Notes from the teaching practice

source: https://tamannakalim.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/instructional-materials/ The next topic I would like to write about is teaching materials. I observed the class on 26.01.2022 (during the first two lessons). First, I will write the most important information about the class (as it’s the same class as before) and the lessons observed. Then, I will answer the questions from the observation sheet. At the end, I will share my reflections about the topic and examples of changes I’d implement. Information about the class I observed the 2nd grade (students are 7-8 years old). There are 26 students in the class. Students have English lessons 2 hours each day of the week. The topic of observed lessons was reading comprehension and exercises connected with it.    The aims of the lessons were: pre-reading exercises (predictions based on the title and pictures)  listening to the story reading and post-reading exercises (completing the exercises from the workbook) Materials in the classroom Th

source: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/what-about-students-talking-in-class-6141c777ae5 Another topic I would like to write about is Teacher talk - Student talk. I observed the class on 27.01.2022 (during the first two lessons). First, I will write the most important information about the class and the lessons observed. Then, I will answer the questions from the observation sheet. At the end, I will share my reflections about the topic and how teacher talk may affect the pupils, as well as possible unexpected situations. Information about the class I observed the 2nd grade (students are 7-8 years old). There are 26 students in the class. Students have English lessons 2 hours each day of the week. Last lesson, children were reading the text and completing the tasks connected to it. They were talking about emotions ( sad, happy, missing someone ) and completing the timeline of the happenings from the story. Observed lessons pertained to grammar revision and text comprehension. Thei

source: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/educationx92x1/chapter/direct-instruction/ To start with my teaching practice observations, I would like to write about instructions. I observed the class on 20.01.2022 (during the first two lessons). First, I will introduce the class and the lessons observed, as well as answer the questions from the observation sheet. Then, I will share my reflections about the topic and the way in which instructions affect the pace of the lesson. Information about the class I observed the 2nd grade (students are 7-8 years old). There are 26 students in the class. They have English lessons 2 hours each day of the week. Observed lessons pertained to grammar, especially prepositions of place, sentences with there’s/there are , as well as where questions with the verb be .    Their aims were:  determining if pictures are correct completing sentences using prepositions of place ( in, on, under, next to ) writing questions and answers with there’s/there are playi