Task 6

Documenting a typical primary school science lesson

Focus: On the many roles of the primary school science coordinator / teacher
within the school:

Objectives:
For student teachers to:
Continue to develop positive working relationships with both the teacher and
the students by acting as a TA within the classroom under the direction of the
MST.

Observe a science lesson and complete Table 6: Documenting a typical

primary school science lesson which provides an overview of the structure of
a science lesson.

You will need:

The Teaching Practice Tasks booklet for Practicum 3b
Table 9: Documenting a typical primary school science lesson
A digital camera
Table 4: TP Discussion Board Guidelines

Before implementing these tasks:

Discuss each of these tasks with your partner. Decide what each of you will do.
Discuss the tasks with your MST. (Ask for permission to take photographs)

Whilst implementing the Tasks:

Make notes about any areas of interest or issues you would like to discuss with
your MCT and/or MST.
Photograph evidence for the tasks and portfolio.

After completion of the tasks:

Clearly label, PDF and store all school documentation in your BBL journal.
 Table 6: The Structure of a typical Primary School Science Lesson.
Comment on: What the Science Teacher What the Students Comments
does. do. Document what you found
(include a photo of each (include a photo of interesting; any issues that arose
stage) each stage) and how they were resolved;
Would you have taught any part
of this lesson differently?

First of all, the teacher takes
the attendance then she does
the calendar and morning
routine (sits in a circle on the
carpet and shakes hands for
good morning).
Greetings
The students take This is my favorite part, because
their name cards, they learn how to change the date.
they sit anywhere to The greeting strategy is very nice,
do the writing task because they shake their hands in
which is drawing an interesting way. Children sit in
and writing about a circle and then they teacher
being kind, then they shake her hand with the person
do the calendar and next to her and says good morning
morning routine (sits (Faris) and the Faris shakes her
in a circle on the hand and the person next to him
carpet and shakes and say good morning Miss
hands for good Mryssa, good morning (Shaikha).
morning). I would definitely do this part.

She sing with them the days
of the week song or the
Introduction
months song which is related
to LOs/SOs/
to the seasons, she do this
revision of
task every day. The teacher
prior learning
review what they did orally in
a short time.
The teacher focus on the four
seasons terms: Summer,
Focus on a Spring, Winter and fall.
specific
content/Key She divide the class to 3
terms/ groups each group will do a
process science station.
Stand up on the I like it when they sing days of
carpet to sing with week song which makes me feel
the teacher. The happy! Then they singed the
children listen and months song which support their
discuss what they information about seasons and
learned previously. months of the year.
The students are This part is done in a good
learning the way the children are learning
vocabularies, and about one of the seasons, and
they do the different doing fun activities in the session
stations in the which will not make them bored.
session.

Methods of
teaching and
engagement

One of the stations

in the session
 She told the students that they
will be talking about one of
the seasons, which is winter
and she showed them some
pictures about winter facts
such as skating on snow and
she asked them random
questions. Then she asked the
students to draw three things
Exploratory about winter and write one
Activities description of the winter.
The teacher use her eye to
contact with students who
need to focus with her, and
Monitoring,
sometimes she go and
supporting
whisper in their ears to tell
and assessing
them they are misbehaving
learning
and they need to behave. She
also moves around the room
and talks with each child and
asks him/her any question
about what they do.
The teacher reminds the
students about the seasons,
and then she read a story.
Finishing off
Review /
Recap
Goodbyes The teacher says for the
and students to march to the door,
transitions to then march back to the carpet
the next and then march back to the
lesson door. Once they are all
The students answer The questioning is a good
the teacher's method that develop students
questions and think thinking, the visual picture make it
of things they do in easier to understand the topic. The
winter, they also writing is good as well to show
make prediction of if students are making process and
five senses in winter. check their understanding.
Then the students
write on their note
books and share their
work with others.
The children listen to The teacher knows how to deal
the teacher, work with the learners, and they
independently and really listen to her. Even though
they interact with they dont do many misbehaving
peers and teachers in and talking during sessions, they
the classroom. still get informed by the teacher
when it is done immediately in
a private way.
Students listen to the Reviewing the topic real quick
teacher and seems to be good, so children
share/talk about know the importance of it.
good things related If I was a teacher I will review
to the story. with my students as well, and I
might add some real examples. I
liked that they do storytelling
to support learning.
The learners listen to It is a normal thing teachers
the teacher and do, it is different here in the
march to the door Wellspring because they sing.
then to the carpet I loved that the students who
then again to the are misbehaving go to the
standing up in a line they sing door, after that they stand in the end of the line as
(I am ready) then she tell went to ART class a punishment.
them where to go with the with the teacher
teacher assistant. assistant.