Observation Report 1:

I would like to describe my observation, it was in fifth grade. Since the beginning the class was very energetic. The teacher wrote the day on the blackboard and started the activity from activity book, she said “I am scared of…” she guided them with questions, if they didn´t know she helped them. All the time students wanted to participate.

The children were spontaneous and they weren´t afraid to speak, when they didn´t know any words the teacher in many occasion helped them with sign in her hands. She spoke the majority of the time in English, even she used present perfect, and student’s didn´t know the grammar (have you seen… have you been…) but them responded to these questions because she was repetitive with this, and they incorporated this to their vocabulary.

The students were curious and receptive to new ideas, she worked with the activity book, she asked all the time about the topic which had worked before, and the grammar that they were reading in the previous class, students responded very quickly( for example different word with plural).

She used her imagination and she said “If you have to go on a camping, what do you carry?” The students said one by one, and she interacted with their answer to continue speaking English with different topic like food, music, clothes. When they didn´t know a word she wrote on the blackboard and children repeated it.

She moved quickly from activity to activity, spending about 5-10 minutes per activity. She captured their attention speaking about post card, the students had never heard about, and she explained it. Then she read an article in the post card and made an activity to match. She worked with one by one to know the answers and then with the whole class to know the questions about it.

They didn´t use audio visual, song, but she made learning fun using their imagination, and the learning was interactive; when some students had problem with tasks she helped them, but at that moment the class was dispersed. I think teachers should have activities for that moment when they need to help students because it is not easy to create a peaceful environment.

They didn’t interact with others objects, they only used the activity book, is a pity because children had lots of knowledge about English and energy to interact with activities. They were enthusiastic about the tasks, it had purpose and goal because students could understand and develop their imagination.

She was very clear with the tasks, all the time she was guiding beside them, she supported with words of cheer like, very good, excellent, you can do it, and the students felt enthusiastic to work.

I think she used many techniques and was very clear when she spoke, she resolved every situation adequately and teacher taught contents by means of questions all the time. The class was achieved.

Observation Report 1:

I would like to describe my observation; it was in 4th grade whose teacher is called Maria Laura Bianchi.

It was an active class where the teacher started asking, "What the weather was like", a girl held different figure like (sun, cloud, rain) then she put on the blackboard the sun.

The teacher put a microphone on her ear, and her voice sounded loud.

The class was active because the students had different interaction with the teacher.

When they had to read aloud, all of them wanted to read but the teacher had to choose one student in different time, and when they had questions they asked the teacher for help, and in that moment all the class was mestless, it happened several time.

They worked for themselves with an assignment from the book where they had been working previously.

She used different learning styles such as, musical. They sang a song with movement referred to the song. The linguistic stayed present. 

When students were reading, sometimes she asked in English, but only a few words.

The activities were very naturalistic because students knew a lot of English, but they didn`t show their knowledge because the majority of the time the class was in Spanish.

She used relevant contexts, they had to read and she asked them about the article which was in the book, and the same time she taught about, geography, culture, the majority of the students spoke about that.

The task was to describe something similar to the article that they had been reading a few minutes before, she used a model task from the book and clarified expectations, put on the blackboard an activity, Then they had to walk to the front and complete the activity that the teacher had written on the blackboard.

I liked all the activities she gave, plenty of comprehensible input, with techniques like gestures, repetition of the new words and rephrasing to help students.

I think she used many techniques and was clear when she spoke. I would have liked to listen to more English in the class, because all the activities were only grammar, but she resolved every situation adequately, and showed me how to cope with a huge group of children. Class was achieved.