Task 1:

Example Interview Questions

1- What diagnostic assessment has taken place this semester? The diagnostic test was
conducted in term 1.

2- When did this occur? It took place in term1.

3- What types of assessments were conducted? (written, oral, practical, etc.) Written
assessment.

4- Who developed these assessments? The top management.

5- Who conducted the assessments? (classroom teacher, Arabic teacher, classroom

assistant, etc.) ? Classroom teacher.

6- Were the assessments completed by students individually? Yes, it was completed

individually.

7- What information did you hope to get from the assessments? The main purpose is to
judge the mental abilities and skills of learners.

8- What decisions did you make based on the assessments? We differentiated on

learners into different categories as: support learners, average learners and extended
learners.

9- How did you group your students? (same/different academic levels, friendship
groups, similar interests, etc.)? Different academic level.

10- Do the groups change for different learning subjects/topics? Yes, do on the basic of
his/her performance.

11- What treatment plans you use for extended students? We use enrichment plans to
enhance their skills.

12- What best treatment plans you do for your support learners? We provide them
individual attention and extra worksheets.

Reflection 1:

Reflect on the interview and the information gained about diagnostic assessment
from your MST. Consider how/why you would implement diagnostic assessment in a
UAE primary classroom in the future. Explain how this practice will affect student
learning in a primary class.
This diagnostic

Diagnostic assessment is important for teachers because it depends on the different levels
of the students. So, it make the teacher know the level of each student and help her to
develop the student skills by give her/his worksheet from easy too hard to improve their
skills.
 Name/Description Give the When and where Aim of the routine How did/do the
of the routine. instructions that the routine is students learn
the routine uses used? (what student about this routine?
behaviour it hopes to How is the routine
(e.g. at the end of achieve) reinforced?
the school day etc.;
or to guide (e.g. mentoring;
presentations after classroom signs;
group work) reminders by the
teacher; use of peer
interaction by the
teacher to promote
such behaviour etc.)
1 Write the date She ask the students This routine have That to know how to They always say the
and the day on about the date and used in the write the days and days clearly also how
the board the day and she classroom before we the date. Also, how to to say the dates in
choose one girl to start the lesson and say it clearly. English.
answer, then she then to wrote it in
wrote it on the their books.
board.
2 Write the After she wrote the This routine also in The students will The students taught
objective on the name of the lesson, the classroom when remember the to follow the
board she wrote the the teacher want objective until the objective and they
objective on the the student to know end of the class. will learn only this
board and then let what the objective thing today.
the students repeat it for the lesson.
with her.
3 Make brain storm She draw a sky and In the classroom Will engage the The students learn
before start new wrote the name on when the teacher students about the new things about the
lesson the lesson on it, then want to take the lesson and refresh topic and take idea
she ask the students knowledge of the their knowledge. about what they take.
some questions students and what
about the lesson and they know about
wrote it in the sky. this topic.

4 Make exercise She let the student This routine the The students will fell They have to move
every morning in stand and close their teacher used in the engage and make their body to give
the classroom eyes then she tell classroom to give them energy in the them energy.
them to breathe them energy before morning class.
slowly and then ask start the lesson.
them, are you ready
and they say yes we
are.
5 Make two lines 1 In the break time or if This routine is used To know that they The students learn to
for girls and 1 for they have to go out for out the have to be committed be committed in
boys separately of the class, the classroom when when they have to go making line and they
before going out teacher tell the girls they have break and together. have to know that the
come first and make they have to go to boys in line and girls
the classroom
a line then she tell the playground and in line.
the boys to come and also when they go
make line to be the the library room.
line committed.
 Task 2:

Activity Two: Planning for/Developing Routines and Procedures

Class/Year Routine Routine Routine

Learning Objective of the Say "eyes on" they Using flash cards for the Walk around the group
routine/procedure complete Ms Meera. class to learn them the and correct the books.
(what it hopes to achieve) To draw attention rules To know there mistakes

Anecdotal Evidence
(e.g. pictures of your class
during the routine; posters of
rules etc.)

Place in today’s class (when will
you perform the routine)
Importance to the smooth
functioning of today’s class
How well did this routine work
in today’s class
If you had to teach this class
over, how would you adjust this
routine and why
When they have to For the whole class.
listen for the teacher.
To listen for the To focus on the teacher
teacher and look at and following the rules
her.
It let the student to It let the students to be
focus on the teacher committed and respect
the flash cards that
teacher use.
I will use flash cards. I will let them sing short
song about each flash
card to be engage.
During activity time.
To correct their
mistakes.
It let the students to
know their mistakes
and ask the teacher
about the right answer.
I will choose one
students to right the all
right answer on the
board to help the
students.

Reflection 2:
Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school. Reflect on these and
consider why you could implement these in a UAE primary classroom in the future.
Explain how these practices will affect student learning in a primary class.
The 3 best practices that I observed in the school was being on time in the class and I sow
all the teacher being in the class on time and finish on time. Also, manage the classroom
with two different gender is easy for the teacher but hard for us and the last thing is the
relationship of all the teachers that they help each other whenever they want anything
they gave other and this thing is very important for the teachers.
Task 3:
Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school. Reflect on these and
consider why you could implement these in a UAE primary classroom in the future.
Explain how these practices will affect student learning and reading levels in a primary
class.
There are a lot of things that I earn from my MST. But, there are 3 best practices that I love
her way to how she teach the students with using flashcards for everything and it make the
students love the lesson. Also, how she organize her time for the lesson and activity by using
timer to make the students engage. The last thing is she use her rules like a flashcards that
when she want anything she raise the flash card.

Describe the classroom environment.

There are a lot of things in the classroom that the teacher put which is star chat for their
behavior. Also, she have put all the classroom rules on the wall. For the reading stories there
was corner for reading. And she put all the students work in the class when they have any
special work with the school.

Reading corner. Classroom rules Star chart

Consider how the class is a print rich environment. What print can you see around the room?
(labels, captions, flashcards, headings, rules, instructions, timetable, flash cards, etc) For
each one you mention insert pictures and state the purpose of each one.

In the classroom environment I sow flashcards and rules. Flash card was for the activity or if the teacher want
to say something she only raise the cars. For the rules there was on the wall and the teacher always remember
the students about it.

Is there a variety of books and genres in the class? Mention some. How are they displayed?

There was some books in the reading corner about stories and the students who finish the activities that the
teacher gave them they went to the reading corner and read the story or sometime they shared the story
together.

Describe the reading area in your classroom.

In my classroom there are reading corner and it's all about stories and letters and some toys and dolls that
the student enjoy reading with this toys. So, some students like to read books or stories, the teacher give
them chance to read if they finish their works.

Does the teacher read to the children? How often? How does she motivate them to read?

Actually if they have two English lesson in one day, the first class they learn English and second class they
learn moral education and it about UAE in the past stories. So, when they have moral education the teacher
read the story aloud then let the students read in the part. This help them to improve their reading skills and
let them read clearly.
 Describe the reading approaches have you observed? Where do the
children sit? How does the teacher encourage participation?

Read aloud Shared reading Guided reading Independent reading

The teacher read

the story aloud for The teacher let the
the students when students to read the
they have moral story individual in
education and its all parts. So, in each group,
about the past each student read line
stories in the UAE. or two lines and the
And it was in the other students
classroom. So, all complete. This thing
students listen to make the students
the teacher and improve their reading
focus on their book. and help them to be
The teacher ask the more developing if they
students some read individual
question when she
read to know if they
focus and
understand the
story or not.
Consider how the teacher reminds children of any concepts of print when reading? (left-to-
right, top to bottom, punctuation, author, illustrator, etc)

When they were in reading corner. She tell them that they have to read from left to right because it's English
language. Also, when she read for them any story she show them the name of author and the name of illustrator.
So, when they read any story they know all things.

How does the teacher teach phonics and word attack skills to children? Describe a phonics
lesson you observed and mention how the children are scaffolded to recognise the word and
get the meaning.

When they have English lesson about phonic and they took "sh" and ch", she show them flashcard about sh and
ch and let each student gave here example about this two words. So, she gave them some words about sh and ch
by using song and flash card.

Ask your teacher about special reading events carried out in the school - e.g ‘Book Character
Day’, DEAR Time, Book Fairs, ‘Extreme Reading’ competitions etc.

They don’t have special reading events. They only read in the classroom.
Describe some types of writing activities or the method the teacher uses for writing – e.g
emergent writing, copy writing, dictations, etc
My MST always like to let the students write and care about the hand writing because some students don’t like to write but
she let them write everything to be easy for them in writing. So, she did for them 1 day in the week dictation about what
they took to be sure that they know how to write the words or not. Also, in their activity book they have pages about copy
writing.

Reflection 3:

Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school. Reflect on these and consider
why you could implement these in a UAE primary classroom in the future. Explain how these
practices will affect student learning and reading levels in a primary class.

The 3 best practices that I observed in the school was being on time in the class and I sow all the teacher being in the
class on time and finish on time. Also, manage the classroom with two different gender is easy for the teacher but hard
for us and the last thing is the relationship of all the teachers that they help each other whenever they want anything
they gave other and this thing is very important for the teachers.