Characteristics Of Classroom Observation At Oceanside Middle School

Usually around this time, the kids are outside with the staff’s (student worker) or the teacher. During this observation, all the children were outside on the playground. Being that they all know each other, everyone had someone to play with and nobody seems to be left out or felt alone while watching everyone having fun. Being that the children were all interacting with one other. There were about two children going up and down the slide, about three of them playing tag, couple of them who were playing by the door and a large group sitting in a circle. My main focus was the children sitting in a circle. While sitting in a circle, one of the boy within the group, decided to sing a Christmas song and then picked up a piece of log while acting as if he was playing the guitar for his peers. After singing alone for few minutes, three other children join him to

I observed a sixth grade classroom (eleven to twelve years of age) at a middle school in Ringgold, Georgia. The classroom seemed to be fairly even in regards to how many children of each sex were in the classroom. The majority of the students were white with a few african american and hispanic children among the mix. The sixth grade classes did not have enough employees to only teach one subject therefore, the teacher that I observed taught language arts and mathematics. The first thing you notice when you walk into the classroom is the mathematical shapes all along the upper wall like a wallpaper border. These shapes were projects from her students in the years before. The next thing that you’ll notice is the way the desks were set up. They were set up in three separate groups. One group of around twelve desks faced the

For my ethnographic research I am observing a second grade classroom. I have chosen to observe classroom reading and writing time with the students. In addition I have decided to interview three people (teacher, parent, and student) from the school at which I am completing my observation hours, P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School in Woodside, Queens to have a solid understanding of my research. I will use alternative name for students and teacher. Mrs. S is piloting a writing workshop in her classroom and ELA/ literacy standards will be the primary focus throughout her teaching. My primarily focus will be on the classroom routine.

An unannounced monitoring inspection was conducted on 1/6/2016. I arrived at the operation which is located at 3422 Richmond Rd, Texarkana about 12:57 pm. I was greeted by Comekia Island, the person in charge while director was at lunch. I handed her business card and then explained the purpose of my inspection and reviewed the subchapters I would be observing. Roshonda Epps the director arrived approximately a hour later. When Epps arrived I handed her business card and then explained the purpose of my inspection and reviewed the subchapters I would be observing.

Int. Middle School classroom - dayA a math teacher "dressed for success" fills his classroom with uninspired words of wisdom. The students sit like zombies not looking to kill but to be killed. One such student sits in the back. Her focus is directed toward a single sheet of college-ruled paper. A sketch of a rocket approaching a space station can be seen. She looks up from her work only to be disappointed at the fact that class will continue for another hour.The lackadaisical student shifts her attention to the practice test she is supposed to be filling out, while following along with the teacher's exact instruction. The answers are sprawled across the screen with their corresponding equations. No real problem solving required.   Cut to the

The observation hours completed for this education course were extremely beneficial to me. Working in education as a substitute for the past ten years, I never had the option to go in depth with all the planning one really does as a teacher. Previously, I assumed teachers jobs were one of the easiest to come across, due to my friends all getting degrees in education, I thought it was a walk in the park. Little did I know there is so much effort put into even the smallest of class activities? However, that is if you are a good teacher. I am eager to say I was baffled by the styles in which the two classes I observed altered. One of the teachers that I had was absolutely meticulous in the way she ran her classroom. The second teacher I observed was polar opposite, where he had lessons planned, everything else seemed to fall where it may throughout the day. Through both teachers I gathered the different techniques they used to gather their data, how they tracked students’ accommodations’ in the classroom. I was able to compare the classroom management during student transitions from group work to individual work, as well as find strategies used in both classrooms to keep students engaged throughout instruction, reading and group times.

Dr. Howard Knoff(2017) stated, “ Behavior in the common area of the school does impact, as I alluded to earlier, what happens in the classroom relative to classroom management (slide. 11).” It is important to have a plan or behavioral expectations for all areas of the school, in results students will know how to proceed. Although, it is equally more important to enforce those expectations daily. Upon, analyzing Lacey Elementary School, there are some improvements that need to be corrected in order for instruction, lunch, or recces to run smoothly. In the following paragraphs, I have identified the components that require interventions nd the components that are working good.

Students in Mrs. Morales’s classroom are students are eager to learn. There were 27 students in class and they all clearly had different ways of learning. Despite all of the students learning in different ways, they are all very eager to learn. The students that I observed are in the fourth grade. Angel, Joshier, and Fernando are students that I observed closely and even though they might were are being taught the same topic, their action help exemplify different concepts. They all don’t have the same perspectives and this helped me use and understand different ideas during my observation.

In my second set of observation hours I observed grades kindergarten through third at Brookview Elementary School. The school is located in the heart of the city of Rockford and has an enrollment of well over 600 students. The teacher I observed was named Doug Weburg, he has been at this elementary school for nearly 15 years and has experience at all K-12 grade levels. I felt Doug did a great job at many aspects of teaching including creating a positive learning environment, implementing standards into his lessons, and using a variation of ways to monitor student performance. This observation also allowed me to see many inconsistencies in his classroom including improper progressions in lessons and negative feedback to several students.

Physically, the room was a safe learning environment. The evacuation procedures were posted clearly by the door, two lab safety posters were posted one by the storage room facing the students and the other on the cabinets in the classroom, no physical damage was present, there were enough chairs and desks for every student, and book bags were stored neatly underneath the student’s desk. Strategic placement of two desks together, to create a block of four allowed students more room to navigate the classroom. On M.’s desk, there was three rolls of tickets, each a different color, that referred to either bonus points on a quiz, bonus points on a test, or a homework pass in which a student needed five of a pink ticket. A system was in place for students to leave class without interrupting as a bathroom pass and sign-out log was placed on the front table by the door.

This semester, I’ve had the pleasure of completing my service learning hours at Floyd Middle School in Cobb county, Georgia which was established in 1965. I observed Mr. Kasisi Brown, who is a sixth grade social studies teacher and also the 2016-2017 teacher of the year at Floyd Middle School. I completed my observation within a span of two days. The first day, I observed Mr. Browns class for three hours and the second day I observed his class for three hours as well. On the first day, I arrived when Mr. Brown’s class was on the way to lunch. I met Mr. Brown in line and when he made sure all his students were in the lunch line, he took me to the teachers table. The teachers table was very interesting. I received a lot of the answers to the questions I had when I was sitting with all the teachers.

My observations took place at a public elementary school, called Middleburg Elementary School, in Middleburg, PA. At the school, I observed a first-grade class for a total of five hours spread across two typical school days. The teacher who I observed was named Lauren Cuatt. This first-grade class that I observed was composed of eighteen students and one teacher. According to William Ayers, “the learning environment is a complex, living reflection of a teacher’s values.” Therefore Mrs. Cuatt’s values could be seen in the classroom environment that she created for her students.

I conducted my observation at La Vina Middle School as well as Harvest Elementary in Delano California. In addition, I had the privilege to observe Mrs. Mendivil’s seventh-grade classroom, which was moderate to severe, as well as Ms. Camacho’s kindergarten classroom which was also moderate to severe. Students in both classrooms had various disabilities, however, in Ms. Camacho's classroom, the majority consisted of down syndrome as well as severe autism. In Mrs. Mendevil’s classroom, the majority of the students were emotionally disturbed. Furthermore, both teachers taught me excellent methods and techniques that I will for certain utilize in my classroom. I learned effective methods that I did not even know existed that I will for sure use in my classroom. Moreover, I will discuss all the information I gathered from observing both classrooms as well as what I learned and interest me.

This paper will look at boys’ behaviour in an elementary school classroom from an education professional standpoint. Specifically, how to modify the aggressive behaviour of boys who speak out of turn in class. It will look at the effect that behaviour specific praise has on aggressive behaviour. Multiple forms of differential reinforcement will also be examined in regards to how to transform a boy who acts out for attention into a boy who understands his behaviour is not necessary. Differences between girls and boys in an elementary school classroom will also be considered. Through this process teacher, child and the rest of the class will benefit. This paper will begin with ideas for general classroom management and then narrow down

• Home work: He gave homework at the end of the class and at the beginning of the class collected the homework copies. He corrected every copy and gave back the copies that day. But he did not give any feedback according to homework.