Observation Task 6:

A day in the life of a

higher level learner

Focus: On the learner.
The first day you will observe a lower level learner. The second
day you will observe a higher level learner.
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners
are different.

For this observation, you will begin by observing

the class for 1 hour.
1. What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses?
I notice about the children in high level. Yes
2. Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when
they have finished?
Yes, they rise their hand and put their paper in carpet.
3. Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal
with them?
Some of them they finish and some of them no.
4. Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher meet
their needs?
No, I dont have learners with special needs.
5. How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?
They mix them in group.

When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to

help you choose a lower level or a higher level learner in
the class.
Observe one of the learners for the rest of the day and
make notes.
Here is an example:
Time
Activity (what is
the learner
doing?)

Notes (what happens during the

activity?)

9.30

9.50

Teacher gives out a

reading activity to
do in groups.
Teacher plays a
game with the
whole class.

Alya is working on the activity but is

asking her friend for the answers. She is
finding it difficult..
Alya is joining in with her friends and is
playing the game.

After the observation

1. How many different activities did the learner do?
Two activates.
2. How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
The teacher.
3. What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one
activity?
The second period, when he writes letter .()
4. What did the learner do during the break times?
Play with his friend.
5. What did the learners attention span / interest during activities seem
like?
When the teacher gives them something to do like game.
6. What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?
Play outside with the sand.

Record sheet
Repeat the same task as last week with a different learner.

Name: sultan

Age:

Date of observation: 1/ 11 / 2016

Time
8:00

Activity /
Movement
Exercise

8:30

morning
meeting

Notes / comments
He Donning every assembly morning.

Sultan retain

Playground

Sultan play with the sand to create some

shapes

9:27

Breakfast
time

Sultan eat healthy food in the breakfast to be

more intelligent in class.

10:00

Create the letter

( )by using
clay

He loves to use different color when he

creates

11:11

Math period

Sultan can to differentiation between small

things and big things.

9:00

Reading story
12:05

He listens to his teacher when the teacher

read story