Ayesha Hassan Al-Ali
Day 4 - Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Lesson Management
Class routines
Observe the flow of the lesson by documenting the beginnings,
transitions, endings and other aspects of lesson delivery
Lesson
Childrens
Teacher is
Other
management
observed
observed
comments
skills
behavior
behavior
Beginnings
After coming
The teacher
I liked that the
How does the
back from the
starts the
teacher gives a
lesson start? On
assembly they
lesson in the
turn to every
time, is a signal
sit in the
circle time and
student to
used, routine?
carpet area and greets the
make them feel
wait to start
children. After
equal, and
greeting and
greeting the
every student
they stay quiet children, she
has his turn to
when the
takes the
be the helping
teacher talks.
attendance and hand.
Students act
picks the
positively to
helping
the helping
student. She
hand student.
starts on time
and it is a
routine.
Transitions
Children move
The teacher
I like the way
How do children
smoothly
tells the
the teacher
move from one
according to
students to go
divided the
activity to
the teachers
to the other
students and
another?
instructions.
activity and
managed the
tells them the
moving
instructions,
between the
and then they
activities. The
go.
teacher makes
sure that all of
the students
are involved
and giving
attention so no
one can miss up
her flow of the
lesson.
Endings
Students
The teacher
I liked that the
How is the lesson participate with repeats the
teacher makes
concluded?
the teacher,
and then they
stay on the
carpet and wait
for the
teachers sign
to tell them to
go to the areas.
Monitoring
students
progress How is
the teacher
checking
understanding
and progress?
Students
interact
positively with
their teacher.
Pace and flow
of the lesson
Is a particular
activity going on
for too long? Are
activities
changed and
childrens interest
maintained?
If children feel
that the
activity is long,
they feel bored
and start
making noise.
lesson to make
sure that they
understand the
lesson. Then
she concludes
the lesson by
asking them
what have you
learned today?
sure that the
students are
understanding,
and she
encourages
them. She asks
them is a way
to make them
give all the
information
they got during
the lesson, and
she corrects
the wrong
information
they had.
Asking students The teacher
if they
checks if they
understood.
are
She gives them understanding
activities to
and having the
check their
right
understanding, information.
and she asks
The teacher
them. She
tracks every
assesses some
students
children
progress to
individually
know where
while they are
they are and
playing in the
what side
areas.
should she
work on more
to develop
students skills.
The teacher has I liked the time
the tasks
management
organized.
but if the
Every task has
teacher could
time for it.
have a bell or
A variety of
some strategy
activities are
for the
given in the
transition, it
classroom and
would be better
the maximum
to break the
time for one
normal
activity is 30
routines.
minutes.
The teacher
changes the
activity as soon
as she feels
that the
students are
feeling bored.
Pupil
Students move The teacher
movement
slightly in their knows that
What movement
places because students will
within the lesson they do not like not stay still
is expected of the to stay still the without moving
children?
whole time.
at all, but she
Students move tells them to
if the teacher
stay on the
asks them to
edges of the
move.
carpet.
Some activities
might need the
students to
come and write
on the board,
and the teacher
makes the
students write
to involve them
in the lesson
and make sure
that they
understand.
Pupil noise
Students stay
If the classroom
What is the
noisy if the
is a little bit
accepted level of teacher is not
noisy, it is
noise and how is
in the class and acceptable
this monitored?
if she is not
while they are
paying
playing but it
attention to the should be silent
students.
while the
If the teacher
teacher is
calls on the
giving the
students, they
lesson.
stay quiet.
If the class is
noisy, the
teacher calls on
them one time
I think that if
the teacher had
exercises with
the students in
the middle of
the circle time
it would be
better because
I can see that
they are feeling
bored from
sitting the
whole time, and
they want to
move.
I think it is
normal that
children cannot
stay quiet and
cant stay still
and dont
move. These
movements are
normal but in a
limit.
The classrooms
level of noise is
normal for a
kindergarten
classroom. I
and tells them
to stay quiet. If
the teacher
warns the
students three
times, she asks
them to say the
classroom rules
to make them
remember to
stay calm and
not noisy.
like how the
teacher makes
students
mention the
rule so they do
not feel that
they are forced
to do it, but
they do it by
themselves.