question and after the pupils gave their responses, the teacher shared her understandings of the concepts and also clarified any misconceptions. A discussion then ensued during which teacher and pupils shared their experiences and ideas as to how usable items can be made from discarded objects and therefore The teacher also provided additional reasons ‘Out of garbage we can have goodness’. for sorting garbage which included reduction of garbage in the island and using old items to repair damaged items. At this point the teacher displayed a song written on a sheet of paper entitled “Sort your The teacher read the words to the song and the children repeated. The Garbage”. teacher then sang the song twice and invited the children to join in with her. The instructional strategies and methods employed by the teacher reflected the pupils’ interests, addressed their intellectual and physical needs and provided them with opportunities to be involved in sorting items, discussing concepts and singing a song. LESSONS CHERRY’S Lesson 1 The Language Arts lesson on Alphabet Knowledge was taught to a class of 4-5 year olds for a period of 60 minutes. The aim as stated by the teacher was to assist pupils in recognizing letter and stating its associated sound. The pupils sat ‘H’ in groups facing the teacher while she stood at the front of the class near to the chalkboard. The teacher commenced the lesson by using questions to review the letter which was taught during the past week. She then informed the pupils that a new letter will be done and proceeded to write the letter on the chalkboard. She asked the ‘H’ factual questions and allowed wait letter is this? What sound does it ‘What make?’ time after posing each question. The teacher confirmed and reiterated the pupils’ response that the letter was This was one example when the and it says ‘h’ ‘huh’. teacher enquired about the understandings of concepts prior to sharing her pupils’ own understanding. After this she asked the pupils to raise their pointer finger and prepare to sky write letter She gave oral directions for the formation of the letter ’H’.
question and after the pupils gave their responses, the teacher shared her understandings of the concepts and also clarified any misconceptions. A discussion then ensued during which teacher and pupils shared their experiences and ideas as to how usable items can be made from discarded objects and therefore ‘Out of garbage we can have goodness’. The teacher also provided additional reasons for sorting garbage which included reduction of garbage in the island and using old items to repair damaged items. At this point the teacher displayed a song written on a sheet of paper entitled “Sort your Garbage”. The teacher read the words to the song and the children repeated. The teacher then sang the song twice and invited the children to join in with her. The instructional strategies and methods employed by the teacher reflected the pupils’ interests, addressed their intellectual and physical needs and provided them with opportunities to be involved in sorting items, discussing concepts and singing a song. CHERRY’S LESSONS Lesson 1 The Language Arts lesson on Alphabet Knowledge was taught to a class of 4-5 year olds for a period of 60 minutes. The aim as stated by the teacher was to assist pupils in recognizing letter ‘H’ and stating its associated sound. The pupils sat in groups facing the teacher while she stood at the front of the class near to the chalkboard. The teacher commenced the lesson by using questions to review the letter which was taught during the past week. She then informed the pupils that a new letter will be done and proceeded to write the letter ‘H’ on the chalkboard. She asked the factual questions ‘What letter is this? What sound does it make?’ and allowed wait time after posing each question. The teacher confirmed and reiterated the pupils’ response that the letter was ‘h’ and it says ‘huh’. This was one example when the teacher enquired about the pupils’ understandings of concepts prior to sharing her own understanding. After this she asked the pupils to raise their pointer finger and prepare to sky write letter ’H’. She gave oral directions for the formation of the letter
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