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Observation Task 2: Teaching A Phonics Lesson

The teacher taught a phonics lesson on the sound "a" to students. She introduced the sound through showing a flashcard and singing a song with actions. Students practiced saying words starting with "a" and writing the letter. They worked in groups on activities like writing "a" on whiteboards, making the sound with playdough, and matching pictures to flashcards. The lesson focused on pronouncing and writing the sound correctly. Students were engaged through the different interactive centers that reinforced learning the objective of the phonics lesson.

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Observation Task 2: Teaching A Phonics Lesson

The teacher taught a phonics lesson on the sound "a" to students. She introduced the sound through showing a flashcard and singing a song with actions. Students practiced saying words starting with "a" and writing the letter. They worked in groups on activities like writing "a" on whiteboards, making the sound with playdough, and matching pictures to flashcards. The lesson focused on pronouncing and writing the sound correctly. Students were engaged through the different interactive centers that reinforced learning the objective of the phonics lesson.

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Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson


The Structure of the Lesson
What the teacher does What the children do Comments
Introducing the Sound:

- When the students saw the This way of introduction


- The teacher showed students an
apple picture they said encouraged students to learn
apple flashcard with saying the
apple. more, and the singing
sound (a).
technique was enjoyable for
them.
- She sings a song about the sound - Students tried to sing with
(a) and doing the action with her the teacher the sound (a) Further, the action of the
hand that refer to the sound (a) to song with applying the action sound was an effective
students know and remember the that the teacher did it with method to students learn best
sound through the action. their hand. because if they forget the
sound (a), the teacher will
make the action of this sound
and they will remember the
sound.

Hearing the Sound in the initial position:

- Then, the teacher said the sound (a) -Students repeat the sound (a)
several times in order to students after the teacher. This strategy of repetition
repeat after her. worked well and it gave the
students an opportunity to
- The teacher asked the students -Students said many words learn the sound (a) easily.
which words that start with the that start with the sound (a),
sound (a)? like, apple, ant. Moreover, the pictures
strategy attracted students
- Afterward, she showed them -Students answered the attention and they
several flashcards that has pictures teacher by telling her the concentrated with their
starts with the sound (a) and she pictures name and with teacher and they were
asked them what is this? with which which letter they are start. answering the question when
sound this picture start?. the teacher asked them.

- The teacher asked students whose - Students tried to find out


name start with the sound (a)?. students names which start with
the sound (a).
- After that, the teacher said students -Students response the
names one by one with saying the teacher through saying other
sound (a) three times before saying students names with apply
students names. For example, a a a saying the sound (a) before
Mohammad, a a a Ahmad. Then, she their names.
asked students is his name start with
the sound (a)? and she kept going by
saying students names to take a
response from the students.

Introducing the Writing of the Sound:

-The teacher explains how to write


the sound (a) in correct way.

-She created four lines and she said:


1- Start from the third line
2- Draw a small circle
3- Put a small tick on the right side
from down.

-The teacher repeated doing this and


she asked some students to come on
the board and write the sound (a).

-She asked the students to write the


letter (a) in the air using their fingers
and then write it into the ground.

Practicing Writing the Sound:


This method of working in
-The teacher separated students to
-Students went quietly to groups was successful
their groups to apply the activities of
their groups. because it supported the
the sound (a).
teacher to deliver the exact
-Students placed in front of lesson to the students and it
-She selected a group to sit in the
them the white board with helped the students also to
writing area and write the sound (a)
the marker and they started
in a small white board following the to write the sound (a) using receive the concept of the
three steps of the writing the sound the three steps. lesson in encouraging way.
(a) that she gave them. On top of that, these activities
were the essential mean to
-In the art center, she gave them a -Students created the sound students learn a sound and
playdough to create the sound (a) (a) using playdough. interaction with it.
using it.

-Other group was matching the -In this activity, students


pictures which start with the sound matched the pictures with the
(a) with flashcards that written on it correct sound.
the sound (a).

-After they finished their activities, -They were excited and they
the teacher started to points on the answered the teacher by
pictures or materials that is in the saying the sound (a) with the
classroom which start with the materials names which the
sound (a) and she asked the students teacher had point them.
to say the name of the picture or
material.
Reflections on Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

1. What program is used in your school to teach phonics?


The teacher used a repetition strategy to teach students phonics, for example, t t t
tiger, a a a ant and p p p popcorn.

2. How is phonics taught in your school?


The phonics taught in my school through singing a song and applying
the activities with practising the phonics by saying them during doing
the activities.

3. What was the focus of the lesson?


It was in the teaching the students how to pronounce the sounds (a) in a correct way and
how to write it with following the three steps.

4. Were the learners engaged in the phonics lesson? If they were, select (a); if they were not,
select (b).

a. Describe the different types of active engagement activities that the


teacher used.
The first activity was giving the students a small white board to write the
sound (a), the second activity was about creating the sound (a) using
playdough and the last activity was matching the pictures with the sound (a).

5. What types of activities did the children participate in during their independent centers that reinforced
the lesson objective/learning outcome? If they participated in learning centers, select (a); if they
did not, select (b)
a) Describe the different types of learning center activities that the
students did.
They went to the art and writing centre to apply writing th e sound
(a) by using different materials.

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