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Teaching Practice Booklet

Observation Task 4
Observing Classroom Routines and
Procedures

Couse: EPC-2903
Course Teacher: Antoinette Wiseman
Done By: Ayesha Hassan
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Observation Task 4

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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routine. ons that routine is about this routine?
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routine student reinforced? it is happening
uses (e.g. at the end behavior it
of the school hopes to (e.g. mentoring; any display rel
day etc.; or to achieve) classroom signs; the routine)
guide reminders by the
presentations teacher; use of peer
after group interaction by the
work) teacher to promote
such behavior etc.)
1 Classroom Rule Remind the The teacher reminds
Rules (During number In the students of the students and
the morning 1: Follow morning what is repeats it every day
routine the direction routine. expected at least one time a
teacher s quickly If the from them day.
repeats the Rule students are so the
rules so she number misbehaving. classroom
can make sure 2: Raise would be
students follow your well
the rules. Each hand for managed
rule has some permissio and
certain n to talk organized.
movements Rule
that they do number
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teacher
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classroom( Wh teacher morning n and reminding them about
en students greets when the following doing it everyday and
enter the the students rules. everytime. If a
classroom, students, enter the student didnt do
they greet with so they classroom. certain things, his
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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 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. 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.
Talk about class and routines
In my classroom, the students had free time because the teacher was
busy preparing for the assessment period, so she gave me time to the
students and told me that I could do whatever I like to teach them. So I
thought about making them an attendance routine, paying attention routine
and helping hand routine. I started with the attendance. I created cards for
the students and then I gave each student his card. I told them that they
need to stick their cards on the board when they come to the classroom in
the morning. I modeled it in front of them, and then I let the students do it.
After that, I gave them a lesson about the letter g. I had the students working
in groups on different activities to match their levels. They had to work
together, help each other and use the materials together. When I wanted to
grab their attention I put my hands on my head. The students kept looking at
me because it is something that is not ordinary and they want to know what
do I mean with what I am doing. I told them that when I put my hands over
my head, it means that I need the students to stop what they are doing and
look at me.
After finishing the activities time I let the students clean up the centers,
and we sing the cleanup song, and then I let them sit back in their places.
We revised the lesson, and then I picked two students, one girl and one boy
and I told them that these are the helping hands. The helping hand is the
student that would help me if I needed help like, for example, he would lead
the line when we go to the bathroom or playground. And then I let the girl
lead the girl's line, and the boy leads the boy's line when we went to the
bathroom. We practiced the helping hand routine until the students went to
the bus.
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Class/Year Routine Routine Routine

Learning Objective Involve To make Students would
of the students the take the
routine/procedure everyday and student attendance by
(what it hopes to give one of s pay themselves.
achieve) them the attentio
opportunity n to the
to be the teacher
leader in an
everyday(hel instant
ping hand)
Anecdotal
Evidence
(e.g. pictures of
your class during
the routine;
posters of rules
etc.)
Place in todays -Morning - -At the
class (when will routine Morning beginning of
you perform the -Helping routine the day when
routine) hand - the students
-Lining up Working come in the
-Distributing in the classroom.
books, centers
pencils.
Importance to the To make The It would show
smooth students teacher the teacher
functioning of quiet and can and other
todays class they follow make all students who is
directions of the in the
because they student classroom and
want to be s pay who is not
picked to be attentio when they look
the leader for n, and at the
the next day. she can attendance
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Make see who chart.

students be is Students or
more listening teacher will not
confident and to her be wondering
have higher and who or searching
self-esteem. is not who is here
listening and who is not
, and it here, they will
doesnt only look at the
need a chart to see.
lot of
time
How well did this The routine It was It needs
routine work in worked well fine, but practicing
todays class because the student because
students s need students are
respected the to not used to this
student that practice routine. They
was chosen doing it need the
by the more teacher to
teacher and because remind them of
they listen to it was doing it, and it
him if he had the first needs two
to tell them time weeks
to do doing it minimum so all
something. and of the students
their would get used
teacher to doing this
has routine.
another
routine
to grab
their
attentio
n
If you had to teach I would adjust I would I would let the
this class over, this routine adjust students create
how would you by making a this their cards and
adjust this routine chart that routine decorate them
and why makes me by by themselves
able to know putting so each one of
who was the a sign them would
leader for the on the have a card
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past days so I wall that represents

can make that his identity and
sure that I shows personality.
have chosen the
all of the action
students in of
the putting
classroom to their
be equal. hands
on their
heads
because
I want
them to
rememb
er it and
having
a visual
on the
wall
would
help
them
rememb
er it
more.

After the Task - Reflection

Choose three 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.

Three of the best practices I observed during my time in the school were the
classroom rules, the teachers attentions signal and submitting the homework. I
would implement these in my classroom in the future because, in the beginning,
rules make everything easier. When you agree on the rules with your students, it
shows them what they need to do and what they dont need to do. It would make an
effortless so you dont need to warn them every time they misbehave. You have
your rules, and the rules have consequences so the students would behave. The
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second thing that I would like to implement is the teachers attention signal when
she says class class class. This signal makes the teacher know who is listening and
who is not. It makes all of the students involved with the teacher, and they all need
to leave what they are doing and look at her. It wont take too long time, so that
wont waste the teachers time or make her put so much effort in it. It is a very easy
strategy, and it is useful. The last strategy I would like to implement is submitting
homework. Students submit their homework by themselves. It makes an effortless
on the teacher, and it gives the students the responsibility of submitting their
homework and doing something for their benefit. It teaches them organization, time
management and it makes them feel responsible.