Day 5 Tuesday, October 27th 2015
Transitions
Aisha Ali Alowais
H00330699
Section 12B10ED01
EPU 1403
Practicum 1a
Ms. Muna Al Suwaidi
Observation task 5 Transitions
Tuesday October 27th 2015
Day 5 Tuesday, October 27th 2015
Types and
Strategies used to
Efficiency of the
Suggestions for
functions of
facilitate transitions strategy in terms
further development
transitions
of promoting
positive behavior
and minimizing
challenging
From the
The teacher uses the
behavior
Personally I think
circle center
song strategy, where
this is a very
strategy is to hav an
to the center
as soon as they are
efficient
orer of the names
time
done with their circle
strategy, the
being called. Because
activties
center routine she
proof is that is
random names could
starts to sing a song.
actually works, it
most likely be unfair
The song is made up
causes the
to some students,
by Miss Hessa Ali
students to
they might not get a
herself, it starts as a
focus on the
chance to be in the
normal song that
song and wait
centers they want to
states how fun centers
for their names
be in because their
are then she starts to
to be called, and
names always get
sings out three
it's also very
called late. I would
random names in the
orderly. It also
suggest that she
song, and when she
promotes
creates a chart with a
does those students positive behavior
three student group in
My suggestion to this
know that they can
by causing the
each space, then she
leave the circle center
students to
would change their
and head to the
leave when they
order everyday, and
centers they desire to
are called and
she would move the
be in. They rush out of
stops the
stick to the next
the circle and into
challenging
group. This would
their centers, she
behavior of
make this strategy
does this three names
shoving
more fair in my
at a time until the
eachother to get
.opinion
.circle center empties
to the center
Day 5 Tuesday, October 27th 2015
they want to be
in before others.
The students
and teacher see
this strategy as
fair, fun, and
From the
The classroom teacher
.simple
In my opinion it
center time
reminds the students
is a very
suggest that the
to the lunch
that there will be five
efficiant, and
teacher changes up
room
minutes till lunch
comfortble
the seating
time. The students
strategy. The
arrangements every
would know that there
teacher has
week, it might cause
is little time left, when
developed a
slight chaos, but
three minutes have
great routine
personally I feel like
passed Miss Hessa
with them that
having to sit with the
uses the last two
they are very
same people
minutes to ask them
comfotable with,
everyday might bore
to clean up. After
and they know
them. She also
cleaning up she asks
what to do. This
doesn't allow the
them to line up at the
strategy has
students to talk to the
door, then tells them
positive
students in other
to go wash their
outcomes, the
tables, if she uses my
hands. After washing
students don't
suggestion students
their hands they all
feel confused or
can all socialize with
automatically know
frustrated by
eachother instead of
that they are
this simple
being restrained to
supposed to head to
strategy causing
only talk to the same
the lunch room
them to be calm
three people
connected to their
.and collected
.everyday
classtoom, and that
they should sit
wherever the teacher
I would personally
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has assigned them.
They sit in groups of
four, with six tables,
three on the left and
three on the right and
one table in the
bottom center for the
teacher to sit in. Each
student has his/her
picture placed on her
seat, it does not
change. They sit and
wait for the teacher
as she chops up food
From the
.for each table
Miss Hessa Ali has
In my opnion
I would suggest that
lunch room
taught them a routie,
this is the most
she reminds the
to the
as soon as they are
basic and used
students that they
playground
done with their meal,
strategy, which
have ten minutes left,
they would throw out is suprisingly still
althought they might
center
the paper plates and
very efficient,
rush a bit, it's
return to their table.
but not very
somehow better than
When lunch time is
creative, but it
rushing a lot and
over, the teacher
does cause
throwing out their
stands by the door
order. It has a
unfinished food. I
and asks them to form
positive effect
would also suggest
two lines, one for the
and also a
that she uses the
girls and one for the
challenging one.
song she created at
boys. They then start
The positive the center time during
to stand in order and
outcome is the
the lunch room line
she starts walking
students get to
up, or a song similar
with them to the class
stand in order,
to it. Because as
door. They wait for the
and leave in a
young students, they
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bell and then follow
her outside, when she
simple way, and
want to have fun and
its a very easy this would cause them
says that or the bell
strategy for
to pay attention to
and then follow her
them to follow.
what the teacher is
outside, when she
The challenging
saying while waiting
says that they can go
outcome is that
for their names to be
they start to run to the
when they see
called. Or she can ask
.playground
the teacher
the girls to form a line
stand up since
first then the boys
lunch time is
and the do the
over, some
oppoiste the next day
students that did
so they wouldn't
not finish their
bump eachother while
meals start to
.forming lines
rush, and even
sometimes
throw out their
food being afraid
they would be in
trouble if not
.assembled
