Observation Task 5: A day in the life of a lower

level learner
Focus: On the learner.
The first day you will observe a lower level learner. The second
day you will observe a higher level learner.
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners
are different.

For this observation, you will begin by observing

the class for 1 hour.
1. What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses?

Yes , it does . There are different skills between them , for

instance , some of
them are good in matching pictures of fruits but others
they weaknesses in
matching .
However , some of them excellent in sort the letter in correct words ,
but other they
didn't have ability to know the correct letter to put in word required .

2. Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when
they have finished?

Yes , there are . they doing some activity three times , or

share activity .
3. Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal
with them?

Yes , there are . Teacher set with he and asking some

questions , for example , what is this word , how we can
write the letter ? . Then she handle the pencil with he to
draw the letter in correct way .
4. Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher meet
their needs?

No , there isn't
5. How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?

In groups she divide them from low to high . in general using encourage
words , like , very good , my dear , you are polite today, you can do it , you
are an active child .

When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to

help you choose a lower level or a higher level learner
in the class.
Observe one of the learners for the rest of the day and
make notes.

Here is an example:
Time
Activity (what is
the learner
doing?)
9.30
Teacher gives out a
reading activity to
do in groups.
9.50
Teacher plays a
game with the
whole class.
9:14
Teacher gives them the
white board to write
(N) letter in Arabic .
9:20
Teacher gives them
white paper to draw
things that they saw in
garden .
9:30

Teacher give two kids

book to read it .

Notes (what happens during the

activity?)
Alya is working on the activity but is
asking her friend for the answers. She is
finding it difficult..
Alya is joining in with her friends and is
playing the game.
Ghaya she wrote the letter (N) third times , she
confident, happy and she call me to see her letter
.
They were interactive , excelled at drawing like ,
sun, palm trees , trees , flowers , bee , butterfly
and , bird.

They were very happy , surprised to see the

picture of dinosaur.

After the observation

1. How many different activities did the learner do?

three activity .
2. How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
help them , encourage them , using nice words , like , good , well done .
3. What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one
activity?
It was drawing plants , flower , sun , bee ,trees , birds and
vehicle .
4. What did the learner do during the break times?
play in the pitch and , playground inside the kindergarten .
5. What did the learners attention span / interest during activities seem
like?
In this lesson the organisms and not live .According to Jean Piaget :(claimed that
this stage was characterized by orderly thinking and mastery of logical thought .
Children can manipulate abstract ideas ,make hypotheses and see the implications of
their thinking and that of others .
6. What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?
drawing plants , organism , insects , sun , birds and , water.

Record sheet
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in
the table below.

Name:

Age:

Level:

Brief description:
Date of observation: ../ .. / ..
Time
10 min

10 min
10 min
10 min

Activity /
Movement
Drawing
plants
Circle the
correct
letter
Write the
(N) words
sort
correct
picture

Notes / comments
They were very happy , first time I see
their smiles on their face , but they
finish finally .
They were face difficulty , because they
didnt understand . But with explain
became more clearly .
They were cant to write it but they
understand .
They were know the words but words
were little confuse for them .