story that they took last day.
09:45 am	Reading	She read quietly, trying to understand the story or just watch the pictures .
11:00 am	Learn new song for their graduation day.	She is trying to learn the song lyrics.
11:30 am	Watching a film about a story they took.	Watching quietly for the first ten minutes, then she start talk to her friends next to her.

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

Low Ability Student

Name:           Saleh                         Age:   5   years old.       

Brief description:

I've been watching the student's this for a whole day in class and find out what his  abilities in study.

Date of observation:6/5/2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
08:36 am	Sing the days song.	His voice is low.
08:44 am	Learn the parts of the story.	He don't repeats with the teacher and keep looking around.
09:00 am	Sing parts of the story song.	He just watching the video and he don't sing.
09:20 am	Reading stories.	Watching the pictures in the book and speak  to his friend next to him.
09:30 am	Groups (Numeracy and Science Center).	He can copy the numbers  and know the parts of the body.
11:00 am	Learn new song for their graduation day.	He is trying to say the words .
11:30 am	Revision the letter sounds.	He Knew it and he can say it well

Observation Tasks 5 and 6: Different learning styles and differentiation – General observations

1.     What do you notice? I notice that students pay attention to the lesson well and understand well what the teacher says.

2.     Who are the students who answer the questions? Almost ten to twelve      student answer.

3.     Who are the students who are quiet? They are just two or three.

4.     Who are the students who are not focused? They are five students.

5.     Are there learners who finish activities quickly?  What do they do when they have finished? 
     Yes there is student finish quickly, after they finished they show it to the teacher then put it in the pink basket, which is the tasks compilation Basket that students have been finished.

6.     Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)?  How does the teacher deal with them?
      Yes there is student don't finish the work, so the teacher tell them to put it on the blue basket, which is the tasks compilation Basket that students did not finish so they can finish it the next day.

7.     Are there any learners with special needs?  What kind of special needs do you think they have? How does the teacher deal with them? 

      There was two student with special needs, one of them he did not enter first kindergarten  so it was difficult for him to catch the pencils and it was difficult understand, and the other was introverted, so the teacher put  table plan for them separately in order to deal with them properly and help them.

8.     How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?

            The teacher puts students in groups not according to the abilities and levels, but it she              puts one group of students who need the intense focus and help them. 

Observation task 4:Planning and preparing for learning

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

The school’s  planning time occurs weekly, once every Wednesday. The co-teachers should sit together to  plan for ahead week within  the activities

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

Yes, sometimes we can’t cover all the things that we planned  in our weekly lesson plans. One of the examples of that was,  when we had ‘Abu Dhabi Reads’, we planned something  and we couldn’t  not go through our plans  because of disorganized  stuff that was going on in school. Many teachers came up with  something different and they did not involve other teachers to be part of that plan. They invited schools and other teacher invite other schools in the same day! We realized that either the day before or in the same day. 

What is important to you when planning a lesson?

They are some components that we have to think about.e.g. the outcomes should match the chosen activities. Each activity should provide three different levels: Master Students (MS), Development Students (DS), and Emergent Students (ES).  We should also think of the next steps for those different levels.  For Mastery students (MS) teachers should provide some challenging tasks for them, MS teachers should provide them tasks  to move  them to the next level in this case MS,  and ES teachers should provide them tasks  to move these students to the next level in this case DE and the same thing with ES students. We should also implement strategies that enhance 21th Century skills in the plan.

Do you plan to do the same thing with all the children in the classroom? ( why/why not)

No, we focus more on the components that I mentioned in the previous question. 

Teacher activity	Learner activity	Time spent
Every morning the teacher asks students about what day it is today and ask them to sing the days song	The student answer their teacher and simply start singing the days song.	10mins
The teacher told the students to sit on the carpet to see and hear the story.	Student listen to the teacher and sat in the carpet and listened to the story	10 mins
The teacher choose child to sit in the hot seat and make other children Asked him/her about the story.	Students begun to ask their friend about the story and he/she answer.	20 mins
The teacher arranges the students in groups to draw and arrange the events the story that they watched.	Learners listen to the teacher, get into groups and watch to the materials and start working.	30 mins

Observation Task 3: The Learning Environment

Classroom Map

1-Art Center 

Builds and develops the imagination of children and drawing the stories that are mentioned in the lesson or cut and paste.

2-Dramatic play Center

Helps children to memorize the stories and representation.

3-Numeracy and Science Center

Its a center that teaches children math like shapes and numbers, and teach them science like parts the body, and the children use different tools to learn like cubes and pens and papers.

4-Culture and Heritage Center

Containing the heritage and traditions of the UAE to keep the national identity of the children.

5-Reading and Writing Center 

Its help the children to improve their reading and writing through the different stories .

6-Sensory Center

Its a center outside the classroom which teaches children how to agriculture and water or inflatable the bubbles of soap.

Observation task 2 - Roles and responsibilities of the teacher

Teacher roles and responsibilities.	Time spent
·          Signs in and out	5 minutes
·          Attends the morning assembly	30 minutes
·          Does bus duty	10/15 minutes
·          Deals with disruptive behavior	5/10 minutes
·          Lesson preparation	10/20 minutes
·          Playground/break duty	30 minutes
·          Attends a meeting	1 hour
·          Marking work	20/30 minutes
·          Plans with colleagues	Weekly
·          Tidies up the classroom	10/15minutes
·          Takes learners to other classes	5 minutes
·          Singing with the children	5 minutes
·          Preparing for the graduation	20 minutes
·          Review the lesson with the children	10 minutes