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Task 2: Managing Learning

CLO 3: Choose, justify and reflect on the selection of appropriate routines and
explain practical aspects of their implementation.
Reflect on how routines can impact classroom environment (pacing,
preventive CRM, student engagement)
Choose and justify the selection of appropriate routines (entering/leaving
the class, transitions, submitting work, resource distribution) in a range
of contexts (ages, gender, class size, school context, class dynamics,
parental support)
Explain practical aspects of implementation (clear instructions
consistency)

TASK DESCRIPTION
The task is made up of two activities:
Activity 1: Observing Classroom Routines and Procedures
Activity 2: Planning for/Developing Routines and Procedures
You are to complete BOTH Activity 1 AND Activity 2.

Activity One: Observing Classroom Routines and Procedures

Though there are many routines and procedures all over the school such as
returning from assembly or walking in the hallways, this task focuses on what
happens inside of your classroom only.
During the first week of your teaching practice observe your MST and her/his
classroom. Make a note of five (5) routines that you see her/him use every day
inside of the classroom. Fill in the table below to describe EACH routine; when
and where it is used; and what is the aim of the routine or the student behavior
that it hopes to achieve.
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Name/Descrip Give the When and Aim of the How did/do t

tion of the instructions that where the routine about this ro
routine. the routine use s routine is How is the ro
used? (what student
behaviour it hopes (e.g. mentorin
(e.g. at the to achieve) reminders by t
end of the interaction by
school day such behaviou
etc.; or to
guide
presentations
after group
work)
1 morning greet The teacher stand she used this The aim of this The teacher te
up next to the door routine in the routine that will students like le
and she welcome morning at create a good do every day a
the students in the beginning of relationship routine for exa
morning by saying the day when between the didn't welcom
for them Good the students students and where Ms. Yara
morning my hero come to the teacher also the
students and my school students how
princess and she come to school
give them a hug and they feel sad
and " give me five " that make then
better and make
them love the
teacher.
2 Line up to the The teacher She uses this The aim of this The students b
morning standing in front of routine in the routine that let the teacher so som
assembly the door and she morning after students be the teacher re
say by loud voice the morning organization and steps. Let the
boy leader stand up greet. be on the time to can be organiz
on my left side and go to the morning role for the stu
the girl's leader assembly to lets
stands up on my the students in
right side so she good behavior.
says boy push the
chair and stand up
behind the leader
then girls push up
the chairs and
stand up behind the
leader. So the both
of the leaders make
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sure the students in

their place and
quite.

3 Attendance each day after She uses this The aim of this The teacher te
morning assembly routine at the routine that makes routine by way
the teacher choose beginning of sure all the instructions an
the student that will the first class. students in the teacher if forg
help the teacher to classroom and if who is an atte
take the attendance there are some should change
so she let the students absent motivate stude
student bring the they tell to the job or task.
attendance book administration to
and she let the let them call to
student count the their parents.
students then if
they some missing
students she let the
student find the
students name and
the teacher wait for
five minutes if there
are students
coming or now so if
happen any change
in the attendance
she let the student
that she choose it
the beginning to
change the
attendance.
4 English class The teacher let the She uses this The aim of this The teacher te
students sit on the routine at the routine that students like le
carpet and she start beginning of develops the does every da
to chatting with the English student's skills routine and th
them about what class. and develops the
they do yesterday student's
and about their day relationship
so then she put a between the
picture and they students and
chat with the teacher.
students about
what they see in
the picture than
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after the discussion

they move to their
table center so the
take their writing
notebook and start
writing sentence
and paragraph
about the picture
and she make sure
they write the date,
name and the title.
She makes this
every day.
5 Line up to go to The teacher will She used this The aim of the The students l
other class and countdown in the routine in the routine at let the repeated more
other teacher. last five minutes of last five students be reminds them
the lesson to let the minutes in the organization and do it the teach
students change lesson. be on the time for more to play o
the book and take the next lesson
out the book for and to not wasting
next class and clean the time.
up then the
students make
lineup if they have
a sport or
something but if
they have Arabic
after cleaning they
will have a seat.
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Activity Two: Planning for/Developing Routines and Procedures

Plan the routines for one of your classes. The activity expects that you will
teach the class. It may be a class that you teach for an observation by your
MST/MCT or just a practice class that you teach with the permission of your
MST. The lesson can be incorporated as one of your formal observations if
your MST/MCT decides. In order to complete the activity you are required
(whether the lesson is one of your formal observations or not) to fill in and
submit the planning sheet below.
Before you begin to complete the table talk a little bit about the class/lesson
in which this plan for routines is to be used. Include:

Lesson objectives
Main activities in the lesson
Grouping of students during each main activity
Behaviour expected during each activity (e.g. sharing resources;
changing stations; presenting)
Where are the transitions in the lesson? What are they: (e.g. moving
from plenary to group work between main activity one and main
activity two)

Class/Year Routine Routine Routine

Reward system Classroom rules Circle time

Learning Objective of the I do this routine of I do this routine of I do this routine of
routine/procedure reward system to classroom rules to be circle time and I
(what it hopes to achieve) encourage and able to control on the do share reading
motivate the students and let to develop the
students. them in the correct students reading
way. skills.
Anecdotal Evidence
(e.g. pictures of your class
during the routine; posters
of rules etc.)
Place in todays class (when I used the reward I used the classroom I used the circle
will you perform the routine) system at the rules at the beginning time in each
beginning of each of each lesson to reading class and
lesson to remind then what I do share
motivate them to they should do in my reading.
be quite so I used class.
for all my lesson.
Importance to the smooth The reward The classroom rules The circle time
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functi oning of todays class system let me let me manage the let me be close
control in the classroom so if the with the students
students for students make and that will
example that misbehaving in the develop the
happen with me classroom I will let reading when
during the the students read the they will read with
practicum the rule or I will remind the teacher and
special need them to be a good in develop the
students that my classroom and speaking skills
called Aisha she this what I do in my when they will
is so naughty so I lesson. start to discuss
use my reward with the teacher
system to let be a and that what in
good behavior do in my reading
and she responds lesson.
to my request
and she was a
good.
How well did this routine The reward The classroom rules The circle time
work in todays class system routine is little went well and went well and
going well and help me to control in help me to make
help me to control the students. a good
in the students. relationship
between the
students.
If you had to teach this class I will use it again I will not use my I would use the
over, how would you adjust but I will do my strategy for the circle time in the
this routine and why reward system classroom rules I future but I will
more visual for would use the MST develop my skills
the students and I classroom rules and I and I will use a
will use another suggest to myself in new strategy.
strategy for the the future or in the
reward that I take second practicum I
it from the will let the students
teacher. put the classroom
rules.
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After the Task - Reflection

Choose 3 best practices you observed during your time in school. Reflect on
these and consider why you could implement these in a UAE primary
classroom in the future. Explain how these practices will affect student
learning in a primary class.

When I observed the classroom I notice three important things, the first thing is that
with each teacher in the class assistant teacher so that will help the teacher to see
all the children so she will be monitoring the students while the teacher teaching
and she prepare all the material and resources. The second thing that I observed
how they take care of the special needs students and give them special activity and
special care so in my classroom is one student that special needs that called Aisha
every day they meeting with their parents and they have a teacher that observed
Aisha for four weeks. The third thing I observed that how the teacher takes care of
the students and if someone sick and he or she cough she take them to nurse and if
someone cries she go and talk with them until to be happy.