Last reflection (Science lesson)

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 is my fourteenth day in the Mohmmad bin Khalifa School; in this day my teacher was back to the school, she was sick for three days. I prepared to explain lesson for the children in Science, the lesson was about (water cycle).

 In the period 3 at 9:00 am, I give a lesson to Grade 4 (C) with 27 student; I just have one student absent in that day. I began my lesson by reminding the boys about classroom rules as I did before, to gain their attention and kept them quietly.

At the beginning of the lesson, I showed the children a video about water cycle. After the video finished, I explained to them by using drawings on the board.

First activity, I let them draw a water cycle on their own in the white Paper, to see if they remember what I explained or not and they did a good job with very beautiful drawings. I work in the classroom and I let the children do this activity individually.

The last activity, I let them discuss in the group about the water cycle and I choose one of each group to tell me in English how things happen in the water cycle. Moreover, the one who says correctly I give him a prize. I work in the classroom and I let the children do this activity as group.

I spoke in English throughout the lesson, even when the kids did not understand some part of the lesson I repeat it again by using simpler words in English.

I also give the same lesson with same topic to the grade (4D) with 26 student in the period 6  at 11:35 pm, and i just have one student absent because he had an accident. That was a good and a great experience for me.

I used the same strategies that I used before in my lessons with the boys.I took it from my MST Ms. Sandra.

The first strategies, I write the word (PLAY) in the whiteboard and when the boys do their best work quaintly, I circle one letter until I circle the letter (Y) than I let them to play outside with ball for five minutes. This is to encourage them to do their best.

In addition, I used with them the Red and yellow dots as warning, the yellow dot is first warning and the red one is the second warning. This strategy to be able to control the calm in the classroom and the children and to warn the student if he did annoyed and makes the others keep quiet to don’t get a warning as well.

My materials

During the explanation

My boys during the activity

My boys  work 

My Strategies