Observation Task 3: Observing a teacher during a Maths Lesson

Objective: To Identify the odd and even numbers

Strategies: 1. Explain the lesson on the board. 2. Solve questions/ activities on the book. 3.
Learn by play. 4. Group work and brain storming. 5. Use fingers and cubes to learn more. 6.
Solve an activity worksheet paper as partner.

During the Observation

Complete the Table and make notes in the appropriate column on:
How the teacher engages students
How the concept is presented
How much of the lesson is teacher talking time
How much group work is used
What manipulatives were used and their purpose
Title of Math Lesson : To identify odd and even numbers Grade: 2/1
Objective(s): Let students know the difference between odd and even numbers

Template For Task 3 Observing a Maths Lesson

Teacher
Ti (activity and
Student (activity and actual language Manipulatives
Activity m Interaction actual Purpose / objective of the activity
used)
language
e
used)

1. Use cubes 10 The students were The teacher Each student started the The purpose of the activity is to

to count minutes interacting and gave a clear activity and ended it in an let students depend on

and identify engaged while using explanation to organized way. themselves while counting and

if the the cubes and counting the students using cubes. Also, to let them

number is and modelled identify different kinds of

odd or even the activity in Language used : Arabic numbers and understand the

front of them. lesson well.

Language

used: Arabic.

2. The teacher handed 15 Language Language used: Arabic To make the students differentiate

out a worksheet that
minutes
has a flower picture
and numbers on the
The students loved the activity used: between the odd and even numbers.
because they had to use Arabic
colour pencils. They also

leaves, where students worked in pairs, which made

had to use two colours, them cooperate together.

and each colour shows
which number is odd
and which are even.
After the Observation:
1. What was the objective of the lesson? The objective of the lesson was to introduce
the odd and even numbers to the students and make them identify between
them.

2. Was the objective achieved? Yes, the objective was achieved. However; some of
the students did not fully identify between the numbers.

3. How was the concept introduced? The teacher first introduced the lesson while the
books where closed by using the white board. Then, made some students
answer her questions and come to the board to solve the questions. After, she
told the students to solve some questions on the book using cubes. At the end
of the lesson, as an assessment, the teacher handed out a worksheet for students
to solve in class.

4. How much teaching was done in L1? The whole teaching lesson was done in L1,
because they take math in Arabic.

5. Why do you think the teachers used L1? Because their curriculum is in Arabic.

6. Did the teacher use manipulatives? What were the purpose of these?

7. Were there any other resources/materials used to deliver the lesson? Yes, there were
resources/ materials used. Such as, cubes, white board, projector, worksheets
and books.

8. What strategies/method did she use to teach the concept? The teacher first
introduced the lesson while the books where closed by using the white board.
Then, made some students answer her questions and come to the board to solve
the questions. After, she told the students to solve some questions on the book
using cubes. At the end of the lesson, as an assessment, the teacher handed out
a worksheet for students to solve in class.

9. Did teacher do whole-class teaching or group work? She did both, whole-class
teaching and group work.

10.When did she work with the whole class? Why? When she introduced the lesson
and asked questions.
11. How much of the lesson were the students using the book? 15 minutes of the lesson