A Classroom Observation At An Elementary School For Curriculum

The teaching environment and how a classroom is set out can have an effect on the children; have a well organised classroom with clear instructions of how to use materials and equipment as this can help them have the confidence to try things for themselves.

To begin, over the course of this semester, I had the opportunity to conduct my history classroom observations at Sierra Vista High. This high school is a public school located in Baldwin Park and is part of the Baldwin Park Unified School District. Sierra Vista High School has a student population of 1,895 students. The student population consists of 90 percent Hispanic, 6 percent Asian, 3 percent Filipino, and 1 percent white. These demographics were shared by the vice principal of the high school. While I was at Sierra Vista High School, I was given the chance to analyze and observe three history teachers. Thus, in this paper I will discuss and share my experiences observing the

Classrooms environments are very important at the time of learning. According to our textbook, the environment is viewed as an established behavioral place that forms how we act and behave (Vukelich & Christie, 2016). The environment in the classroom I visited was adequate for learning because it has all the things a preschool classroom has to have according to the textbook. The classroom has a bulleting board, a dramatic play center, a writing center, tables for manipulative and games, whole group meeting area, a computer area and an art area. There was also on a wall a picture of every single child with his and her names. My visit was from 10:30 to 12:30. When I first arrived, children were in a transition from one activity to another. The next activity was to watch an ABC phonics video. All the children knew what they have to do. They had to sit nicely and quiet on the floor. Every single child knew how to sit. They crossed their legs and put their hands in their laps. When the teacher saw that all the children were sitting properly, she assumed that they were ready to learn. During this activity I observed that Matthew and Jose were not engaged with this activity because they were looking to other children instead to look to the screen. For the next activity the children had to take a tablet from a cabinet. I was surprise because every single child knew the number of the tablet they have to take. Later I noticed that it was because in the classroom every child has a

The physical environment in this classroom was very well structured. Furniture is spaced and set to

I currently teach third grade at Eli Terry Elementary School, in South Windsor. South Windsor school district is part of DRG B. The school profile includes students in grades pre-school through grade five. Eli Terry houses the district’s pre school outreach program which services students who receive support based upon an IEP, and peer role models who pay to attend the half day program.Eli Terry has approximately 450 students in the school. Eli Terry has somewhat of a diverse population of students, with the majority of the students classified as white(70%). As of 2015-2016 Eli Terry has 87 students who are identified with a disability. In addition to classroom teachers, and one administrator, Eli Terry has several specialized certified

Another student that I observed was always doing something that he wasn’t supposed to be doing. On the first day of my observations, the boy walked into the classroom late, without a backpack, and completely disrupted the class from doing their work. While observing the boy, I noticed that he had not picked up his pencil once to do his classwork, and when he was told to do his work, he would yell at the teachers and interrupt the students. To distract the boy from distracting other students, the teachers allowed him to color pictures and do other activities. When the science teacher came into the class to teach them a lesson, the boy kept distracting the class and kept getting up and walking around the classroom. He then started to draw on

Conducting classroom observations are very important to the prospective teacher. Observing helps show how experienced teachers manage their classroom. For this observation it was important to notice how the classroom was arranged, how the teacher interacted with the students, the teacher’s management style, and interview the teacher.

The desire for an overly structured environment is I believe what most parents imagine for their young children entering schools. Some parents have the misconception that the more structured and routine a classroom is, the more success there is for the students. Now, this is not true for all families or for all students. Some students do respond very well to structure, but it is important to understand what is “behind the curtains” in your child’s classroom. What I mean by “behind the curtains”, is exactly what goes into planning each activity conducted throughout the day in the classroom. Most of the ideas applied in this classroom are those of a nineteenth century educator, John Dewey. John Dewey often criticized the educational practices of “traditional formal teaching”. He strongly believed that children need some guidance and suggestions to perform successfully in a learning environment. I would like to explain via the framework of Dewey that just because a classroom may have a lack of physical structure or it may look like there are more “play-based” activities than other classrooms does not mean that it is not an educational classroom.

127; Lyons, Ford & Slee 2014, p. 50). The physical arrangement of the room can be a leading factor which impedes student learning, therefore teachers must ensure that they can see all students at all times and vice versa (Williams 2012, p. 8). The physicality of the room needs to be safe and the environment needs to be suitable for the particular activities being completed during the school day (Williams 2012, p. 8). The layout is also linked with students seating positions, teachers should be grouping students together who will foster each other’s learning success (Williams 2012, p. 8; Jones 2015, p. 134).

Silver Lake Elementary is a small school located in Federal Way, Washington. It is home to the Silver Lake Bulldogs, and the amazing teachers working there educate children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Ms. Jane Shober is the SPED Specialist that works with kids of all grades in a resource room. A resource room is a separate room in a school where students who might need more support are given direct and specialized guidance, as well as assistance with academic achievements and homework. While I was visiting, Ms. Shober was working with three second graders who were very accommodating and amiable. They seemed to enjoy the classroom, and Ms. Shober’s company.

A classroom should always be organized and neat to help promote students learning. The classroom that I observed is very large and it has the biggest space on the fifth floor. It has a huge closet, where students place their backpacks and hangs their jackets. Students are seated into groups of three, having a total of ten students per group. Each group consists of ten desks and ten chairs organize next to each other, allowing students or pairs to work with each other more efficiently. The classroom is very spacious and makes it safe for students to move around freely without bumping into something. As well for being spacious, the classroom is organized having sections such as

Some students in elementary school seem to breeze through their school years, whereas others struggle, putting them at risk for getting lost in our educational system and not reaching their full potential. Parents and teachers want to help students succeed, but there is little guidance as to which learning techniques are the most effective for improving educational outcomes. This leads students to implement studying strategies that are often ineffective, resulting in minimal gains in performance. As educators, one of the main goals in the classroom is to have students be able to transfer the material they learn in the classrooms and translate that to the real world. We must produce effective problem-solving and critical-thinking skills in our young students so that they are ready to overcome any problem that awaits them. In order to get a better understanding, I visited three schools in the Selinsgrove area school district. I visited the Selinsgrove Intermediate and Elementary Schools and I also visited the Child Development Center located on the campus of Susquehanna University.

For my classroom observation I had the opportunity of sitting in on a first grade regular education classroom. Listed below are the following that relates to the teacher’s classroom design.

Classroom observation is a main approach of teaching research. Scholars or researchers use video to record the real whole class and observe the teachers and students’ actions, words and the efficiency in the class. Though the observation, they analyze what approach is more suitable. This paper will select video 5 and video 3 as the material to do the classroom observation. Different aspects such as teachers’ responds, questions, instructions notes and students’ behavior will be addressed to analyze the efficacy of this class.

For my Observation I visited my daughters school at Cuesta children center on Cuesta campus. Yes, we have been attending for about a year but I wanted insure myself that I have chosen the best qualified school for my daughter. When i arrived the class was so engaging with all different activities to engage the toddlers. With physical, emotional/social, age appropriate toys, and the best outside play area.