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Task DescriptionObserve your MST’s classroom and general practices you see around the
school. Discuss the areas below in context of what you observe in school and support with
photos to show evidence of your observations, and a reference to reading when possible.
Describe the classroom environment. (Photo)
Consider how the class is a print rich environment. What print can you see around the
room? (Labels, captions, flashcards, headings, rules, instructions, timetable, flash cards,
etc.). For each one you mention insert pictures and state the purpose of each one.
Describe a phonics lesson you observed. How does the teacher teach word attack skills
to children? Mention how the children are scaffolded to recognise the word and get the
meaning? The teacher sounds out each letter and she let the children to sound out each
letter with her and then she read with the children the whole word. The children know
how to spell the word when they sound out each letter and then they spell the whole
word. Whenever the teacher says a word she tells the children the meaning of the word.
Consider different reading approaches have you observed? (Guided reading, Shared
Reading, Sustained Silent Reading).
Choose 2 and describe how the teacher implements these approaches in the class in
detail. (Photos, and refer to EPR 2603)
Consider seating arrangement, participation, comprehension, reading strategies in your
discussion.
Describe some types of writing activities or the method the teacher uses for writing –
e.g. emergent writing, copy writing, dictations, etc.
Copy writing- the children have a writing pattern they should trace and copy the lines
Dictations- the teacher spell a CVC words and the children write them on their iPads