TASK 8: Interview your mentor on the roles and responsibilities of a teacher

TASK 8: Interview your mentor on the roles and responsibilities of a teacher

Roles & responsibilities	Questions to ask mentor	Comments
Planning	How do you plan your lessons? Do you differentiate your plans? Do you plan weekly or daily? Do you plan individually or in a group?	She plans each Saturday. She plans each year, month and week. Sometime, she changes the plan for specific days. She plans as a group for the year and month. However, she plans individually for week and days.
Pastoral	How often do you meet parents?	They can come any day they want. Also, the kindergarten does a parents day to come and ask about the level of her child.
Professional Development	What PD do you do?  How often do you have PD?	Every year they have a change. This week I do technology as group and IT. Professional Development once a week.
Class Management	How do you manage your class?  Do you have any problems with class management?  Which classroom rules do you use? Why?	Yes I have, I have with Khadijah problem. She doesn’t listen to me. I give her more work to do it and be quiet a little.
Teaching Strategies	What is your favourite teaching strategy? What important strategies should we follow?	My favourite teaching strategy is singing a song. It’s too important to teach the student.

TASK 7: Scientific resources in the Classroom

TASK 7: Scientific resources in the Classroom

Discuss possibilities for implementing activities using these resources with your peer

A List of resources that target specific scientific skills and concepts in the school

Resources for Science teaching classroom:	Scientific Skill(s) / Concept(s) that can be developed with it.	Exploring on possible activities to develop mathematical skills and concepts using these materials
Magnifying glasses	Make things be bigger. Find the small details of an object.	Search for a small things by Magnifying glasses
Sand tray	Play by the sand. Learn how to implant the tree. Use some materials to help them to build and plant.	Implant small plants. Build some homes.
Mirror	We can see ourselves in mirror. Draw ourselves by mirror.	Draw their face. Match the words with correct place.

TASK 6: Mathematical resources in the Classroom

TASK 6: Mathematical resources in the Classroom

Discuss possibilities for implementing activities using these resources with your peer

List of resources that target specific mathematical skills and concepts in the school

Mathematical Resources found in the preschool classroom:	Mathematics Skill / Concept that can be developed with it.	Exploring on possible activities to develop mathematical skills and concepts using these materials
Unifix cubes	Counting the cubes. Compare the size if small or big. Match the same color. They can addition or subtraction.	Numbers calculating build shapes counting the cubes
Abacus	Counting the circles. Compare the size if tall or young. Match the same color. They can addition or subtraction.	Numbers calculating Counting the circle.
Foam shapes of various sizes, shapes, colours (Attribute Blocks)	Find if it same or different. Study the name of shapes. Match the same color. Build by the shapes. Count how many shapes.	shapes counting Match the color. Same or different.
	Counting. Put the shapes in the correct place.	Ask them about the shape. Count to have the correct number.

TASK 5: Learning styles

TASK 5: Learning styles

Make notes about activities you observe in the classroom which use the learning styles below:

	Math	Science	Reading	Other
Auditory	Listen for the teacher when she teaches them the shapes.		Read with teacher the book.
Visual	They see the shapes and how it looks like.		The picture that describe the story.
Kinesthetic	Search in the book for the shapes.		color the picture .

Answer the following questions:

·         Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?

Kinesthetic, because they can touch and try to do something. Students always want to work.

·         Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles for the children?

It helps them to teach the student to let them understand by different way.

·         Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g. read a story, listen to a story, act the story, draw the story. Can you find other examples e.g. math or science

They can search to find some shapes in the book.

·         How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of learning styles?

Let them to understand the lesson by different learning style:  Auditory, Visual and Kinesthetic.

TASK 4: Reframing Behavioural Characteristics

TASK 4: Reframing Behavioural Characteristics

Discuss the general behavioural characteristics of some of the children in your class with the class teacher and record these in table form. E.g. Table 4 below.

Table 3: Example ‘Reframing Behavioural Characteristics’ Record Sheet

	Name of child	General behavioural characteristics	Reframed	Suggestions to help improve behaviour?
1	Saeed	He always hit the boy in the classroom or playground.	He may want to have a quiet time. He may want to play with other boy but no one play with him.	Let him play more time  with other children.
2	Shamsa	She always shout. She like to do her work. But, she do it slowly.	She want a good feedback from a teacher.	always try to give her feedback in every thing.
3	khadeja	She is very noise. She always want to talk and run in the classroom. Sometime she hit the student.	she may want moretime to play. Also, she want to have relationship with other children.	Let her sit in groups. Also, play with other children.
4	khalid	He always talk and confuse the student. Sometime, he hit them.	He may want to sit and talk with other children.	Remind him the rule of the classroom.
5	Roudah	She don’t lile anyone to help her.	She may know how to do it but she want more time. She may don’t  want to be more confuse.	Give her more time to answer the question and do her work.

TASK 3: Discover and learn how students think and learn

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.

	Name / Photo of Child / Age	Student profile (Learning styles, interests and areas of concern)
1	Saeed -6 years old	Saeed good at playing basketball. The problem he has is he doesn’t want anyone to play with him. He is not good in : using computer
2	Roudah-6 years old	She is good at search for the sight words. She doesn’t want to cooperation with other. She likes to play by computer.
3	Meerah- 6 years old	Meerah good at cooperation and memorizing.  She is not good at counting. She likes to play by the computer.
4	Al Yazia- 5 years old	Al yazia she is a good listener. She is not good at using computer. She like to paints.
5	Ali-5 years old	Ali is very smart .He can read. Also, He is a good listener .He is not good in drawing, but she try to improve it. He likes to play by the sand.

TASK 2: Classroom rules

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 rules.  Construct 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.       Don’t shout	keep your voice down.	·         Put the picture in the display. ·         During circle time the teacher asks the children to think about what might happen if this rule is not followed
2.       Don’t hit the student	keep your hand and feet for yourself.	·         Remind them to sit quiet and keep there hand and  foot for them self. ·         During circle time the teacher asks the children to think about what might happen if this rule is not followed
3.       Don’t run in the classroom	walk  properly in the class.	·         She can ask them how they can walk in the classroom. ·         During circle time the teacher asks the children to think about what might happen if this rule is not followed
4.       Don’t say: Mis me	raise your hand when you want to answer .	·         sit in the carpet and discuss the rule of the class. ·         Teacher praises children who are following this rule ·         During circle time the teacher asks the children to think about what might happen if this rule is not followed

 

The teacher put the rules here to remind the children always