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

(Math class)

Concept	Activity	Language
Longest	Learning which shape is longer than the other	Longest
Shortest	Learning which shape is shorter than the other	Shortest
Putting the cubes together	The teacher say a number and after that they put the number of cubes together and add some more at it.	Plus

Observation Task 9a: Activities in a specialist class

(Math class)

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Is it teacher directed or does the child choose the activity
Putting the cubes in order (The numbers is writing in the cube).	Individual	To know the numbers and their order.	Teacher directed.
Student is writing the numbers in a paper.	Individual	To know how to write the numbers and the shapes of the numbers.	Teacher directed.
Student is saying the numbers in order.	Individual	To know the names of the numbers in English.	Teacher directed.

Observation Task 8: Activity types

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
Weeks song	As a class	To know the names of the days.	The teacher directed the children.
Months song	As a class	To know the names of the months.	The teacher directed the children.
Reading a story.	As a class	To have knowledge about the values that they are studying.	The teacher directed the children.
Center time. (Make the character from paper and clay, playing with computer..)	As a croup	To know more about the story.	The teacher directed the children.

      

Child interview:

       1. What is your name?

Abdullah

       2.What subject do you like at school?

He like all of the subject.

       3. What kind of activity do you like?

He like to write some words and to play.

       4. Why do you like writing and plying?

Because it’s fun.  

        5. What are you good at?

Plying football.

        6. What do you want to learn more about?

He wants to learn how to read because he likes stories.

Observation Task 7: Classroom management and teacher tal

Beginning and ending the day
Punctuality at the beginning of the lesson	teacher arrives before the pupils so she can prepare the activity for the children.And learners arrive all on time.
Teacher’s response to those who are late. What does she say?	She react with a positive reinforcement and say to them don’t be late again we missed you in the class.
Starting the day: what does the teacher say? do?	She do the morning message first and sing some song and after that she start the lesson
Lining up : location	Inside the class so they can go out in order.
Teacher instructions for lining up: what does she say? Do?	She said to the kids do one line.
Ending the day: what does the teacher say? /do?	She say it’s time for home and she ask them if they like what they did and if they want to do it next class.
Moving
Moving the children for an activity. What does she say? do?	She just ask them to go to another activity if they finish.
Moving the children: how do they respond?	They respond to the teacher and do what she said to them.
Misbehavior
What was the learner doing?	He was speaking and moving during the time that the miss was reading a story for the class.
What did the teacher say? do?	She said to him that his behavior is bad and she moved his name to the yellow circle and she ask him to set in the punishment circle.
How did the child respond:	He did not say anything and did what the teacher said.
How does the teacher stop the children at the end of an activity? What does she say? Do?	Clean up clean up is a little song and means that the children have to stop what they doing and clean up the class.

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

    

Name: noura                                          Age: 6                                   Level: higher

Brief description: Noura is very smart and her ability to think and do stuff is very high.

Date of observation: 10\5\2015

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
10:53	The teacher is asking the children about the tittle of the story .	Noura is the first kid to try to read the title and tell the teacher.
10:55	Teacher is reading the story.	Noura is enjoying the story and she is hearing the miss with a smile.
10:57-11:30	Center time. (creating the create \write the end of the story)	Noura is trying her best to finish her task on time and she is having fun doing it.
11:31\11:41	The teacher start to read the end of the story(she did not read it before)	Noura is so excited to find what happen in the end and she also telling the miss about her own ending.
11:42-12:00	Playing area	Noura is finish from all of her task and she now playing with her friends bingo.

After the observation

1.  How many different activities did the learner do?

2 activates.

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

She interact normal to other students.

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

when she was trying to read the tittle.

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

Playing with her friends.

5.  What did the learner’s attention span / interest during activities seem like?

When she was drawing the picture because she like to draw.

6.  What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?

She like to help other student with their task. 

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

Name: Khaled                                             Age: 6                    Level: low

Brief description: Khaled like to play more than studying.

Date of observation: 10\5\2015

      

Time	Activity / Movement	Notes / comments
8:30	Teacher takes attendee.	Khaled is sitting quietly.
8:32	The teacher ask Khaled to help her in the morning message	Khaled is doing his best to do the activity rate
8:36-8:46	The teacher is doing the season song\the date and the year and the month.	Khaled sing a little bit and dance more\ he did not know the date and the year or the month.
8:47- 8:52	The teacher sing the number song	He did not say the number because he start to dance at the song and smile.
8:53-9:02	Teacher is reading the story.	Khaled is enjoying the story and he is quite.
9:03-9:30	Center time	Khaled is trying to write the end of the story and to draw a little picture.
9:31-9:55	Center time	Khaled is creating the character of the story and he is enjoying it.
9:56-10:5	Teacher allowed him to go to playing area	Khaled is plying with his friends.

After the observation

1.  How many different activities did the learner do?

3 activities.

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

He interact normal with his classmate like he ask them if he has a question and he play with them.

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

The first center when he was writing the end of the story and draw a picture.

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

He go outside and play with his friends.

5.  What did the learner’s attention span / interest during activities seem like?

On his work because he wanted to finish so he could play.                                                                                                                                            

6.  What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?

When he made the character of the story and he also decorate it with colors and other stuff.