Integrated subject areas (e.g. Math\Science\IT\Language)

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Observation Task 9b


For the integrated subject areas I choose Math and Science

Concept	Activity	Language
4	learners sorting and counting beads	4       four
addition	learners adding numbers and writing equations	plus equals
5	Learners counting the chips	5
Summer	Learners compare between 4 seasons and draw it.	Summer

Teacher brings pictures about 4 seasons then ask the children to discover the summer. Children tell to teacher what they do on the summer and where they usually go.

he is counting

Activities in a specialist class

18\11\2014
Observation Task 9a

For activities in a specialist calss I choose the art class and in this table some activities from this class.

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Is it teacher directed or does the child choose the activity
Cut and glue colors of UAE flag	group	Learn how to cut paper	teacher directed
Color the UAE flag with lines	Individual	Know the places of the UAE flag colors	teacher directed
Draw UAE flag with lines	Individual	Know how to draw	teacher directed

This class is once a week. Children learn drawing, gluing and cutting. She uses special teaching strategy. She brings a box and put many colors of clothes. Then she asks the children if they know the UAE flag colors. After that children did three different activities.

Drawing UAE flag

cutting the colors and glueing it

Activity types

16\11\2014
Observation Task 8

activities the learners were engaged in:

Activity	Individual/group/class	Purpose	Teacher directed/child’s choice
Hear and listen	In pairs	Improve language	Teacher directed
Explore the new letter	individual	Learn more about new letter	child’s choice
Explore UAE natural resources and collect rocks	group	To know about the country natural resources	Teacher directed

Children spend 15 minutes on each activity. They do diffirent tasks they did Individual,in pairs ,group and class. Teacher introduce the activity by telling a story about each topic.

Individual learning

Class learning