Observation Task 5

A day in the life of a child who has not reached expected cognitive targets    

Name: Aysha       Age: 6 years old       Level: low level

Brief description: Aysha has special needs, she likes to play alone and do everything by herself. 

Time	Activity	Notes
8:30	Reading a  story	Aysha don’t pay attention to the teacher.
8:40	Asking a question about the story	She don’t raise her hand to answer, because she didn’t listen to the teacher.
8:45	Answering the questions in the book	Aysha is playing with something else, she’s bored.
8:50	The teacher comes to her and let her write	Aysha starts to answer the questions and writing them in the book.

Reflection 5

What is causing the child to have trouble doing her or his work in class? Because aysha has special needs.

What interested or surprised you? She talks English very well, her accent is good, Aysha is better than the other student in speaking.

What did you learn? I learnt that to be patient with this kind of people.

What is the best way to work with this child? To brig a gift, if she finishes her work she get a gift.

Did the teacher use some good teaching strategies with this child? Yes, Actually aysha have two teachers to help her. She starts to tell her if you will answer the question correctly, you will get the gift.

Does the child have trouble focusing? Yes, She do have a trouble focusing. She likes to play with everything.

Do you think this child has a special need or is she just a little slower than the others? She has special needs, and she is a little slower than the other pupils.

How can you tell when a child is having difficulty? starts to look to the other students and playing with the pencil.