Third lesson – numeracy 3rd Oct 2012

 I started the lesson with the video clip of 5 little ducks to let the children  count in new interested way for them because there is visuals and song . I have prepared other video clip, five little monkeys jumping on the bed, in case if some of the high ability children get bored with the first one. Then I got an idea to vote who wants what, who wants the first video and who wants the second video, we did like a chart o the board and we count how many said yes and how many said no. I decided to not do the focus activity because it was like  a review and the children were so tired because it was the end of the day and they were asking me to sleep and when to go home !

 I needed something to make them active and have fun in the same time!  I put number 1, 2 and three in the board and I asked 3 children a time or two children to take the picture flashcards from the magic box and stick it below the right number, in the same time I asked other children to come and help the child if he got the number wrong.

When we finish the activity and it was nearly the time for going home I let the children use their magic fingers to write the numbers in the ear.

Reflective journal

 

 I know that I have changed my plane a lot but I tried to make my lesson more about what the children need and more student center taking in my mind how to do my aim different than what I planned for!!

From this lesson I learnt how to write my lesson more carefully focusing in the time and what the children’s attitude will be like if I do certain thing  in this time with this thing.

For next time I will provide more TPR in my lessons specially when the children wants to move or go home because TPR involve the child in a way that he forget that he is in school and play with his friends like outside time.

Comparing with the first lesson in the math, this lesson was much better and much student center because I could organize the children during the circle time, I explain for the children that we are going to watch some cartoon in the computer but we should sit in our places and do not move or stand up so other children can see like us and then I told them to explain why we should do that? , moreover, before I play the clip in the computer, I asked the children that when I turn the lights that’s mean two things  we should sit still and watch what will happen to tell me later.

 

Second lesson - literacy (house) 2nd Oct 2012

 Whole – warming up:  

Materials needed: computer- video clip of (talking flashcards- my house)

1.       Show the children talking flashcards clip (YouTube- My house) , this video focus on 4 words e.g. window, door, roof and chimney .

2.       Point at different parts in the computer during the video.

3.       Repeat with the Audio the four new words.

4.       Ask the children to repeat\ try to remember  the new words.

 

Extra activity for the whole if the first activity did not fit the 15 min:

(flyswatter)

 materials needed: picture flash cards of  (window, door, roof and chimney)  -you can draw them-  sticks (as the number of students you are going to involve in the activity)

1.       Ask the children to sit nicely in the circle.

2.       Ask to children to come in the middle of the circle to model the activity for others (choose two from the high  ability once so they model it with good understanding of your instructions).

3.       Put the picture flash cards on the ground.

4.       Ask the children to point at the chimney for example and the  at the door.

5.       Ask them to be more faster so they win ( at the beginning the children will need some of the teacher guidance to hit the right picture but then they will remember two and step by step they will get it).

 

Focus activity (small groups)  15 min

A.       (flyswatter) 6-7 min

         The same process  that I have done in the whole

B.      draw a house with (window, door, roof and chimney) 6-7 min

 

1.       Ask the children to draw their house with (window, door, roof and chimney).

2.       Ask them what they have draw? How many windows they have in their pictures?

3.       Give the children the chance to express what they have drawn.

Reflective journal

Because there is no smart board in the classroom this is did not stopped me using some technology , I used the teacher computer which is near the carpet and the children can see what is display in the screen,  but there were some important issues that I should avoid next time.

1.       The way of children sitting in by that  I mean, I couldn’t organize how the children sit in front of the screen because this was like a new thing for them to have. Some of the children were standing up and some of them were walking around the class and I couldn’t control them o even see them, it was like tornado of the children in the class.

 

So for the next time I will tell the children  in Arabic that “I know that we are going to get excited and we want to see the movie but in order for me to show you the movie you should each sit in your place don’t move, don’t get closer from the screen and keep your hands for yourself … what should we do ??  (let the children say)

ask them why should we do that ?

 

2.       In the focus activity I should make sure that the picture flashcards don’t move while the children hit it because they forget about the activity and they take the flash cards away of the center. So in the next time I will have a “blue tack” at the back of each flash card where I make sure that they are stick to the tale and do not move during the activity.

3.       Because the focus activity is in one of the corners it is difficult for other groups to focus on their tasks if my group keep hitting the pictures strongly and more than one time. Next time one of the rules for this game will e hit one time and not loudly or you lose a turn. For the second group, I had different idea which is “ ask the children to put their hands up, the one that they hold the stick with, and after they hear the word I keep model for them how to hit gently.

 

4.       Actually because this is like a first time for the children to have a game in the focus it was hard for me to guess what their reaction will be and if this game will fit with their level or interest. I observed the first group and they were interest for the first 3 min  only which makes me think what should I change or add so they are engaged again?

I asked one child to be the teacher and pronounce one of the four words after I review it for them. The children become more engaged and they were waiting for their turns to e the teachers by that I hit to points at one which are first, I make them interest again and secondly, they are reviewing  the words orally and link it with the picture.

First lesson - Numeracy 1-10-2012 (Monday)

 

Aim:	Materials:
Count up to 6	Dice Small Picture cards indicate for example 2 fishes  3 cats 1 flower

 

Warming up activity: (whole) 10-15 min

A)

1.        I used the dice to start counting in simple and calm way

2.        I asked one child to model how to roll the dice and then to count how many points

3.        Whatever the number that the child read e.g  number 5 after he said that there is five points

4.        I asked all the children it is right?? and we count together

5.        I asked the students show me 5 fingers

B)

1.        Display some of the picture cards  randomly in a raw at a top of the board  such as

 

 

2.        Point and say “I can see one butterfly”... “Can you see other cards show just one thing?”

3.        Choose a child who is sitting nicely (follow the rule of circle time)

4.        Ask the child to identify other picture show the number that you asked for

5.        Ask the child to move the card bellow the first card.

6.        Ask the children to show me one finger and to count how many pictures are in the card.

7.        Repeat the same process to find 2,3,4 and 5

8.        Point at one of the picture cards randomly and ask the children to count how many with you e.g pointing to the cats card, asking how many cats? Say 1, 2, 3 there are 3 cats... Well done.

9.        Repeat several times to count sets from 1 to 6.

 

Small groups (matching game) 10 min each group  to 15 min if its needed

1.        Use the same flash cards to do a matching game.

2.        Each child will choose two cards and he/ she will see if each card has the same number of pictures.

 

 

 

Starting to use a classroom management!

In the first two days, I noticed that there is no classroom rules pictures in the board indicate the things that the children should follow in different situation or the teacher could refer to it while the children become more hyperactive which causes lots of behavior issue during the lessons.

Because classroom management is “a technique that the teacher used to maintain a classroom environment” I decided to search for cartoon visuals that get the students attention and guide them to the right behavior in different cases. The reasons are because classroom management leads to the success of student learning, manage the time of learning, limit instructions and engaging time and it also gives all students the chance to understand and participate.





 

Tomorrow I will introduce these pictures for the children in their first language and make sure that they have understood it and I might let them act what each picture shows.