Day: 7 (Tuesday) Year Level/Stage of learner: Grade 2/3

Time: 2pm-3pm KLA: Technology

Engagement
Describe the strategies the teacher uses to engage the students.
Highlights expected outcomes of the lesson prior to leaving the classroom.
Sit at your computer and log on once we get to the library
I need to make sure you can do these things yourself so you wont be allowed to ask a
friend or ask us [the teachers]
This lesson is teacher led and therefore students have to follow clear instructions.
When we are at the library I need you to be quiet and have your listening ears on so you
can follow my instructions.

How does the teacher provide opportunities for the students to engage with the lesson?
All students are highly encouraged to participate appropriately as it is an outcome they must
meet. It was discussed with students that this is a requirement they must meet.
If students have fallen behind during delivery of instructions the class will wait till they catch up.

How does the teacher engage the students prior knowledge?
The students had already been shown how to type, change text size and font, and insert a
picture into a word document from their class file.

List the language used by the teacher to engage the students.
Very clear, concise and detailed instructions for students to follow.
The teacher waited for all students to be quiet before giving subsequent instructions.

How do students indicate their engagement? Describe the behaviours.
Students:
Listen for instruction
Complete task appropriately
Remain quiet throughout the lesson
Fold their arms when task is completed

Building Knowledge
What strategies does the teacher use to help students build their knowledge?
The main strategy used in this lesson is to review and retain what has been taught in the past by
undertaking the same or similar lesson.
TEACHING AND LEARNING CYCLE SCAFFOLD FOR FORMAL LESSON OBSERVATIONS
Building Knowledge Continued.
What strategies does the teacher use to evaluate whether the students are acquiring the
new knowledge?
This lesson is based around an evaluation of whether the students have acquired the knew
knowledge. The teacher has used a class observation sheet to record whether or not each
student achieves each task given.

Transformation
What teaching strategies are used/learning experiences provided that give students the
opportunity to apply their new skills and/or knowledge?
This lesson follows on from the prior weeks technology lesson where the students had learnt
how to insert a picture into word, therefore the students are applying and retaining their new
skills,

How does the teacher support those who are in need of extra help?
As the aim of this lesson was to see whether the students could meet these requirements
themselves, those that needed assistance were asked to leave what they have done and move
on.

What strategies does the teacher use to manage the different levels of learning in the
classroom?
All students, for this lesson, are at the same level. However, I would like to highlight that children
that usually require help in the classroom had forgotten how to complete the required tasks and
found it difficult to comprehend that we were unable to assist them and therefore they tried to
ask questions.

Presentation
What opportunities are provided for the students to present the new skills and/or
knowledge they have acquired?
The tasks in this lesson required students to present their photo of themselves and their bug with
text on a word document. Therefore, the students were learning how to present their works.

How does the teacher manage the presentation of their new skills and/or knowledge?
Students were asked to:
Type My bug and I
Change the font to Jokerman
Centre the font to the middle of the page
Find and press enter
Insert their picture of themselves and their bug
Resize their image so that the image
remains in proportion.
These were requirements of the students
and also a method of showing the
students appropriate presentation of their
skills.
Reflection
What strategies did the teacher use to enable the students to reflect on their learning in
this lesson?
Students could see visually what they had retained from last weeks lesson and what they had
not. The students weren't told individually what they achieved and didn't achieve however, and
overall positive comment was made to the class as a whole.

Did the teacher explain, and the students understand, why they were learning this new
material?
The students clearly understood that these tasks were important to show their teacher they had
learnt this and achieved the outcomes.

Did the reflection process enable the students to make links between what they know,
their new knowledge and where they might go next?
This lesson allowed the students to make links from what they know and have learnt and to a
degree where they may go to next. Students understand that they are required to achieve these
tasks in order to proceed further in their acquisition of skills and knowledge.

Transition
How does the teacher manage the transition to the next lesson?
As the end of this lesson was the end of the school day, after students had shut down their
computers they were reminded of what was happening over the following days and what they
were required to bring to school, then dismissed.

What strategies are used?
Students were moved to the floor for the conclusion of their lesson so they couldnt fiddle
with their computers.
The teacher waited till all the students were showing whole body listening before she
proceeded.
Students were dismissed in small groups by the month they were born in to reduce the
amount of children making their way through the door at once.