Day 6 - Monday 13th, March 2017

Transitions
In the table below:
List the function of the transitions that you observe during the
lesson (see Table 3 for examples)
Identify strategies used by the teacher to facilitate transitions
Comment on these strategies in terms of promoting positive
behavior and minimizing the incidence of challenging behavior

Type and function Strategies used Efficacy of the Suggestions for

of transitions to facilitate strategy in terms further
transitions of promoting development
positive behavior
and minimizing
challenging
behavior
1. Moving from The teacher The children seem The teacher could
the seating assigns each group very well trained, ask the students
area to the of students to a in a sense that which corner they
centers. center. they know where would like to go,
to go, and what to instead of
do. Therefore, assigning it to
there arent many them.
challenges with
this transition.

2. Moving from The teacher sings The song lets the I think the teacher
the centers a song to kids know its time deals with this
to the encourage the to clean up, and go transition in an
seating children to clean back to the effective way
area. up, and go back to teacher, and pay already.
the seating place. attention.
Sometimes, the
children are
distracted by the
games, that they
forget they were in
the middle of
cleaning up, but
then the teacher
uses a countdown
to remind them.