Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

The structure of the lesson
What the teacher does
Introducing the sound
She played the song about the

What the children do

comments

The students listen the song.

In the future I hope the teacher

letter.

They sing the song when the

play a video about the letter

Then she played the song again

teacher played it again and

that they took it before the new

and she sang and she teach them

they did the action of the

letter.

the action of the letter.

letter.

The teacher played a video that

The students listen carefully

include the sound of the letter i

when teacher play the sound

two times. In the second time

of the letter. They try to say

said the sound of the letter with

the letter i in the second

the students.

time with the teacher.

She ask the students to repeat

the sound of the letter with her.

The students repeat the sound

with the teacher.

They answer to the teachers

She ask the students about the
sound of the mouse then she put
her fingers in front of her face to

questions and this said i,i,i.

Then they maintain the mouse
movements.

act the mouse movements while

she said the sound of the letters.
Hearing the sound in the initial
position:
The teacher showed the students
some picture that start by letter
i such as: igloo, ice cream..etc.

The students repeat with the

Try to choose key word that

teacher.

include new letter and previous.

and she ask students to repeat

the name of the pictures with
her.

She showed them words that

The students to noticed the

start by letter i in the flashcard.

letter i in the words.

(the i letter with the different

color).

Introducing the writing of the

sound:
The students observed the video.
I hope that teacher ask

The teacher show the students a

students in the future to

video about write the letter i.

They observed what teacher
Then she draw lines in the

write.

how to write the capital and small

i.
The students try to write the
letters in the whiteboard.

capital and small i in the

whiteboard.

Practicing writing the sound:

The teacher ask students to trace
and write the capital and small i
in their books.

first then write it in the

board to change the routine.

whiteboard and she taught them

She asked students to write the

write the letter in the air

They open their book and they

write what the teacher want.

She gave the students worksheet

to write the capital and small i

The students wrote the capital

and small i in the worksheet.

Reflections on Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

1. What program is used in your school to teach phonics?
They follow what the curriculum. But I think it is Mcgrow-hill.

2. How is phonics taught in your school?

First, they introduce the sound and name of the letter. Then, they teach the students how to write the
letter.

3. What was the focus of the lesson?

The sound of the letter, the capital and small latter, how to write the 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.
Craftwork (the teacher give the students materials to decorate the letter),write the letter by circles or
clay (the teacher will ask students to write the letter by the clay or circles (which made by papers)
instead of the pencils.

b. What active engagement activities could the teacher have used to help learners better
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.
b) Describe two (2) learning center activities that the teacher could have used to help reinforce
the learning outcome.
She can give students colors and papers to write the letter using paints and hang it in the wall to
support print environment in the classroom. Also, she can ask students to use the cubes to

format the letter in the math area.