Math Lesson

AAWC Lesson Reflection

Lesson Theme	Math / Numbers	Student teacher	Mariam Obaid
School : Al Sho'aa KG School
Class	KG2 D	Date	October 27th, 2015
Overall aim and context of the lesson This is the third lesson in math numbers.  To handle the class properly by addressing on wanted behavior. Deliver the lesson properly with time management.

Choose ONE aspect from the lesson to evaluate and discuss (one paragraph each) according to following:

Firstly, SELECT one aspect that YOU feel either you did very well or were unhappy with.

This is my perfect lesson ever and Miss Sharon come and observed me this is the first time for her to observe me. I wasn't novice but this day I was sick and I thought that I'm losing my voice so I was worried. Even in the end of my lesson I was so sad because all the children didn't listen to me when I said clean up and they still doing the activities and I count from 1-10 to make them sitting in the carpet.  

DESCRIBE the situation, participants and events in detail

Even I was sick but I prepare a good lesson with numbers song and movement. Counting from 1-20 and I put all my activities in the centers. In the carpet I started to ask them where you can find numbers. They went around the classroom and told me the numbers, after that I told them to close their eyes while I put balls into a cone I told them to hear the voice when I drop the balls into a cone and they love this idea. One thing that I tried to teach them which is listening to the teacher.

Secondly, ANALYSE WHY AND HOW, this event happened in the way it did. 

In the centers I explain for them what they will do and I took mix levels of the students (LAPs, MAPs, HAPs, and SAEN) in my focused group. And I taught how they can match the numbers with stones. The students started doing the activities and they enjoyed, I was with my group and I gave them the activity to make them busy while I go around to the other groups to check what they doing. After that it is time to clean up and I told them to clean their centers but nobody listen to me they kept doing the activities so I count from 1-10 to make them sitting in the carpet but again no one listen to me.

Then, APPRAISE the situation.  What effect did the event have on you/your feelings?  How did it effect students’ learning? 

I had to think quickly what to do so I talk to them and I told them "I'm not happy and you are not listening to me what happened today before you were listening but today!!!" they were sitting in the carpet listing to me quietly also I told them "you need to listen to your teacher when she speak you need to be listening, today I will not give you any point in class dojo and I will put you in yellow" and they took long time for cleaning their centers.  

Finally, TRANSFORM, the situation by writing how you would improve the situation in a future lesson.

I need to work on their behavioral and the time for cleaning the centers so I will put for them timer for doing the activities and time for cleaning their centers or I will put a song clean up, clean-up it is will help them to manage the time.

Song of sound / literacy

                                           AAWC Lesson Reflection

Lesson Theme	Song of sound / letter 't'	Student teacher	Mariam Obaid
School : Al Sho'aa KG School
Class	KG2 D	Date	October 26th, 2015
Overall aim and context of the lesson This is an introduction to the letter 't'. To handle the class properly by addressing on wanted behavior. Deliver the lesson properly with time management.

Choose ONE aspect from the lesson to evaluate and discuss (one paragraph each) according to following:

Firstly, SELECT one aspect that YOU feel either you did very well or were unhappy with.

I prepared all my activities in the morning and I started teaching the students about letter 't' it was a good lesson in the beginning and all my students were happy with my lesson and my activities but I had a problem with the time even I put for myself a timer.

DESCRIBE the situation, participants and events in detail

I was putting my activities in the centers while waiting for the children to come to the class. Then I saw them coming to my class and they saw the activities, they told me "please miss choose me I want to be in your focusing center. Before I started teaching them I remind them about the classroom roles like sitting nicely, raise your hand, and listen to the teacher after that I asked them about the letter.  

Secondly, ANALYSE WHY AND HOW, this event happened in the way it did. 

I let all the students to make the letter with their bodies and they were perfect. Then I set with children in my focused group and gave them instructions about the activity and they enjoyed doing it. Also one of my activities about making a turtles using paper plate and green color this was the art center but it takes a lot of time to finish it.

Then, APPRAISE the situation.  What effect did the event have on you/your feelings?  How did it effect students’ learning? 

The students were engage with this activity and my MST told me about the time left so I had to finish my lesson quickly and I'm not happy with this lesson and but thank God that I can choose between this lesson and the first lesson to let my MST observed me.

Finally, TRANSFORM, the situation by writing how you would improve the situation in a future lesson.

Next lesson I will work on their behavioral and the time management and keep practice with them until they will learn how to listen to the teacher. Also I will work to improve myself about the time management I hope it will work next time. 

My first math lesson pracitce reflection

AAWC Lesson Reflection

Lesson Theme	Our environment	Student teacher	Mariam Obaid
School: Al Sho'aa KG School
Class	KG2 D	Date	21st November 2015
Overall aim and context of the lesson This is the previous lesson on the math topic. Teaching effectively by engaging all with proper time management.

Choose ONE aspect from the lesson to evaluate and discuss (one paragraph each) according to following:

Firstly, SELECT one aspect that YOU feel either you did very well or were unhappy with.

I was nerves in the beginning of my lesson, I was talking to my students to introduce my lesson about shapes and all of them were watching me and my MST was making some notes about me because my lesson was a practices and my MST wasn't observe me she just took some notes as I told her to see if I need to improve my lesson next time.      

DESCRIBE the situation, participants and events in detail

Before my lesson I was so excited, I prepared myself and my activities but I realized that I forgot one if my activities the shaving cream and I was panic I told myself how could I forget the most important thing in my activities? I didn't know what to do I called my sister to bring the shaving cream from my house but she was far away from home but I notes that there is a grocery nearby the school so I called and he bring a shaving cream for me but it was not that good for my activity and my MST said "it is okay the students got the idea so don't worry".  

Secondly, ANALYSE WHY AND HOW, this event happened in the way it did. 

I'm not use to forget something about my activities I thought that I took all of them with me and I didn't forget anything but when I started putting my activities in the centers I looked for the shaving cream and I didn't find it I almost cried so the grocery saved my lesson for now. I control myself and I taught them about shapes and they were very happy with me they answered my questions and they love my activities also my MST came and saw me how to do the activity for focusing group she loved it and she said "I didn't see this activity before". Which is I gave them white paper, glue, salt, injection pipe and food color and I set with them to give them instructions about it, I didn't tell them what is going to happened I want them to discover by themselves.   

Then, APPRAISE the situation.  What effect did the event have on you/your feelings?  How did it effect students’ learning? 

My lesson was really good even I have problem with time management and I told my MST about that and she said "your time was good and you didn't go over it, I think you are improving well done" I was so happy about what she said to me. Also the students learn about the shapes and where can they find them in the classroom or around them everywhere.

 Finally, TRANSFORM, the situation by writing how you would improve the situation in a future lesson.

Next time I will take her advice and her notes about me and improve it for the next lesson. Also I will make sure that I will not forget any of my activities, I hope so.