AL Qarayen

29 students
Kindergarten

AL Qarayen

English
Arabic
16 Classes Math
6 KG 1 Science
6 KG 2
 Question #1
What did you enjoy most about your practicum?

One of the most fun things I

enjoyed doing was staying
with the kids in the restaurant
because at this point the
teacher could get close to the
students by talking
Question #2
What challenges did you face?

The most challenging thing that I

had at the beginning was to get
the attention of all the kids at the
same time and follow the class
path to achieve the class goals
 Question #3
What did you do to show your commitment to your job as a teacher in
the school?

I showed my commitment as a
teacher in school by respecting the
class time and arriving in time.
I attend each day I did my best to
show the MST that I care to the
students and I am excited to be
teaching them everyday and spend
the whole time with them.
Question #4
How did you collaborate with your MST and other teachers in the
school?

I collaborate with my MST by helping

her with the activity while its the
activity time, and I helped her doing
the transition between the classes
and the breakfast time also when it
is the Play yard time.
 Question #5
Describe a typical day in your school.

TRIP
 Question #6
Talk about the process of planning for lessons. How did your MST go
about this? How did you plan for your first lesson? What did you learn
about planning during the practicum?

My MST wasn’t having much time

to set with me and discuss about
my first lesson, she was busy, and I
tried to ask her about what’s our
unit about, so I know what I must
teach. She answered me teach
them about insects and she did
mention that she want me to do a
video that includes multiplicity of
insects.

I learned about how to provide videos ,

pictures, games that help me to teach the
students
 Question #7
What challenges did you face when preparing your lesson plans?

The challenges that I face it when I

prepare for the lesson plan is the
information will transfer easy to the
students.
Also do I have to provide a video or
making an activities for help them to
understand the lesson.
 Question #8
Explain how you planned for teaching speaking and listening.

Speaking: By repeating the word or the

sentence and write it down many times

listening: By knowing the letters for

the word and how to pronounce it
well.
 Question #9
Describe how effectively you managed the transitions between
activities. What strategies worked you?

I did the transitions by using the

groups flash card and it was very
helpful because the students will only
search for their pictures and then go
strait to the corner, I asked them to.
 Question #10
Which were the most effective strategies you observed your MST using
in the classroom?

the secret BOX Strategies I think

because it help the students to think
and try to discover what is inside the
Box ?
also it help everyone to get involved
in the lesson
because students like secrets things
Question #11
Talk about one negative and one positive experience you had in
attempting to manage negative behaviour in the classroom.

Negative: their was a student who

don’t listen to the teacher while
she's teaching I talked to him and
he didn’t listen to me he showed
me his back and walk.
Positive: I took him in front of the
class and asked them what do you
all think about your friend and they
gave me a negative answers about
him. He felt like why I don’t try to
be like my friends.
 Question #12
What strategies did you employ to teach
speaking /listening activities to 2L learners?
What do you have to take into consideration
when teaching 2L learners speaking/listening
activities? (Discuss the theories of
Behaviorism, Innatism and Interactionist.
Present 2 lesson plans that evidence this).

Raising hands before answering

Sharing information on the mat with friends
Being quite to have more chance to answer the question
Question #13
Describe what assessment instruments you saw your MST using when
assessing the students. What assessment instruments did you use to
help assess student learning?

Everyday the MST put coins to the

students for there behave. At the
end of the week she give them a
real coins On the number of coins
that they collected during the
week
Question #14
Why do you think it’s important to be well organized when in the
school?

For not accumulating tasks

To have free time for the kids
 Question #15
Have your organisation and planning skills improved? Yes - in what way?
No - what steps can you take to improve in this area?

Yes – starting and finishing on time

Not to be nervous while teaching

Question #16
Based on the comments of your MST and your own personal reflections
in this setting, what would you say have been your particular strengths
and what you feel needs further development in subsequent TPs?

My strengths are that I can handle the

kids and control all the students as well
I can manage the whole class alone.

What I must develop is the way I teach I

think I should bring materials I should
focus on how I can Deliver information
to children in new ways such as the
attention of real tools, visual things.
 Question #17
How do you think that your own perspectives on teaching and learning
have changed this semester?

I think that in this chapter I learned

a lot of things and things have
changed from my perspective. I
have come to believe that
education will be very easy for the
teacher if he has organized all his
times
 Question #18
What do you think are important things to study at college to ensure
that you are well prepared for TP?

The way to deal with children

How to understand students by
behaviors
suitable Activities for kindergarten
children
 Question #19
How effectively do you think you communicated with your MST
throughout the placement?

I was communicated with my MST

in WhatsApp program

In the class and out side

Also in the assembly Moring.
Question #20
Did you face any problems or challenges in dealing with _____________ and how did you manage these?
Refer to one of following:
MST
Other staff
Administration
Students

I faced 1 problem and I didn’t face

any like this problem before for
sure.
Which is that my MST wasn’t that
good to me she compares me to my
classmate next door which it is bad
thing to do.
 Question #21
Is there anything that you would change next semester to ensure this
didn’t occur again?

I would like to improve my teaching

way.
i would like to not make any room
for the MST to criticize me next time.
 Question #22
Choose one task that you found interesting and tell about it. What did
you learn from doing this task?

Task 2 Because in this task I can

describe the children and know
them very well what do they
prefer what do they like to do
How they act in the class
Question #23
Refer to one artefact / other task / journal you found interesting and tell
about it.
 Question #24
Portfolio-Assessment Criteria to be completed post interview.

http://amani-rashid.weebly.com
 Question #25
Are there any other comments you would like to make or ask with
regards to this teaching practice.

i don’t have any other comments

Except that I really enjoyed being
teaching in al Garayen kindergarten
even if the MST was hard to satisfy
but all I care about is the students.