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The document provides guidelines for Practicum 4 observation task 1 on differentiating centers in an early childhood classroom. Students are instructed to photograph and document centers-based activities in their setting and identify the learning outcomes and how they are differentiated for different ability levels (mastery, developing, emerging). Examples are provided of how to document observations of a reading area and math area center, describing the resources, international learning outcomes, and differentiated tasks and goals for different ability levels. Reflection questions ask students about the purpose of learning centers, the roles of students and teachers during centers, and the importance of offering developmentally appropriate tasks to meet all ability levels.

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The document provides guidelines for Practicum 4 observation task 1 on differentiating centers in an early childhood classroom. Students are instructed to photograph and document centers-based activities in their setting and identify the learning outcomes and how they are differentiated for different ability levels (mastery, developing, emerging). Examples are provided of how to document observations of a reading area and math area center, describing the resources, international learning outcomes, and differentiated tasks and goals for different ability levels. Reflection questions ask students about the purpose of learning centers, the roles of students and teachers during centers, and the importance of offering developmentally appropriate tasks to meet all ability levels.

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Weekly Guidelines Practicum 4

All completed tasks need to be posted on your e-portfolio under the


EPC 2903 tab.
Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers
Focus: Differentiating centers based activities in the early childhood classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify how classroom centers can be


differentiated to meet all student levels (Mastery, Developing and Emerging)

Procedure: Photograph and document the centers based activities implemented in the setting
during the course of the day and identify the learning outcomes the activities met

Table 1: Differentiating Centers (Example)


Observed learning Centers
(include photo):

Reading Area

Description:

Resources:

The children
sit and
reading the
stories, and
book of
numbers
with pictures
to count,
learn (size,
shapes,
colors,
names of
fruits.

Different
kinds of
stories.
(Funny,
interesting
like animals,
then sounds
of letters.

International
Learning
Outcome:
(list only what
you consider to
be the primary
goals)
Recognizes,
counts,
discover, read
and try to
count numbers
up to 10.

Differentiated
Ability Levels:

Mastery
Count how many
fruits, or cars.
Discover the
different size in
the pictures (big,
small, tall, short,
and little , more)
Developing
Describe the
picture, say the
colors and spell it
.
Emerging

Try to follow the


dots in the
pictures to know
how t writ the
number, also
make a sound of
letters they know
it.

Table 1: Differentiating Centers


Observed learning Centers
(include photo):

Description:

Resources:

International
Learning
Outcome:
(list only what
you consider to
be the primary
goals)

-The children
playing with
shapes and try
to put it in the
right way.

-The kids of
colors and the
shapes,
different size.

-Count how
many colors the
have such as
yellow, blue, and
green, they
disperse colors to
count.

Differentiated Ability
Levels:

Mastery

Math area

-There are
many colors of
the balls the
count how red
balls and but
in enter in a
component of
plastic rope.
- Use a
cylinder shape
of different
sizes, different
colors, to
make building.

-It help
children to
develop the
skills by playing
in the area.

-Ask the child


name of this
shape, and how
many corner
they have, lets
count.

-Recognizes the
shapes and their
color, and how to
classify them.
Developing
-Develop the
language and reword more than once
in order to be saved
in a prompt manner.
Emerging
-Make a quiz for
child to see if he
know ( put 3 balls
blue and 1 yellow)
-Also for the shapes
the size or examples
in their life.( cookies,
cheese, table, sun)

Reflections on Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers


Read the questions below and write your answers
1- What are classroom learning centers? (Circle time in the carpet- groups
in the table, and areas which are: reading area, writing area, role play,
math area, and creative area.
2- What is the purpose of classroom learning centers? Deliver the
information for student in different way that have positive interaction
and effect with them. Its show children ability and improve the skills,
also they can discover and learn new words and names of things.
3-What is the role of the students while engaged during learning centers?
Participate during the lesson in each activity, also follow teacher rules in the
class.

1. What is the role of the teacher as the students are engaged during learning
centers? Encourage student to play each area and learn more of different
areas to improve their skills. Also praise them by say positive word like
good boy or girl, excellent, give me five.
2. Do you feel it is important to offer tasks that are developmentally
appropriate for all student ability levels? Why / Why not? Yes, its
important that can to prove their ability and each student will learn
different way the can understand and how to make in easier way.

other point, the teacher should use different activity for different level
because each student has different capabilities in different skills such as
cognitive.

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