Assignment 3 (Week 2)

Week 2: Observation of Teaching and Other Classroom Activities

Objective: The purpose of these school-based activities is to get yourself familiar with the
school community by getting to know your classroom, your students, and different teaching
styles and activities performed by your cooperating teacher.

Note: Check Lists (for Cooperating Teacher) for below activities are attached with this
assignment.

1. Find following observation forms and fill them accordingly;

o Observation of Classroom Layout/Set-up

o Observation of Classroom Teaching
o Observation of Classroom Activity/Group work
o Cooperating Teacher checklist for Student-teacher

2. Fill and upload all observation forms on LMS in soft form against assignment no 3.

3. A separate sheet for cooperating teacher is also available containing list of all activities
you will perform at school in second week, take print and get it signed by your
cooperating teacher at the end of week and upload scanned copy with this document.
 VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

M.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road Off Raiwind Road, Lahore

Website: www.vu.edu.pk

Week 2: Observation of Cooperating Teacher

Observation of Cooperating Teacher and Classroom activities provide you an opportunity to learn how
your Cooperating Teacher engages with the students and carries out the teaching process. These
observations also help you to familiarize with the classroom layout, delivery of a lesson, giving
instructions, planning homework, and how to evaluate students.

Activity 1: Observation of Classroom Layout/Set-up

The purpose of this activity is to gather information on how a teacher uses the space in the classroom and
ensures that all the students are engaged.

Task: Sketch the sitting arrangement of the classroom (blackboard, students’ desk and chairs, teacher’s
desk, door etc.)

Example:
Observe these examples of classroom sitting arrangement and sketch the layout of the classroom you are
observing.

Teacher’s desk and board

Reflection: Based on your observation of classroom layout, answer the following questions.
1. How this seating plan was helpful in involving all students in lesson?

2. Did the seating plan facilitate group work during any activity? (where applicable)

3. What changes would you like to make in this classroom seating plan?
 Activity 2: Observation of Classroom Teaching

The purpose of this activity is to observe how a teacher has planned lesson and his/her teaching styles
while conducting the lesson plan (discuss with your cooperating teacher about this activity and request
him/her to provide lesson plan before the start of the class). This activity has two parts. In 1st part you will
observe the teacher in classroom and reflect on it. In 2nd part you will prepare your own lesson plan based
on your observation.

Part 1: Review of Lesson Plan (If available)

Review the Lesson plan according to the format given below.

Cooperating Teacher: _________________________ class: ___________subject: ______________

Topic: ___________________________________ subtopics (if any):_________________________

Note: Give your comments on the lesson plan.

Elements Yes, Comment (if any)

No
The lesson plan has all the elements according to the
model lesson plan/format (provided to you)
General Objectives/ specific objectives are clearly stated

Objectives are in behavioral form (using Blooms’ or

SOLO) taxonomy

Methodology is clear and relevant to the topic Methods used:

AV aids/ Materials/ Resources to teach this particular

lesson/topic are mentioned
Activity/ Group work is planned (where applicable)
Worksheet is available/ready (if required any)
Learning sequence/ Procedure is present e.g. checking
prior knowledge, introduction, explanation, activity,
homework
Feedback of students (questioning/answering)
Homework is mentioned/given
If lesson plan is not available discuss with cooperating teacher how he/she has planned the lesson
before its starts and briefly explain the content in your own words.

Reflection: Reflect how successfully teacher has delivered the lesson.

1. Did the teacher check the prior knowledge of the students about topic? (give example)

2. Did the teacher respond to students’ questions during the lesson? Were the questions relevant to
the topic?
3. What strategies teacher mentioned in lesson plan to motivate students?

4. Which aspects of this lesson plan needs to be reviewed again and why?

5. How the teacher prepared black board e.g. writing date, topic name, and classwork? Is the
blackboard work clear/neat/understandable?

6. How did the teacher prepare students’ Homework task? Was the homework relevant with the
objectives of the topic?
 7. Observe the notebook of any two students to see if those are properly checked or not?

8. How was the teacher monitoring students’ participation in class? (e.g. verbal/nonverbal
responses)

9. Reflect on what you have learned after observing this activity?

Part 2: Recreate Lesson plan

Recreate this lesson plan as you want to teach this topic. You may use the University format to
create your own version of Lesson plan for the same topic.
 Activity 3: Observation of Classroom Activity/Group work

The purpose of this activity is to check both the clarity of instructions given by teacher and students’
understanding to follow instructions to perform an activity or group work.

Teacher’s Instructional skills

Observe the instructions the teacher is giving before starting and during the activity and complete the
table. For each skill, decide how successfully it was achieved, (Clear and Unclear) and write your
reflection against each observation.

Clear,
Instruction-giving skills Unclear Discussion points (if any)

Start of activity (explaining the purpose

of activity)
Use of simple language/short sentences

Voice quality (loud)

Follow up instructions during the

activity
Use of visual aids (where applicable)

Demonstration rather than

explanation
End of activity (summarization)

Reflection:

1. In case of group work; how the teacher decided students for grouping and also mentioned the
number of students in one group? What responsibilities were assigned to each member of the
group?
2. How all the students were participating in the group work? How teacher ensured the participation
of each student?

3. Were all the students following the instructions and completing the activity?

4. Reflect on what you have learned after observing this activity/group work?
 VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

M.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road Off Raiwind Road, Lahore

Website: www.vu.edu.pk

Checklist for Cooperating Teacher

Checklist to evaluate Student-Teacher Activities

Dear Cooperating Teacher, you are requested to please sign the following checklist, based on the

review of these activities performed by the student-teacher.

Sr.# Activity Performed Not performed

1 Observation of Classroom Layout/Set-up

2 Observation of Classroom Teaching

3 Observation of Classroom Activity/Group work

School Stamp: _____________________________

Signatures: ______________________________

Date: __________________________________