School of Education SP Observation sheet.
Student Teacher name: Maja Nowicka Date of Observation: 20/11/2020
No. of Observation: 7/10 Subject (Practical or Theory): 5th Year EAL
Class Profile & Details: 5th year, 3 students, all girls, english second language , very little english (2 french exchange students 1 Romanian girl)
Duration of Lesson: 58 min
Professional teaching skills and ability
· What strategies did the teacher use to instruct learners during the class?
The teacher greeted the students and asked them to take out their homework
The teacher then took the roll
students read over their homework while the roll was being taken
The teacher introduced the topic for today's class
· What personal characteristics did the teacher display?
Teacher has great relationships with students
Positivity
Confidence
Organised
kind
welcoming
helpful
Classroom management
· What were the classroom policies? (Consider seating arrangements, bathroom breaks, roll calls)
roll call first thing
students can ask teacher for permission to use the toilet
u shaped table
· Consider how interest was gained, rules and routines established, how was student’s attention ascertained?
conversation after roll call - small recap from previous class
checking homework - questions about any work that they didn't understand
projecting voice
conversation with the students to get them used to talking in english
· How did the teacher maintain appropriate classroom behaviour?
Keeping students very busy allowed for little time for misbehaviour
class was also very small which helped with the behaviour
· How did teachers deal with indiscipline or disruptions during the class?
none, there were no behaviour problems small class
Presentation of learning content
· How did the teacher introduce the lesson?
powerpoint was presented - breakdown of the content
class discussion - cognitive link up
looking at fixing sentences grammatical errors based on the Irish culture
· What teaching methods did the teacher employ?
teacher reading out the text and allowing students to complete task
correcting work together - questioning - why did you do this or use this
think pair and share
· How many different teaching episodes/activities /tasks were in the class?
teacher going through ppt
students asking questions
solving 3 questions x4 activities
discussion - their culture compared to Irish culture
· How was the class concluded?
all work was corrected
teacher allowed the girls to pack up slowly
gave a hand out to practice and read it over the weekend
thanked the class and dismissed them
· What resources were used during the class?
powerpoint - text and images
Students as resource // questioning
Effectiveness of planning
· Was numeracy and/or literacy evident in the learning content?
literacy, and oracy were present in class
solving the questions - huge focus on grammar and the tenses
· What art element/ design principle was focused on?
none - not an art class
· Was there evidence of Learning Layers in the lesson?·
strong use of culture - focus on irish culture and traditions
· How was the learning achieved in the class?
students were able to solve the grammatical errors
students were able to identify what is wrong and missing in a sentence
answering questions and discussions
· What method of assessment did the teacher utilise to assess the pupil’s learning?
were the questions answered correctly
can the students give an example
· Were there any cross-curricular links in the content delivered?
history and geography - 1916 rising, different counties
· Did the teacher use differentiation in the delivery of content and tasks assigned?
when a student was struggling/ confused the teacher went over the problem as a group - she knew if one was struggling the other two girls may need clarity too
Assessment and evaluation of pupils work in class
· What success criteria was utilised to assess the pupil’s learning
questioning
discussion
do the students understand the tenses and be able to find the grammatical error
Any additional comments on what you learned from the observation class?
It was a nice class to observe, it must be nice for the teacher to have a small class as it allows the teacher to focus on the tasks with the girl and she can give them here full attention . It shows how important it is to differentiate and have handouts for the girls that dont have english as their first language