Tutorial Letter 103/0/2021 Teaching Practice III Grades R and 1 Emergent Mathematics Mathematics for Foundation Phase Teachers Reading in Foundation Phase Resources Development in Foundation Phase Inclusive Education in Foundation Phase Assignment 50 TPF3703 Year Module Department of Early Childhood Education 2 CONTENTS 1. WELCOME......................................................................................................................3 2. STRUCTURE OF TEACHING PRACTICE......................................................................5 3. ASSIGNMENT 50............................................................................................................6 3.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................6 3.2 Additional resources........................................................................................................6 3.3 Announcements made on myUnisa.................................................................................6 3.4 General rules for submitting assignments/portfolios for teaching practice.......................7 4. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEACHING PRACTICE...............................................................8 5. PORTFOLIO....................................................................................................................9 6. STUDENT DECLARATION ........................................................................................... 10 7. STUDENT’S DECLARATION FORM......................................................................................11 7.1 Marking grid................................................................................................................... 12 8. ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF THE STUDENT TEACHER AT SCHOOL ................... 99 9. UNISA SUPERVISOR EVALUATION (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTOR).................................................................................................................... 101 3 TPF3703/103/0/2022 1 WELCOME Dear Student Welcome to the Teaching Practice TPF3703 module. This examination portfolio 50 must be completed as part of the compulsory FOUR weeks learning in practice and one week of learning from practice. You do not need to be in the school during this one week. During these five weeks, you are expected to complete face-to-face, case study and online-based activities. We hope that you will find this module interesting, and that it will enrich your teaching career. You must read through all of the tutorial letters that you receive, which you should download as soon as possible after registration, as they always contain important and urgent information. They are our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning and assessment. Tutorial Letter 101 contains important information about the assignments for this module. We urge you to read through it carefully and to keep it on hand when working through the study material, preparing the assignments, and addressing questions to your lecturers. We’ve also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please study this section of the tutorial letter carefully. It contains all the information that you will require to guide you as to how to complete your entire teaching practice. We require you to complete face-to-face, case study and online lesson activities, in accordance with what we provide you with in this tutorial letter. We urge you to submit this examination portfolio before the due date. The examination portfolio is the final examination of the TPF3703 module. We hope that you will enjoy the module TPF3703, with which we wish you much success! Your lecturer Dr MV Kgabo E-mail address: ekgabomv@unisa.ac.za Office phone no: 012 429 6415 4 1.1 General The five weeks teaching practice for TPF3703 consists of 4 weeks of learning in practice (faceto-face) and 1 week of learning from practice (case study). Learning in practice – classroom teaching Assignment 50 – 2 weeks Grade R One full week Grade 1 One full week Total Two weeks Learning in practice – classroom teaching Assignment 51 – 2 weeks Grade 2 One full week Grade 3 One full week Total Two weeks Learning from practice – case study Assignments 50 and 51 Grade R to Grade 3 One full week One week 1.2 Online lessons The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes and challenges that teachers and students alike have had to accommodate. Some of the changes and challenges have been exciting, while others have made us realise that a new future awaits us in terms of planning and teaching lessons for teaching practice. For this very reason, you have to devise your planning and teaching of online lessons.