Observation Task 3: Observing a teacher during a Maths Lesson

Objective
To observe Maths teaching in action and begin to understand effective strategies for Math
teaching and learning in groups.

Procedure

You will need a copy of the Observation Table:

Before the Observation

Arrange to observe a lesson that focuses on Maths and discuss the lesson with the
teacher beforehand so you can know the Objectives and the lesson development.
Ask the teacher what strategies she will use to help her deliver the lesson.

Objective: the learners will be able to count using the Marital and odd numbers

Strategies:
Challenging questions

During the Observation

Complete the Table and make notes in the appropriate column on:
How the teacher engages students? By drawing on the board and ask the
students to guess the sketch is about what
How the concept is presented? By modelling the lesson
How much of the lesson is teacher talking time? 15-25min
How much group work is used? The class work is in groups all the time
What manipulatives were used and their purpose? Cubes, to count easily
Title of Math Lesson: Marital and odd numbers
Grade: 2\3
Objective(s): the learners will be able to count using the Marital and odd numbers

Template for Task 3 Observing a Maths Lesson

Teacher (activity and actual Student (activity and actual Purpose / objective of
Activity Time Interaction Manipulatives
language used) language used) the activity

the teacher will draw the teacher will give the students going to markers the students be
drawing on 15min people on the board students the instructions listen to the teacher and boards able to count and

the board and the students will about the activity and instructions and they using the marital

count and answer if she going to watch them will start to do the and odd numbers

its a marital or add doing it and the language activity, used language

number used is Arabic Arabic

After the Observation:
1. What was the objective of the lesson? the learners will be able to count using the Marital
and odd numbers

2. Was the objective achieved? Yes

3. How was the concept introduced? By modelling the lesson for example, the teacher asks the
students about a number and she tell them if the number is marital or odd by showing them.

4. How much teaching was done in L1? The while class was in Arabic

5. Why do you think the teachers used L1? Because the curriculum in Arabic

6. Did the teacher use manipulatives? What were the purpose of these? Yes, she used, and
purpose was to make it easier for the students to count

7. Were there any other resources/materials used to deliver the lesson? Yes, the small cubes

8. What strategies/method did she use to teach the concept? Its almost was the 5es strategy

9. Did teacher do whole-class teaching or group work? It was group work

10. When did she work with the whole class? Why? In the begging of the lesson to explain to
each one about the lesson

11. How much of the lesson were the students using the book? At the end on the class to do the
book questions