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.
What are the bright side and the dark side of using textbooks in a class?
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