Classroom And The Classroom Environment

At 1:00 p.m. I entered into Evoline C. West Elementary school on Thursday, July 12 2012 for an interview with Mrs. Yolanda Lawrence. As I entered the classroom, I was greeted by Mrs. Lawrence, the head teacher in this classroom. Mrs. Lawrence has no assistant at this present because of it being in the summer. After I entered into the classroom, the entire class welcomed me with “hello Ms. Flournoy”. It made my day to see all of those smiley faces greeting me. This was a 2nd grade classroom which consisted of 17 students of which 8 were girls and 9 were boys. This interview and observation was a total of 2

There have been a number of studies done to show how the amount of space that is available in a classroom can have an effect on the behavior of the students and the overall environment of the classroom. In 2003, Duncanson found that classroom space impacts how teachers and students behave. He found that classrooms with small amounts of space were prone to have inefficient pathways and look cluttered. In part, it was found that this situation was caused by the large amount of room teachers reserved for their own use and the large amount of space covered by other pieces of furniture. The arrangement of the furniture hampered the natural flow patterns and created small open spaces for students to work. Thus teachers more or less identified and assigned the spaces that were to be used by students while working on an activity (Duncanson, 2003).

Chapter 5 & 6 dealt with creating a space in your classroom for students to partake in questions, claims, and evidence. Science Writing Heuristic better known as SWH is used in the classroom to use language to question, to wonder, to investigate. In this type of learning the student controls his or her learning while the teacher creates opportunities for their students to engage in meaningful learning activities.

Teaching requires creating a classroom where all students are able to participate in the learning. Chapter 1 discusses the importance language, expectations, and integration. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of multicultural teaching.

Last semester was exceptionally challenging; however, it was extremely beneficial because I had to work harder than any of my other classes before. I think various elements contributed to me being unsuccessful in Nursing 204. My aunt died in March with Lupus and that affected me in a huge on the grounds that she played a big role in my life, since I was a child. I was still in the denial stage and my emotions took over, which caused me to become less motivated in school. I just felt like I had no inspiration last semester and I should not have let my emotions hindered my education. In high school, I generally experienced difficulty taking tests that were not seeking the direct answers, and the Nursing 204 tests were not quite the same as the tests I would regularly take. My procrastination last semester played an enormous role in failing the course. When I initially

I was assigned to observe a class comprised primarily of four year preschoolers; room 102. These students had a

On September 26, I observed in a Head Start Preschool Room at sheldon Preschool, there were 17 children total, 10 girls and 7 boys and the age range was 3 and 4 year olds, within this classroom there was 1 Head teacher, 1 Assistant teacher and 2 interventionist. When you walked into the room there was an open space where the 3 tables were and then toward the back of the room there was a carpet area, block area, housekeeping area, puzzle area, and computer area. There are many materials within the small area, the room seemed crowded and congested. The emotional state seems to have tension, the teacher is a first year teacher, therefor, she is very up tight, and emotional, which this makes her class the same way, which in turn the children are very excitable and emotional. There are many materials within the small area, it is a topical head start room with everything they are to have to make the room complete.

Despite the breakdowns I would experience from not understanding what was being taught in class, I was able to improve my situation. Instead of suffering in silence with my confusion, I began asking my teacher more questions during class lectures. I would even come in at seven in the morning to discuss my problem about understanding the logic behind the math with my teacher. Not only did I speak with my teacher more, I also bought a study book for the class and began watching Chemistry videos from Bozeman and Khan Academy to teach myself any topics that were not clear to me during class.

My first day in Mrs. Altuve's kindergarten class. Her classroom is very well organized and orderly set up with educational posters on the wall such as the alphabet, days of the week, numbers, and a behavior chart filled with her students names. In Mrs. Altuve's class, she has twenty-one students in her class. There are eleven male students and ten female students. The way her desks were set up were together to form a group. The ethnic background of the students in the class was ten African-American, five Caucasian, and six Hispanic. The students were seated in her group of four desks together and each student had their name tag in the center of their desk.

Creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning can be a highly difficult task for classroom teachers in moderate to severe special education classrooms. When you have students of various levels of academics, social skills and behavior needs it is challenging to know where to start and where to begin in creating a behavior management system. During my time at Brandman we focused a lot on how to create a positive classroom culture and how to create effective classroom environments. I had opportunities at Brandman to learn to create individual behavior plans and how to track student behaviors while targeting specific behavior and social skills goals. It is my personal belief that students learn best by having a positive environment where they are able to feel supported, respected and safe. The demographic of my student population also creates a large need for my students to have structure and feel safe as they do not always get that support outside of the classroom. For many our school and classroom is their safe place where they receive the attention that they need and deserve. Through my classes at Brandman I learned that establishing clear behavioral expectations, reinforcing positive behaviors, and creating routines and procedures for structure and safety, you will then establish a classroom environment where students can reach their highest potentials and will thrive in a secure safe environment. I always base our classroom goals from our school motto

I did my first day’s observation in Saint Mark School located in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. It is a faith-based school, running programs from nursery to 8th grade. I entered into the nursery classroom. In this classroom, most children age from 3 to 4, but a few of them are turning to 3. The children turning to 3 still stay in the nursery program in the upcoming semester. Most children are going to UPK.

According to Jackie Kay there are many different ways people write, it is not a set structure in which everyone follows: “There is no “correct” method. The right method is one that works for the person, and produces the goods” (2010). Reading through many texts, it is clearly shown throughout that it is highly important to have the connection between understanding the many different contexts behind the writing to teaching it in the classroom. Throughout schooling there has always been a set writing structure teachers follow to instruct children on how to write, but without knowledge of the social and cultural context behind the writing teachers are just teaching children how to write words in English instead of writing with meaning. Writing

Classroom culture of 2017 straddles a line between being able to teach culturally relevant curriculum to students while still adhering to state standards. Some ways teachers have done this is to teach thematically, where teachers choose a releva7nt theme to their students’ lives. This style also includes integrating pupils’ parents into their learning by having learners write and present personal stories. It seems, then, that the best way to be a culturally responsible teacher in 2017, is to find a way to incorporate these ideas into teaching practicum.

The overall functioning of a classroom is impacted by trust, safety, and consistency. When a student does not feel safe he or she will reflect this through his or her behavior. Trust is important for students to take risks and allow learning to occur in the classroom. Trust, safety, and consistency are beneficial in the learning environment. A classroom where students feel safe, realize the teacher is consistent, and trust is developed, will allow students to grow and change socially, emotionally, and academically. This will offer a positive learning environment.

In life there are always positive and negative things in life, there are always two sides to look at. In this case I'm talking about whether I think that traditional classroom setting is better for the students or if online is better. I know I'm about to contradict myself but honestly there is no right or wrong way with going with the classroom setting. I say that because some kids learn faster or are more educated in some things which is completely normal, no one is the same. Some kid’s need that more personal or one on one learning because there are some kids that need. Sometimes it just works out for the family best, for example my parents travel a lot and for me to go to a traditional classroom I depended on my parents to drive me to school every day because I don't live close for the bus to pick me up and take me to school. There were many other reasons like the people I associated myself with because they were the people I met my freshman year. I realized that the people I was hanging out with were not people that I had things in common with. My freshman year I was as my 7th grade teacher said "I was a follower not a leader". Which is crazy to think because if anyone personally knows me they know I do not like when people boss me around, if I were to work I would rather be the boss and not the employee. People think a lot of bad things about me because my dad is a business owner and that is all I've ever seen him do. Which has create this monster inside of me that