Observation Task 2: Reading a Story in the local UAE School

Identify the type of pre-whilst and post reading activities employed by your
MST

Table 7: Reading a Story in the local UAE Preschool

What the MST What the Comments
Does Children Do

Pre-Reading
Activities Teacher ask students Listen to the story I like
Name the book / story. to set be quite and and try to repeat teacher
start to tell them the the words and ask action and
Describe how your story .firstly she and answer the the teacher
MST gets children show them coverage question voice
interested in the story the story and show
and wanting to hear / them the title of
read it.
story also the author

The students I like the

While-Reading She gives them the excited to order the ways that
Activities materials and tell event of story in teacher
How your MST keeps them if they will the activities used
children interested and order the event of
actively involved. the story she will
give them chocolate

Post-Reading
Activities
She ask them the Children like her I like the
How your MST
question and let and the tell her the children
consolidates the
them to tell her the story about what excited and
storyline and explores
story and what happen like them
opportunities for
happen in their when share
developing language,
home. the teacher
topic related and
about
personal, social and
telling the
emotional issues.
story

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 Observation Task 3: Managing Transitions

Discuss the possibility of managing these transitions yourselves with

your MST. With reference to your notes decide how best to do this and
implement it next week. Evaluate your own performance and redesign
your strategies based on your experience. Build on your learning in this
area over the course of the placement.

Table 9: Example Managing Transitions.

Type and function Strategies Efficacy of the Suggestions for
of transitions used to strategy in further development.
facilitate terms of
transitions promoting
positive
behavior and
minimizing
challenging
behavior.
1 Greeting and The teacher The transition is
directing children asks some of important to help
to complete the students to teacher easy to manage
registration take their the classroom.
process and to go name and
and play in the put their
corners. names in the
board. The children will be quite
and carful when transfer
She tells from areas to another
students to areas so they will follow
play in the the instructions and they
areas but will know what they
without must be and do when
make noisy they transfer.
Finding name and she
cards. shout of
children who
not listen for
her.
It can keep it the
classroom best with
these rules.