Observation Task 3: Teaching Shared/Guided Reading
Table 3: Teaching Shared/Guided Reading
The title of the book:
Type of Reading (Shared or Guided):
What the teacher does What the children do Comments
-The teacher showed the students the -The students were sitting quietly and -I think that this is a good way to
story and she asked them what they can they were curious they want to know introduce the story to the children and all
see in the coverage. more about the story. Each child told the the children were telling the teacher that
teacher that what they can see in the what they can see in the cover page.
cover page each child had different
The teacher told the children that all the answer. -I like when the teacher told the students
stories has an author , and author means -The students will repeat after the that all the stories has an author that
the one who wrote the story and there is teacher, the name of the author and the means the person who write the book and
someone who draw the story and this illustrator. illustrator.
person called illustrator.
-The students tell the teacher that they -I think that the children must know that
-Before the teacher start reading the story start from the left to write and in Arabic in English they start from left to right and
she ask the students from where we start from right to left. in Arabic the opposite.
reading the story from the right or left?
-The teacher was reading the story to the -The students were answering the -I think this was a good idea because the
children and ask them about the color of questions. teacher was memorizing the colors to the
the fruit and the names of the fruit. students and the names of the fruits as
well.
-When the teacher read all the story to -The students retail the story and each -I like how the teacher make sure that
the children she told them what did you child will tell the teacher what happened each child understand the story and when
saw in the story and what happened in in the end of the story. she tell them that what they have saw in
the end. the story.
Reflections on Observation Task 3: Teaching Shared/Guided Reading
1. Which concepts about print (CAP), phonological awareness, letter
knowledge and or phonics did the teacher focus on?
a) What did strategies/activities the teacher use to help the
students understand the concept being taught?
-while the teacher is reading the story to the children she was
changing her face expressions to let the students engaged,
and she was also changing her voice tone, she was asking
different questions to the children for example what you can
see in the cover page, which colour is this, what do you think
will happen next, from where do we start reading the book.
These questions are really important for children in this age
to gain there knowledge and to let them get curious about
the end of the story.
2. Were there any initial/medial/final sounds, punctuation, sight words or word
families that were covered during the lesson? If they were, select (a); if they
were not, select (b).
a. W h a t was the purpose of teaching these concepts? Explain its
importance.
-The children was so excited they were copying the caterpillar
movements, the teacher was asking the students what is your favourite
cake or fruit and also she was asking them what do you think will
happen at the end of the story and they were all telling the teacher
different answers, they were curious and excited at the same time
because they want to know what will happen at the end.
b) Provide one (1) activity example of how initial/medial/final
sounds, punctuation, sight words or word families could have
been could have been covered during the lesson.
