Week 5- Assignment 1

This is the observation sheet taken during the video with the added comments on the bottom.
The essential components: Oral Language-Ms Wilson led a conversation at the beginning about dragons and later about Chinese rice cakes. Phonological Awareness-Ms Wilson read the poem about the queen of hearts with her students to emphasize the sounds "art'. Phonemic Awareness-When the students were asked to write Ms Wilson asked the child to describe his illustration then break down the words he said in order to be able to write it. Word Identification-For English learners Ms Wilson asked her bilingual assistant to translate words from English to Chinese. Composition-Ms Wilson first asked the student to tell over the story. Next she asked him to make a picture of the story he told. Finally, she helped the student formulate short sentences describing was is depicted in the picture. Comprehension-Ms Wilson during guided reading asks students questions on the content of the story. Vocabulary-Ms Wilson in her read aloud of the Chinese Rice Cake taught the ESL students English vocabulary and how to relate it to Chinese. Fluency-Ms Wilson encouraged fluency during independent reading time when children read books on their own. Automaticity -Through interactive read alouds students repeated content to the point of automaticity.