Observation Report 3

In this opportunity, we will analyze a lesson at a thirsd grade.

Context: Me. Human activities. Topic: Toys.

Language practices: Greet each other; ask for information, sing, describe.

Tasks:

Lesson:  (50 minutes)

The teacher entered the room and greeted the students. After the teacher`s counting up to three, children started singing the Hello song:

“This is the way I say hello, say hello, say hello.

This is the way I say hello, I say hello to you”.

Teacher: What`s the weather like today? Is it rainy/ cloudy? (She used some pictures to make input comprehensible).

Children: No! It`s sunny.

And the teacher wrote the date and the weather condition on the board.

She asked the children to copy some news on their notebooks so that their parents could be informed.

“Familia: El próximo martes 6 realizaremos la pruebita de inglés. Por favor, ayudar a revisar nombres de los juguetes, materiales con que se fabrican, It´s here/ it isn`t here. Notif:”  

She continued to write an exercise on the board:

What are they made of? Guess: 1)     It`s a plane. It´s made of_____________. (d- o- o- w) 2)     It´s a robot. It´s made of _____________. (l- m- t- a- e) 3)     It´s a doll. It´s made of ______________. (b- f- i- a- r- c)

After completing the exercise, children took their notebooks to the teacher, who corrected them. (Teacher: “what color of pen do you want me to use when correcting your work?” Student: pink!).

ASSESSING LISTENING ACTIVITIES
1.       Prepared teacher talk	Yes
2.       Acts that reflect real-life listening	Yes
3.       Developmentally appropriate	Yes
4.       Techniques for comprehensible input	Yes
5.       Check comprehension with response types	No
6.       Active listening (LTG with a purpose)	Yes
7.       Guesswork strategies: ·         Prediction ·         Discourse markers ·         Background knowledge ·         Listening for the main idea ·         Listening for specific details ·         Listen for key words ·         Nonverbal cues ·         Guess unknown words	Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No
ASSESSING SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
1.       Build classroom routines	Yes
2.       Acts that reflect real-life speaking	Yes
3.       Developmentally appropriate (interactive and presentational)	Yes
4.       Classroom interaction: ·         Repetition ·         Question and Answer ·         Paraphrasing ·         Giving examples ·         Personalizing	Yes Yes No Yes No
5.       Active speaking (no corrective feedback)	No
6.       Negotiation strategies (in chunks)	No