Weekly Guidelines Practicum 4

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Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers

Focus: Differentiating centers based activities in the early childhood classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify how classroom centers can be

differentiated to meet all student levels (Mastery, Developing and Emerging)

Procedure: Photograph and document the centers based activities implemented in the
setting during the course of the day and identify the learning outcomes the activities
met

Table 1: Differentiating Centers

Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated Ability
(include photo): Learning Outcome: Levels:
(list only what you
consider to be the
primary goals)
The children are writing Mastery
number 1 to 5, - Cubes. Count. Count and match the
counting and match the - Worksheet. Match the cubes with cubes.
cubes according to the -Markers. numbers from 1 to 5. Write numbers 1 to 5.
number. Write number 1 to 5. Developing
Count and match the cubes
with numbers.

Emerging

Say the numbers in order.

Match cubes.
The children are make -Clay. -Write letter H Mastery:
letter H by using clay. - Piece of color capital a small. Make letter H capital and
paper. small.
-Develop the fine and Give some words start with
motor skills by using H sound.
their hand to make a
letter. Developing
Make letter Hh.
Say the sound of letter H.

Emerging:
Make letter H by tracing.

The children are set up - Abacus. -Build pattern

the cubes according to according to picture. Mastery:
the pattern shows in Creating pattern with 3 or 4
the picture. colors without copy the
pictures.

Developing
Copy the pattern picture to
set the cubs according to
the picture.

Create their own pattern

by use two colors.

Emerging:
Set the cubs according to
pattern picture that shows
in abacus.

Children are sorting -Cups to put the Sort the wild and sea
wild and sea animals by pictures. animals. Mastery:
sticking pictures of -Glue. Classify the wild and sea
animals in right side. -Pictures of wild animals.
and sea All most they know the
animals. name of sea and wild
-Poster sprit in animals.
two sides one Have background about
with blue color some animals.
for sea animals
and another Developing
side with brown Sort all most all animals.
color for wild Know some animals name.
animals.
Emerging:
Sort some animals.