Strengths of the lesson:

 

 

Before you started the lesson, you gave the books upside down, back to front and observed what the students did. You asked them to open the book and told them the learning intention. You asked students to show you how we point at the words and they showed you. You corrected Saif when he placed his finger at the wrong end of the sentence and praised those who remembered.

 

I really liked how you purposely placed books incorrectly in front of students and watched what they did to the books. Well done for moving Saif’s finger discreetly and praising the others for remembering what it means to point at the words.

 

You then did a picture walk through with the students. Each picture you asked the students what they saw and if they knew what it was. You allowed them to say in both Arabic and English. You also asked if they could show you which part of the body it was and to point to it.

 

Fantastic engagement with the students in the group. The language you used was consistent , and you allowed the students thinking time to say words and respond to your question. There was lots of student talk with students trying to verbalise their ideas.

 

You read through the book with the students and helped them to sound out new words. I liked how you tried to get them to sound out the words as they read, and got them to attempt most of the words on their own. You could see how the students kept their fingers on the page, even as they looked at the pictures. It was awesome how you got them to stand and physically show the different parts of the body. The pace you had with the students was good, and the questions you asked during reading of the text was at their level.

 

I know that you were working exclusively with this group but, you must also remember to keep a “roving eye” and check that the rest of the class is on task too. You had fantastic engagement with the group you are working with, but what other questions do you think you could have asked to extend their thinking beyond the book? Don’t forget to make links to the real world and the environment around them. You could ask them questions to link to learning in science too.

 

At the end of the lesson, you asked the students to retell the text to you. You asked them what our bones are used for and which part of the body were the main bones.

 

This would have been a good time to ask students to share the learning intention for today and whether they achieved it or not.

 

Areas for development:

 

Questions for the students could be linked to learning other curriculum areas especially science and physical education.

 

Keep an eye on your classroom environment and be aware of other activities that are happening in class.

 

The follow up activity was a bit too easy for the students. What other activity can they do if they finished early? What were the set of instructions for them after they were done?

 

Don’t forget to praise not only for behavior but for student thinking, sharing with class and peers.

 

Classroom teacher:

Rosaline Tavelia

 

Student teacher:

Maryam Mohammed