TP Task 2 – Active Learning Environments A blog is required for this task.

Planning activities that allow students to clarify, question, apply, and consolidate
new knowledge.
What is an active learning environment? What are its benefits? How does it link to
the inquiry cycle?
According to Active Learning Environment, “Active Learning
Environments provide cooperative learning spaces that encourage student
collaboration and peer teaching”(Active Learning Environment, n.d). It helps the
students to build a lot of relationships and to learn know that with collaboration
they can help each other to get advanced easily. Moreover, it helps to structure
the student character to be more confident. In addition, the inquiry cycle helps
the students to build change his way of thinking by wondering, exploring and
sharing his question to gain the right information so his thinking and character will
directly change

Reference Active Learning Environments. (n.d.). Retrieved from Digital Learning:

https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/across-campus/active-learning-environments

Choose 3 lessons to observe to answer the following questions:

What was the prior What was the impact of the
What was the activity? learning to this activity i.e. no. of ss
lesson? engaged?
Counting numbers with apples To cound and to Student were having so
by searching the right improve their fine much fun
woodstick and enter it inside motor skills
the apple as a worm

Writing the word ( See) with Writing in differen The students writing are
the glitter by their fingers way to make make getting better than before
a change and to
enhance their
 writing
Counting the wood sticks then Enhance their Students were excited about
write the number with the writing skills the actopus legs
marker on the head of the
octopus

Which activity engaged most students? Why do you think this happened?
The octopu activity, because it’s so creative and stidents loves and get attracted to
new things.

Record and reflect on the safety components of at least 3 lessons taught while on
TP.:
What safety issues were taken into Using sharp wood sticks or sissors
consideration?
Were the students made aware of them? Yes, Because of repeating the rules
How?
Did any safety issues arise in the lesson No
that were not planned for?
Is there signage in the classroom Yes
regarding safety?