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:

Reviewing some letters and their The children sing the with the
sounds. teacher the alphabet song and
do the actions.

The teacher uses a teddy bear and his The children welcoming the When the teacher uses the teddy
name is "Phoneme frame" teddy bear. bear the students recognize that
they will learn new letter and
The "Phoneme frame" starts to review The children say what they see sound.
the sound of the last week by showing in these pictures. Then they
the children the pictures that they learnt listen to the story.
it, then he will starts telling a story of
the new sound.

Sometimes the teddy bear "Phoneme The children listen to the story.
frame" starts shows the children the
pictures that start with the new sound,
but before that he asks a question for
the children to guess first which is the
new word that starts with the new
sound. Sometimes he starts telling the
story then he displays the pictures.

At the end of telling the story, the The children repeat with the
teacher ask the children what is the new teacher the name and the sound
sound, then she shows them the of the letter
uppercase and the lower case of the
letter. The teacher says the mummy is
…..(name of the letter), and the baby is
…..(sound of the letter).
Hearing the Sound in the initial position:

The teacher gives to the children a The child who has the This is a good idea to engage the
plastic microphone, she says the sound microphone repeat the sound of children to love learning.
of the letter for example, the sound of the letter after the teacher.
the letter "W"
Words: window, warm, whale, watch,
watermelon, wheel.

The teacher shows the children again The children say what they see
the pictures that start with the letter "W" in these pictures by using the
microphone.

Introducing the Writing of the Sound:

The teacher says: "fingers up", then she The children listen to the These activities they do it in the
says the direction for how to write the teacher’s instruction and follow circle time.
letter. Then she says the sound of the the direction with the teacher.
letter. Then they repeat after the
teacher the sound of the letter.

Then she puts her fingers on the mat The children follow the
and she writes the letter. Then she says direction. Then they repeat after
the sound of the letter. the teacher the sound of the
letter.

Practicing Writing the Sound:

The teacher explains the activities. The children go and do the The activities:
activities.
1- Use the cubes to make the
letter.

2- In the art corner they will

make a snowman by using the
plates (to imagine that they are
in the winter), then they will
write the word "winter" in one
plate and the other plate they
will write their names.

3- In the reading corner they will

search the letter "W" in the story
(Report Weather)
Reflections on Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

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

MST does not use any program because the school is very old and there is no internet,
but there is a CD or DVD that the students can use it, and it is about the letters there are
many games on it such as matching the pictures with the letters, and pop the balloon that has
the require letter, etc. However, the students prefer to do the activities on other centers more
than the computer center because they don’t know how to use the mouse of the computer. If
they want to use the technology they use the iPad, they can open the painter and write the
letter, but most of them when they use it they listen to the Arabic music and this program for
the Arabic subject.

MST use a teddy bear to teach the students the phonics, and his name is ‘phoneme
frame’. She uses it to tell them a story about the new sound that they will learn it, the
students should focus with the teacher to recognize the new sound from the story.

2. How is phonics taught in your school?

The phonics taught in my school that MST use her teddy bear to tell them a story that has some
words started with this letter, after that the teacher ask them what was the new sound? The students
start to guess, if nobody knows the answer then she tells them the new sound.

3. What was the focus of the lesson?

The focus of the lesson was mostly the sound of the letter, then the words that start with this
letter.
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 active engagement activities that the teacher used are using the
teddy bear to tell them a story about the letter, after they realized
the letter and the sound of it the teacher and the students trace the
letter on the air three to five times and then they trace it on the
mat.

b. What could active engagement activities the teacher has used to help learners
b e t t e r understand the lesson?

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.
The different types of learning center activities that the students did are
making the letter on the sand, and make it by using the cubes and 3D
shape, also they do some craft about the letter in the art corner, in the
reading corner they can read a story and search the letter that they
learned.

b) Describe two (2) learning center activities that the teacher could
have used to help reinforce the learning outcome.