Observation Task 1: Differentiating Centers

Focus: Differentiating centers based activities in the early childhood classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify how classroom centers can be

differentiated to meet all student levels (Mastery, Developing and Emerging)

Procedure: Photograph and document the centers based activities implemented in the
setting during the course of the day and identify the learning outcomes the activities met

Table 1: Differentiating Centers (Example)

Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated Ability
(include photo): Learning Levels:
Outcome:
(list only what
you consider to
be the primary
goals)
The children Different Recognizes, Mastery
will see the colored of counts, orders,
number in cubes to build make the count and building
the cloud, the tower. building tower the tower according
and count it. according to the to the number they
Then, they number they have.
build the have. They can create
tower by a different building
using the with the number
cubes they have in the
according to cloud.
the number They can count
they have. easy and write it
quickly in the
paper.

Developing

As per original
plan, they sort the
two colors, and
they count them by
using their fingers.
Emerging

Use number lines

from one to five
 and match them
one to one with
corresponding
written numbers.
Copy the number
from the small
book.

Table 1: Differentiating Centers

Observed learning Centers Description: Resources: International Differentiated Ability
(include photo): Learning Levels:
Outcome:
(list only what
you consider to
be the primary
goals)
The Different Sort, Mastery
children flashcard has recognize, and The children at
have letters identify the this level they
different include the letter G. Says have a flash card
pictures, letter G. the sound, and with different
and they word starts pictures, they will
identify with one
identify with this
of them start with
between letter. letter G, and they
those letters are writing it on
the letter G. a write boards.

Developing

The children at this

level they have a
box with a verity of
the letters, so those
children will select
the letter G. then,
they say the sound
and the word start
with a letter.

Emerging

The children at this

level they can
identify from the
worksheet the big
and small letter G.