Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers

Focus: Differentiating centers based activities in the early childhood classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify how classroom centers can be

differentiated to meet all student levels (Mastery, Developing and Emerging)

Procedure: Photograph and document the centers based activities implemented in the
setting during the course of the day and identify the learning outcomes the activities met

Table 1: Differentiating Centers

Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated
Learning Ability Levels:
(include photo):
Outcome:

(list only what

you consider to
be the primary
goals)

The children 1. Keyboard Recognize, Mastery

are typing on 2. Board typing the word
pen The students will
the keyboard like
3. Raiser practice how to
the word
4. Paper Write and read type the word and
Like then 5. flashcard the word. write it.
they write it
on the paper. Developing

Copying the letter

from the flashcard
and start looking for
the words from the
keyboard.

Emerging
Computer center Copying the letter
from the flashcard

Table 1: Differentiating Centers

 Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated Ability
Learning Levels:
(include photo):
Outcome:

(list only what

you consider to
be the primary
goals)

The children Shapes Recognize, Mastery

are modeling counting the
Flashcard The students will
the letter S shapes practice connecting
with the same numbers with objects,
Sort the shapes
shape. then write on their small
Reading the board numbers, 0 zero,
1 one and 2 two.3 three
word 4 four and 5 five.
Learning patterns

Developing
Draw a set of 2 objects,
one should be less than
the other and color it
yellow.
math and English center
Emerging

Have the child

compare/match/sort
groups of objects into
sets; then have them
identify the number of
items in each set,
expressing them by
name and by some
pattern.

The students Mastery

are sitting on Data show Most students
would be able Write one sentence
the mat and
White board to form the start with letter S
saying words
start with letter S/s from Developing
letter S their memory
and name the ask the student to
vocabulary find out any item in
related to S/s the classroom that
begins with the
circle area sound /s/.
Emerging

Draw the letter S

on the clay