EPC

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Weekly Guidelines Practicum 4

All completed tasks need to be posted on your e-portfolio under the

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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

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!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 students The resources The children Mastery

in this center that the need to get the
Children will create
they have children has colors name
in this area and will
drawing and different colors
They need to draw what they think
coloring like color
develop their of or imagine.
activities painting, color
fine motor skills
pencil and
and use the art
acrylic painting
resources in a Developing
wright way.
Children will develop
three skills which are

fine and gross motor
skill, emotional skill
and physical skill

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Emerging

Students will show

me their
imaginations and
their creativity now
or build their future
by drawing

Reflections on Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers

Read the questions below and write your answers

1. What are classroom learning centers?

Math Area
Science Area
Writing Area
Art Area
Drama Area

2. What is the purpose of classroom learning centers?

In each center the children get motivated to do something about the lesson that they have
learned. They will be engaged and interested in every center because it has different
activities.

3. What is the role of the students while engaged during learning centers?
Listen to the teacher.
Do what told to do.
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Work individual.
Show the teacher your creativity and imagination.

4. What is the role of the teacher as the students are engaged during learning
centers?
Tell the students the instructions in each center what to do.
Observe the students.
Tell the instruction in a clear voice and help them if they need help.

5. Do you feel it is important to offer tasks that are developmentally appropriate
for all student ability levels? Why / Why not?

Yes, because children in different abilities can learn the lesson and the
concept of the lesson.

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Observation Task 2: Identifying Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Focus: Identifying types of learning support needed for SEN students

Objective: To encourage student teachers to support and included the learning needs of identified
SEN students in the classroom

Procedure: Identify two children who have SEN and complete table 2 to highlight their needs and
identify support that is offered which facilitates their learning. If your class has no SEN students
you will need to go to a class that has SEN students in order to complete this task.
Table2: SEN Support for Students
Name Age IEP Area of Focus Type, range and frequency of support
provided / needed.

Evie 4yrs P Possible ADHD: target to Daily Teacher Support with advice from
11mths try and sit still on the carpet Learning Enhancement Teacher:
for an agreed amount of
Sit child in space by the teacher
time (5 minutes)
at every carpet time;
provide a manipulative e.g.
squeezy ball;
use a movement cushion to
enable unobtrusive mobility on
the carpet;
Complete Reward Chart every
day.
Let the student sit beside the
teacher or the assistant
Provide manupilative resources
like sand and playdough.

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Reflections on Observation Task 2: Identifying Children with Special Educational
Needs (SEN)


Read the questions below and write your answers

1. What is the school policy for inclusion for SEN students in the school?
The school are welcoming students with sen they have their own
teacher 2 hours a day and they are not to much sen students in the
classroom.

2. Was there any assistive technology, other equipment or materials used

with the identified SEN students? If yes, please describe the equipment
that was used and what it was used for.
The is no specific technology for the student with SEN, but there are things help the
student with SEN in the classroom, for example, playing the playdough, small
whiteboard and markers, or playing activity maintain the students SEN to develop
they also play with sands they don't write because they don't understand

3. What teaching strategies did your MST use with the identified SEN
students?
The teacher needs to talk in a clear voice.
She will use videos and pictures. He sings with a song.

4. Do you think that SEN students should be included in the classroom or

taught in class specifically for SEN students? Why / Why not?
YES, because the students can get motivated with the
students. If the sen students needs help the students can
help them. Children with sen wont be sad or depressed or
alone. They will be socialized with other students.
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Observation Task 3: Supporting Learning through the Performing Arts: Music and
Movement

Focus: Understand the importance of using performing arts in the classroom to link with
academic subjects

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify different ways that performing arts can be
used in academic subjects

Procedure: Identify two music and movement activities students performed in the classroom and
complete the table

!Table 3: Music and Movement (Example)

Observed learning Centers Description: Objective International
Learning Outcome:
(include photo): (Music & Movement)

Music: The children

Appreciation: students show their enjoyment through imaginative
will learn to
descriptions or movements move and
dance on what
Pitch: students sing at the same pitch
they have
Rhythm: students replicate the rhythm of a song using a drum or learned and
clapping
they will move
Notation: students write music or make their own music

Conservation: students remember the melody of a song

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Movement: in different
high-low
ways.

fast-slow

skip, stomp, march,

Relationship: students are aware of their partners as everyone

performs

Interpretation: students use their imaginations to move (ex.

imagine you are a tree, a camel, the wind)(listen to the music and
use your imagination to move to the music)

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Reflections on Observation Task 3: Supporting Learning through the Performing

Arts: Music and Movement

Read the questions below and choose one to answer

1. The creative arts teach children that problems can have more than one
solution and that questions can have more than one answer. One of the large
lessons kids can learn from practicing creative arts is that there are many
ways to see and interpret the world. In your opinion, why is this important
and what impact does this have on education?
Now a days children watch youtube and they learn
performance art like moving and dancing and also learning
songs. So in my opinion this is the best way get engaged by
moving their whole body and moving and learning songs by
this way. The children will be learning easily in this way and
they will get educated easily.

2. Creative thinking and reasoning have been identified and highlighted as an

essential twenty-first-century skill by many business, education, community
and government leaders. In your opinion, do you think that this is an
important skill for children to learn? Why or why not.
Yes, because the students learn by the music and that's the
easiest way to learn.

3. Some people view creative arts education as a luxury and do not help with
the building blocks of child development. In your opinion, what are the
benefits for children who are engaged in creative arts in school?
They learn easily. They get engaged to the lesson. They show
their creativity in the school in their performance art.





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Observation Task 4

Choose, justify and reflect on the selection of appropriate routines and explain practical aspects of
their implementation.

Reflect on how routines can impact classroom environment (pacing, preventive CRM,
student engagement)
Choose and justify the selection of appropriate routines (entering/leaving the class,
transitions, submitting work, resource distribution) in a range of contexts (ages, gender,
class size, school context, class dynamics, parental support)
Explain practical aspects of implementation (clear instructions consistency)

TASK DESCRIPTION
The task is made up of two activities:
Activity 1: Observing Classroom Routines and Procedures
Activity 2: Planning for/Developing Routines and
Procedures

You are to complete BOTH Activity 1 AND Activity 2.

Activity One: Observing Classroom Routines and Procedures

Though there are many routines and procedures all over the school such as returning from assembly
or walking in the hallways, this task focuses on what happens inside of your classroom only.
During the first week of your teaching practice observe your MST and her/his classroom. Make a note
of five (5) routines that you see her/him use every day inside of the classroom. Fill in the table below
to describe EACH routine; when and where it is used; and what is the aim of the routine or the
student behavior that it hopes to achieve.
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Name/Description Give the When and Aim of the How did/do the students Document
of the routine. instructions where the routine learn about this routine?
(If possible, take a
that the routine is used?
How is the routine
routine photo of the routine
reinforced?
uses (what student
(e.g. at the end of behaviour it as it is happening, or
the school day hopes to of any display related
etc.; or to guide achieve) (e.g. mentoring; classroom
presentations signs; reminders by the to the routine)
after group work) teacher; use of peer
interaction by the teacher to
promote such behaviour
etc.)

1 Sing the days of In early In the circle area Yes they They learn days of the
the week morning answer as a week.

the teacher whole class

asks them
what is the
day of the
week she
asks them
what day
comes
before and
after.

2 After each As a whole The children will learn

activity the class how to clean after
Tidy up song In circle area
teacher themselves.
uses the
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tidy up
song

After the Task - Reflection
Reflect on the routine of the classroom and how it is was effective with the students? Explain how this routine will affect student learning in
a KG class.

The children will follow up the routines everyday they will know what to do the classroom is managed easily. They know what day is
yesterday and whats today. It will effect the students in a positive way by developing their language by learning the song. The children will
be able and get organized on their future careers.
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Activity Two: Planning for/Developing Routines and Procedures

Plan the routines for one of your classes. The activity expects that you will teach the
class. It may be a class that you teach for an observation by your MST/MCT or just a
practice class that you teach with the permission of your MST. The lesson can be
incorporated as one of your formal observations if your MST/MCT decides. In order
to complete the activity you are required (whether the lesson is one of your formal
observations or not) to fill in and submit the planning sheet below.
Before you begin to complete the table talk a little bit about the class/lesson in
which this plan for routines is to be used. Include:

Lesson objectives
Main activities in the lesson
Grouping of students during each main activity
Behaviour expected during each activity (e.g. sharing resources; changing
stations; presenting)
Where are the transitions in the lesson? What are they: (e.g. moving from
plenary to group work between main activity one and main activity two)

Class/Year Routine Routine Routine

Learning Objective of The unevenness of

the routine/procedure the columns is
deliberate so that Ss
(what it hopes to dont think that x
achieve) number of columns
means that we are

looking for x
routines. Rather,
that they present
routines sufficient
to the class activity.

Anecdotal Evidence
(e.g. pictures of your
class during the routine;
posters of rules etc.)

Place in todays class

(when will you perform
the routine)

Importance to the
smooth functioning of
todays class
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How well did this

routine work in todays
class
If you had to teach this
class over, how would
you adjust this routine
and why

After the Task - Reflection
Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school. Reflect on these and
consider why you could implement these in a UAE KG classroom in the future.
Explain how these practices will affect student learning in a KG class.