Thursday, 12 November 2015

TASK 3 - Discover and learn how students think and learn

Use this table to document the profile of the students in the class.

Step 1: Observe and interact with the students to discover how they think and learn.

Step 2: Photograph (if possible) and talk to students to get an idea about who they are, their likes, dislikes, their preferred learning styles and areas they might need more assistance.

Step 3: Discuss with your mentor to ensure that your analysis is accurate.



Class List for Class 5C and 5D   
MENTOR Name: Marjory


Name / Photo of Child / Age
Student profile (Learning styles, interests and areas of concern)
1
Salama Matar

·        She likes to help her friends and outside of classroom
·       She likes to be the first in everything, for example, presentation, projects, homework’s
·       She is very quite always respect others and be attentions on the class and sometimes take notes for the important things.
2
Shamma Hamad
·       She is very lazy always quite and she don’t like to work alone or with others.
·       She likes to play and talk about many things like: what she did yesterday, where she went….
·       She has done everything late
·       If she will speak with all the class she be quite and never talk
·       She doesn't like to read or try to read or write anything.
3
Sara Bader

·    Sara always works hard and do the best thing
·       She likes to help other even if they are from her group or from other groups
·       She has done everything on time and sometimes before the time to review with the teacher if she needs to add or correct something.
·       She is active with the teacher share answer and ask if she didn’t understand anything.
·       She likes to reading and writing
·       Also, she likes to do something different than other students.
4
Alia Sultan

·       Alia like to work and try.
·       She is very smart, quite and intelligent
·       She likes to share and be active all the time and do the best even if she doesn’t know anything she tries.
·       Alia like to move on the class sometimes, also sometimes she is not attention with the teacher.
5
Fatima Salem

·       Fatima the difficult student in the class she likes to talk and move around the groups table.
·       She doesn’t like to read or write if she has something to done in the class she draws or talk with others.
·       She doesn’t like to answer or try if the teacher chose her to answer or read she stand and be quite.
·       She has done everything after the time and not complete
·       She is kind and respect others.

TASK 2 - Classroom rules

Discuss classroom rules with your MENTOR. Identify any other rules which need to be made explicit. Frame all rules using positive language. Identify how these rules are being reinforced during the school day and note opportunities to teach these rulesConstruct your own means of recording this. e.g. Table 3 below.

Table 3: Example ‘Reframing Classroom Reframing Rules’ Record Sheet
Classroom rules
Reframe using positive language
Opportunities to teach these rules
(both observed and ideas of your own)
1.     Follow the teacher’s directions immediately.
·       Follow me to take you to your right way.
·       Follow me to know what you will do.
·       Read the rules every day
·       Post them in a display so the students can see all the time.
2.     Listen when someone else is speaking.
·       Your friend speaks first next I will listen to you dear.
·       Can you listen to her until she finishes.
·       Remind them every time if they boycotting someone speak.
·       Raising a stop signal when someone speak so the other will be quite and listen.
3.     Do your personal best all the time.
·       Try your best all the time.
·       Learn from your mistake.
·       Encourage every time by words like a good job, excellent, your are the amazing student.
·       Keep them try everything with our encourage.
·       Show them other best work so they will Encouraged and do their best.
4.     Speak English in class.
·       English our class language.
·       Read the rules again so they will remember to speak English in the class.
·       The teacher raises her hand so the students stop speak Arabic. (If she speaks Arabic)

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Friday, 6 November 2015

TASK 1 School Profile


Name of school: Al Shaheen
Principal: Kaltham AlShamsi 
Tel: 037853766 
 Fax: 037853822
Address: Al Foah
PO Box: TBD
Location: Al Foah

TeachersStarting Time: 7:30am                     Finishing Time: 2:30PM

StudentsStarting Time: 8:00am                    Finishing Time: 1:40PM           

 Total Number of Classroom Teachers in the school Department: (5C & 5D) 9 teachers
Total Number of Children in the Preschool Section: 94 students
Teacher / student ratio: 1/23 – 1/24
Number of Classrooms: 48 (Boys and Girls classrooms)
Facilities available to student teachers:
Teacher classroom

Class for this Practicum: Grade 5 C/D Girls
Mentoring Classroom Teacher: Ms. Marjory
Classroom Teaching Assistant: None.
Number of children in this class: 5C 23 Students-5D 24 Students
Number of children identified as having SEN in this class: None.
Additional information: e.g. English, Arabic, Islamic Studies teachers
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Ms Margory (English)
Ms Sugaira AlNuaimi (Arabic)
Ms Noura AlKetbi (Islamic Studies)

School Nurse: Ms Nawal  
School TP Coordinator: Ms Aneela
Librarian: Ms Afra and Ms Latifa
Resource Room Manager: None.

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