Task 2: Managing Learning

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.
 Name/Description Give the instructions When and where Aim of the routine How did/do the students learn about
of the routine. that the routine uses the routine is this routine?
used? How is the routine reinforced?

1 National anthem Students sing the UAE In the morning It is important to start They learned from kindergarten, because
national anthem. before the lesson the school day with the it is important to show the loyalty, and all
start national anthem, schools in the world starts the school day
because it is a part of with national anthem.
showing loyalty.

2 Attendance Teacher take the In the morning To check who is It is school system they take that
attendance and the after the national present in the class and Attendance to see who is present and who
students say presents and anthem to know the absence is absent, because it helps teachers to
good morning teacher. students. review the lesson for students who was
absent.

3 15-minute reading before Students feel confident It is my teacher way to make the students
Reading time the lesson start. After choosing a before it starts to lesson feel confident, and she told them this
leader by reading short parts routine when they start the year.
in a book.

4 The teacher read the For students to know The teacher starts this system from the
Daily schedule schedule of the day and After taking the what subjects first semester, because the students wants
the subjects that they will attendance that they will take it to know what they will learn.
have. during the day.

5 The teacher choosing a To help the teacher School system is in the morning the
The leader leader for today to help After saying the prepare the material teacher chose a leader to help her, because
her. daily schedule and tools the teacher it’s make the students self-confident and
will need it during the like to help.
lesson.
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
routine/procedure National Daily schedule Reading time
(what it hopes to anthem
achieve)

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

Place in today’s class In the morning

(when will you perform before we start After choosing a leader, and
the routine) the lesson After taking the attendance before the lesson start

Importance to the showing loyalty For students to know what Students feel confident
smooth functioning of subjects before it starts to lesson by
today’s class that they will take it during reading short parts in a book
the day
 How well did this routine It’s work well, There was some change It’s work good, the
work in today’s class because the in the schedule students read 15 minutes
students know and when the finish the
it activity
If you had to teach this This routine I will tell them from the I will play some videos,
class over, how would they learn it first semester, that in the showing how reading is
you adjust this routine from KG, so morning before we start important, so it’s give
and why it’s easy to tell the lesson, I will tell you them motivate and then I
them when what subjects you will will give them this
they will sing take it during the day routine, so it they wants
to bring a book from
home

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 primary classroom in the future. Explain how these
practices will affect student learning in a primary class.

The three best things I observed, the reading time before the class starts, that make
the student feel comfortable and exciting for the lesson. also in math they use a
website to solve the questions and the teacher see the results on her computer, it’s a
new way of teaching in the students now use that laptop a lot will rather than books.
The third thing that choosing a leader it’s give the student self-confident and like to
help the teacher. I will like to implement this in primary schools because in this age
the student learns more.