Observation Task 4

Name: Jawaher Alkaabi

Course: Practicum 2b - EDU 2803
Instructor Name: Antoinette Wiseman
 Observation Task 4

Activity One: Observing Classroom Routines and Procedures

Though there are many routines and procedures all over the school such as
returning from assembly or walking in the hallways, this task focuses on what
happens inside of your classroom only.
During the first week of your teaching practice observe your MST and her/his
classroom. Make a note of five (5) routines that you see her/him use every
day inside of the classroom. Fill in the table below to describe EACH routine;
when and where it is used; and what is the aim of the routine or the student
behavior that it hopes to achieve.
 Name/Descripti Give the When and Aim of the How did/do the students Documen
on of the instructions where the routine learn about this routine? (If possibl
routine. that the routine is How is the routine
routine uses used? (what student reinforced? of the rou
behavior it happening
(e.g. at the hopes to (e.g. mentoring; classroom
end of the achieve) signs; reminders by the display re
school day teacher; use of peer routine)
etc.; or to interaction by the teacher to
guide promote such behavior etc.)
presentation
s after group
work)
1 In the classroom The teacher Rules When the teacher start
Classroom rules that I observed always encourage telling the rules she mentor
there are five remind them discipline in the rules in front the
main rules such of the rules the classroom, students, she also had rules
as; listening by the make the sign on the door of the
ears, raise your beginning of classroom classroom, reminds the
hand, quite the class organized and students of the rules if they
mouth, looking during the more like a didnt follow, e.g. if the class
eyes and circle time suitable start being noisy the teacher
walking feet. and also she learning will say rule number three
use the environment. then the students would say
rules/ quite mouth then they will
remind the be quite.
students of
it when they
misbehave.
2 On the By the To engage the When the song start the
Morning songs beginning of the beginning of students teacher stand in front of the
circle time the the day/ before they students and dance or do the
teacher always classroom. start the exercise with them, she also
played them a lesson, and let the students sing along
song to some songs is and all of them must
exercises kind of review participate to not feel bored.
sometimes she of what the
play the students toke.
weather song
for them.
3 There are four When the To encourage Whenever the teacher need a
Coming to the groups in my teacher discipline in group to go first or stand first
center of the classroom such need them the classroom. she would call the group
classroom as: excellent, to come to name, each table had a
brilliant, clever the center or group name card.
and awesome. stand on a
line she
would call
them by
their group
name.
After the Task - Reflection
Reflect on the routine of the classroom and how it is was effective
with the students? Explain how this routine will affect student
learning in a KG class.

Each classroom should have a routine, routines is what make the lesson
affective. Without routine the students will feel lost. Imagine that you start a
lesson without having an introduction like reminding the students of the rules
or encouraging them by playing a song, imagine if you start the lesson by
saying when the weather outside is hot and sunny we called it summer it
makes no sense for a 3-6 years old child, but rather you would say today
were going to learn about the four seasons and the weather, we have
summer, spring, autumn & winter. In summer we feel hot, etc. and so on.
Rules are the most important thing you should include in your classroom,
because without having rules it would be difficult to manage students
behavior and it would be easier if you have a reward system with the rules, you
can use it effectively by telling the students if you follow the rules, I will reward
you and by the end of the week I will bring gifts for students who follows my
rules. Routine make starting a lesson much easier for the teacher and her/his
students.
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Activity Two: Planning for/Developing Routines and

Procedures
Plan the routines for one of your classes. The activity expects that you will
teach the class. It may be a class that you teach for an observation by your
MST/MCT or just a practice class that you teach with the permission of your
MST. The lesson can be incorporated as one of your formal observations if
your MST/MCT decides. In order to complete the activity you are required
(whether the lesson is one of your formal observations or not) to fill in and
submit the planning sheet below.
Class/Year Routine Routine Routine
Learning Objective of the During The teacher will
routine/procedure taking the choose two
(what it hopes to achieve) attendance helping hands
- Self-confidence the teacher students one
- Leadership will call one from the girls
student and one from
each day by the boys and
their names each time they
order to will go
take the somewhere she
attendance; will let these
by holding a two students
stick hand stand in front of
and their lines. For
pointing to example if they
each had lunch the
student students girl
while helping hand
counting will stand in
them. front of the girls
line and so on.
Anecdotal Evidence Rules Transitions
(e.g. pictures of your class during
the routine; posters of rules etc.)

Place in todays class (when will (English (Arabic Class) When will I
you perform the routine) Class) 1. Greeting preform the
1. Greeting 2. Reading routine?
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2. Rules Quran & the - In the

3. Helping prayer begging of
hand 3. Taking the class.
4. Taking attendance I will start with:
attendan 4. Rules 1. Greeting
ce 5. Starting the song
5. Morning lesson 2. Rules
song 6. Working on 3. Days of the
6. Introduci students week
ng the booklet 4. Taking
lesson attendance
7. Activities 5. Introducing
the lesson
using story
6. Small
activity
7. Working on
the centers
Importance to the smooth (English (Art Class) (science Class)
functioning of todays class Class) Let students Asking the
Improve express students whos
students themselves by not paying
self- letting them attention a
confidence draw whatever question, it will
by letting they want and make the
them teach color it. students pay
the circle attention on the
time. lesson because
they dont want
the teacher to
scold them or
give them the
disappointed
look.
How well did this routine work in It was very Students It went well,
todays class good enjoyed it a lot most of students
because and they were pays attentions.
students happy that they
feel more kept drawing
confident even when they
now when finished their
the teacher first drawing.
ask one of
them to
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teach the
circle time,
because
theyre
used to it.
If you had to teach this class over, When I would let the I will make a
how would you adjust this routine choosing students explain reward system
and why the little their drawing chart, if the
teacher I and tell us a student didnt
would make short story know the answer
a list of about it, he/she will go
students because theyre one step down
names and capable of that. on the reward
a crown system chart.
sticker each
day when I
choose the
little
teacher I
will put the
sticker next
his/her
name, so
that
students
will take
turn and
choosing
them would
be fair
enough.

After the Task - Reflection

Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school.
Reflect on these and consider why you could implement these in a
UAE KG classroom in the future. Explain how these practices will
affect student learning in a KG class.

During my teaching practice they were a lot of interesting and good

practices, three of the best practices that I observed during my TP are; rules,
reward system and the little teacher. I would like to implement these three in
my classroom in the future. I choose rules because its the best easier and
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affective way to manage students behavior, by having rules students will be

able to know some of the things that they are not allowed or allowed to do.
The reward system is a good way to encourage students good behavior, if a
student did something right or were good during the class I would reward
him/her which will make other students jealous, do well during the rest of the
classes and work hard to be like this student, because they want to be
rewarded. I would use the little teacher strategy to help students improve
and develop their self-confidence and their self-esteem, its important for a
child to have confident in him/herself because now a days children have less
confidence on themselves which make dealing with others and the world
surrounding them difficult, and having confident is nothing that you can gain
that fast, thats why making them develop this from a younger age is better,
not only on being the little teacher I would also look for more things to
develop their confident like participating on schools activities, assembly and
etc.