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264 Appendix 5 Activities In what kinds of activities are the focal pupils engaged? (1) Routines; like cleaning, transitions to a new activity, eating and drinking, changing clothes for sports or out-door activities (2) Mathematical Activities; like pre-mathematic games, working with mathematic materials or computer games focused on mathematics (3) Language Activities; like conversations, instructions, vocabulary lessons, social emotional lessons and watching television (4) Literacy activities; like reading to the pupils, reading of the pupils, lessons focused on learning to discriminate and pronounce sounds, language games (rhyme), pre-literacy activities, working with materials for language, computer games focused on literacy, working with materials for motor skills as in practicing writing (5) Play; like games, computer games, television for fun, working with construction materials and exploring with sand, water and clay, fantasy game or role play (6) Physical activities; like sports or playing outdoor in the schoolyard (7) Expressional activities; like singing, drawing, or drama/ expression lessons (8) Waiting (9) Other; like taking a test, nature lessons, evaluation of activities and energizers. Interactions What types of interactions do the focal pupils have? (1) Teacher-Focal pupil Interaction; there is interaction between only the teacher and the focal child (2) Peer Interaction; there is interaction between the focal pupil and (one of his or her) peers (3) Teacher Instruction; the teacher gives instruction to the whole group or a smaller group with the pupil (4) No interaction or with parent; the pupil is working alone, is wondering around, or has interaction with his parent When there was teacher interaction the follow-up question was: what kinds of teaching interactions are taking place? (1) Didactic (2) Scaffolding Language What kinds of language situations are there? (1) Dialogue; there was a dialogue between the observed pupil and his or her teacher