Observation Task 7: Classroom management and teacher talk

Focus: Classroom Management Beginning and ending the day

Punctuality at the beginning of the lesson

teacher arrives before the pupils learners arrive most on time

Teachers response to those who are late. What does she say?

positive reinforcement T. asks them for reasons and then she let them to sit in their places

negative reinforcementShe tell the students if they been late again she will move their pictures in the yellow or red face.

punishmentShe moves their pictures to the yellow or the red face.

Starting the day: what does the teacher say? do?

First she lets the students to lined up out of the class to prepare their things. Then, she let them enter the class. They always sing a song of sounds. While she takes the attendance students start put their home works on the table.

Lining up : locationPlayground – down stairsoutside class – in front of the door.Inside class – when they are outside the door behind them.

Teacher instructions for lining up: what does she say? do?

She claps her hands and says “Who will be the leader today ? line up girls” and then she stands in front of themand walks in front of the class.

Ending the day: what does the teacher say? /do?

She put the stickers on the chart as a reward for those who were showed the good behaviors.

MovingMoving the children for an

activity.What does she say? do?

She sings a song with the students to take their attention. Then she calls their names for each group and she tells them to move quietly.

Moving the children: how do they respond?

Some of them forgot their places, so they felt confused. Teacher helps them to find their names. Most of them arrived to their right places.

MisbehaviorWhat was the learner doing? Hitting, saying bad words and moving around the class.

What did the teacher say? do?

She tells them that its not a good thing and they need to stop it. She tries to separate the studentsIf they still hitting. She moves their picture to the red face and move them to the administration. About the bad words she try to speak with her if she still say the bad words teacher call her parents.

How did the child respond:Whatever the teacher do works effectively, because all students don’t want to put their pictures in the red face or to call their parents.

How does the teacher stop the children during an activity? What

does she say? do?

She stands in front of the class and start sing (eyes looking, ears listening, nothing in my hand……) with the students. then they stat to clean up.