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Reflections
Tuesday: 13th October 2015 (Math Number 2)
On the 13th of October I taught KG1 students for the first time; my lesson was about number
two. First of all after the assembly I sat on the circle with the students and I did the daily
routine the teacher always do which is greeting, saying the Doaa, choosing the assistant and
taking attendance. After the daily routine I started the lesson by reviewing the previous
math lesson with the students which is about number one (1) and I did a small activity which
is let the students find number one from the numbers basket and show it to their classmates
then I asked two students to come every time to play the chairs game, but in this game I
brought one chair and I asked both of the students to run around it and both of them should
sit together on the chair and if they didn't both of them lose, I did this game to develop their
physical skills and make them more interested to take the new lesson also I wanted to teach
the students to share and cooperate with each other. After the chairs game I introduce to
the students number two using a card that has a picture of two objects and number two and
I asked the students to write number two on the air using their fingers. I did a small activity
for the groups to check if the students acknowledge number two and check if they can
identify the objects that demonstrate number two. This activity was giving students a paper
that have number two and an envelope that have the body parts and students will search for
the part of the body that have two "for example two hands, two eyes" and stick it in the
table under number two. I did the activity in groups because according to Vygotsky children
learn better in groups because they share, communicate and cooperate with their peers;
also this helps them to build strong relationship with each other. (Social Development Theory
(Vygotsky), 2014) After the groups activity I did tree different activities for the student's
different levels, the first activity was for the low level I gave students a worksheet that has
number 2 and colors and I asked them to color number 2. The second activity was for
students in the medium level I gave each student colorful cubs and a card that has number
two and I asked them to demonstrate number two using the cubes. The third activity which
was for the high level students I gave each students an envelope that have numbers from 1
to 5 and circles from 1 to 5 also, and behind the envelope there are two pictures, on the first
picture one finger is raised and the second one two fingers are raised, students had to find
number one and one circle and put it beside the one finger then they searched for number
two and the two circles and put it beside the two fingers. Some students faced difficulties
with the activities so when I was moving around to check their work I helped them by
explaining more about the activities. When the students finished the activities I asked them
to clean their places and return the papers in the envelops and the colors to their places and
give it back to me, when they returned everything they went to the playground to have their
break.
I used variety of learning styles such as visual and physical. The visual learning style is when I
showed the students the colorful number 2 flash card. The physical learning style is when i
let the students move over the chairs and when I gave them the activities that have writing;
those activities helped the students to develop their fine and gross motor skills.

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In my opinion I think that my lesson was successful and I feel proud of myself because I
achieved my goal which are students will be able to identify number two at the end of the
lesson, classify number 2 from the other number and students will be able to count 2 objects
and link between the objects and the number. The activities I choose were good for the
students' abilities and I think that it helped them develop their cognitive and social skills. I
think that the great strategies were when I used a circled shape object to make groups in the
circle because this thing helped me to arrange the groups and make it easier for me to
manage the students' behaviors, also it was easier for me to explain the lesson and I was
able to walk around them easily and check their work. I was happy to see the students
cooperating and sharing ideas together also they helped each other when they found
straggles. Moreover when I gave the students the baskets to search for number one I think
that this strategy was great because they used their brain and the knowledge to remember
the shape of number one and I think that this is a good thing because it help students
develop their cognitive skills also the strategy was good to help me maintain the time.

Tuesday: 20th October 2015 (English lesson Letter F)

On Tuesday 20th October I taught KG2 A students English lesson about letter (F). Before I
started the lesson I greeted the students and I sang with them the good morning song then I
sang for them the rules song to remind them of the rules. I asked one of the students to be
my helper and count how many students are present and how many students are absent. I
started the lesson by reviewing the sight word with the students then I reviewed with them
the words they took in the previous lesson. I showed the students cards that have a word
that start with the letter F and a picture that represent the word and I read it for them then I
asked them to read it after me. I gave the students each card and I asked them to read the
words. Then I told them that all of these words start with the letter (F) and I told them the
sound of the word and I asked them to repeat the sound with me. I asked each student to
come and point at the (F) letter in the words to make sure that they acknowledge it. I started
the first activity which is giving the students an envelope that has the five words and a
picture that represent each word and I asked them each time to show me the card I ask
them about for example I said to them "show me frog" all of the students raised the frog
card and every time I ask them to show me one until we finished all the cards, when one of
the students make a mistake I don't correct for him/her but I ask the students if its right or
wrong and all of them say NO, then the student who made the mistake will quickly correct
his/her answer and raise the right one. When we finished the first activity I explained to the
students the differentiation activities then I arrange the high level students in pairs and I
gave them the envelop that has the cards for the second activity, I asked the students who
have the envelop to take the cards out and show it to the other students who sit in front of
them, then the other students looked carefully at them and closed their eyes then the ones
who have the cards hide of them and the other ones opened their eyes and started to think
what the missing card I, I asked each one of the student to tell me what is the missing card. I
asked the medium and the low level students to sit on their chairs and I explained for the
medium level students the worksheet again then they started to search and color the letter
F and the low level students designed the letter (F) with the colorful circles.

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In my opinion I think that my lesson was successful because I achieved my goals which are
students will be able to recognize the letter F by the end of the lesson and memorize some
words that start with the letter F. I faced some issues and two of the issues were the
students wasted the time while they were opining the envelopes and when they were
organizing their card on the first activity and the high level activity. The second issue was
when I gave the students the papers to search for the F letter some students colored the
other letters even when I put the (F,f) letter in front of them and when I said the instructions
I showed them the letter F and I asked them to write it on the air to make sure that all of
then knew it. I was happy with my lesson because students had fun while they were studying
and they memorized the five words that start with the letter F and knew their pictures also
my MST was happy with the activities and she said that they were good for the students to
make it easier for them to recognize and memorize the letter and she like the idea of
searching for letter F and color it in the worksheet because when they finished coloring the
letter the outcome was shaping the F letter in the worksheet by coloring the squares that
has the F letter inside it.

Tuesday: 27th October 2015 (Math lesson Number 3)

On Tuesday, October 27th, I taught KG1 B a new math lesson which was about number 3. I
started the lesson by reviewing the previous math lesson which is number two. I did two
activities for the reviewing, the first one was letting the students search for number 2 from
the basket and the second I gave the students a card that has a picture of different objects
and the students had to count how many object is in the picture and put cubes beside the
number that demonstrate the objects. After the review, I started number 3 lesson by
showing the students' number 3 on the smart board and I asked the students to count three
objects then I did the first activity in the circle which is let the students cover their eyes and
bring 3 balls from the balls basket and put it in the empty basket. I give the students
instructions on the smart board about the differentiation activities. I asked the students to
make lines to go to the tables to do the activities. The high level students' had to write
number three using colors and cut it then design it as they want while medium level
students had to put three beads on the thread and the low level students put 3 family
members on the house paper then put three circles on the table that is on the picture . I
think that if I taught the same lesson again I will do the same activities because I noticed that
the students enjoyed them and they were active also the activities helped me reinforce the
information and make it easier for students to understand the lesson. Also, I will explain the
activities in the same way in the smart board because it made it easier for me and it helped
me to maintain the time. Moreover, if I taught the same lesson again I will not do a lot of
activities for reviewing the previous lesson because it took a lot of time and it wasted the
time so I will only do a small activity for the reviewing. I will make a strong start for the
lesson because I think that the start I did was not strong and it doesn't make the students
interested in taking the lesson. During the lesson I did not notice anything that surprised me
but I noticed a thing that disappointed me which was when I was explaining the lesson some
of the students were moving a lot even though I talked with them a lot also when I was
explaining the activities on the smart board all of the students were looking and paying
attention but when they went to their places to do the activities they did not know what to

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do so I had to explain again for each student to understand. However, I succeed in achieving
my learning outcomes which were the students will be able to identify number 3 at the end
of the lesson, classify number 3 from the other numbers, and be able to count 3 objects and
link between the objects and the number. At the end of the lesson, I felt that my lesson was
good and I was happy about it, but I think that I need to develop some things and improve
them also I think that I need to be less shy.
I used variety of learning styles such as visual, aural and physical. The visual learning style is
when I showed the students the colorful number 3 on the smart board moreover when I
explained the activities on the PPT using the smart board also I included colorful objects in
the activities to make the students interested and enjoy learning. The physical learning style
is when i let the students move the balls from the red basket to the green basket also when
the activities included physical skills such as when they put the beads in the thread and
when they glued the family members and the circles moreover when the high level students
wrote number 3 those activities helped the students to develop their fine and gross motor
skills. The aural learning style is when I played the numbers song for the students in the
beginning of the lesson.
In my opinion I think that the lesson was successful because I achieved my learning goals and
the students understand it moreover I was able to deliver the information to the students in
an easy way and I used variety learning styles which helped me maintain the time and let the
students build the knowledge of the new number in a short time furthermore the students
were active with me and they did good work in the activities.

Tuesday: 28th October 2015 (English lesson Letter M)

On the 28th of October which was the last day of teaching practice I was supposed to teach
KG2 English for the second time and the lesson was about letter M but I did not get the
chance to teach them because the teacher was absent and she did not inform me . I planned
to start the lesson by showing the students the phonics and the letters songs then I wanted
to review letter F with the students and the sight words. I planned to start letter M lesson by
showing the students the go away big monster video to introduce the new words that start
with letter M. later on I wanted to do the first activity which was giving each student an
envelope that has different five flashcards with different words and pictures that start with
the letter (M). Every time I asked the students to show me a card I that represent the word I
said for example I said to the students show me (Mother) and they had to raise the mother
card, I planned to do this activity until I finish all of the flashcards and made sure that the
students memorized the new words. For letter M I wanted to show the students the letter M
song to make sure they know the letter. After that I planned to do the differentiation
activities, for the high-level students I planned to make them write letter M on the white
paper using the colorful sticks. For the medium level I wanted them to classify letter M from
the other letters, I planned to give each student an envelope that have different letters and
give them a paper that have two baskets, the first basket is for the letter M and the other
basket is for the other letters and I wanted to ask the students to glue the letter M on its
basket on the paper and glue the other letters on the other basket. The low level students I
planned to give them colorful sticks and white papers with letter M and I wanted to let the

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students design the letter. For the ending I wanted to sing the letter M song with the
students and review the new words with them.
English lessons Colors, Shapes and Letter S:
I planned three lessons for the English classes and those lessons were about colors, shapes
and letter S. For the colors I planned to teach the students col or red. First of all I will start
the lesson with the warm up activity which is like a small exercise for the students.
Afterward I will review the pervious lesson with the students. I will introduce the color red
for the students by showing them a video about the color and then will show the students
red objects. I will do the first activity in the circle but it will be individual, I will bring different
shapes with different colors and two baskets, one for the red shapes and one for the other
color shapes and I will ask the students to classify the red color from the other colors. After
the circle activity I will do the differentiation activities to check the students' understanding.
The second lesson I planned was about shapes and specifically about square. I will start the
lesson by letting the students stand up and make a circle, I will ask them to jump three times
then club their hands three times. I will review the previous lesson then I will show the
students a video about the square to introduce the lesson after that I will teach the students
square and how to draw it. For the circle activity I planned to let some of the students point
at square objects in the classroom and the other student will search for square objects in the
classroom bring it to in the circle to show it to their classmates. After the circle activity I
planned to do the differentiation activities then I will end the lesson by reviewing a little bit
with the students and make them draw the shape on the white board.
Letter S is the third lesson I planned to teach for KG2 students in the English class. Before I
start the lesson I will show the students the letters song and the phonics song then review
the sight words with the students after that I will make a revision for the previous lesson. I
will show the students cards that have pictures of the words that start with the letter (S) .
Then after I read the words for the students I will show them a video about letter S then I
will play letter S phoneme song. After letting the students hear the sons I will write letter S
on the white board and ask the student to write it on the floor. The circle activity will be in a
group because I will ask all of the students to stand up and form letter S together. After that
I will do the differentiation activities then I will end the lesson by reviewing the new words
with the students.

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References
Social Development Theory (Vygotsky). (2014, June). Retrieved October 25, 2015, from
learning-theories.com: http://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learningtheory.html