Classroom Observation Essay

1. The only change in the classroom was all of the children special notes from their parents, "My child is Special because" The teacher posted them on all them were posted on the door.

On Monday February 24, 2014 I visited Mrs. Randus’ third and fourth grade split class at Kline Elementary. Her classroom consisted of a mixture of third and fourth grade students who were tested and labeled as gifted in various subject matters. Mrs. Randus was responsible for teaching the children language and reading skills. The class consisted of an equal number of boys and girls, along with a wide variety of cultures. According to my observation, Cushner, McClelland, and Safford (2000) were correct when they stated, "Schools, in particular, are cultural crossroads in

During my morning at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School, I sat in on a wonderful special education classroom. I started my observation at 7:15am which was great because I was able to observe the students coming into school and see how they settle in and see their morning routines. The students came in and put their bags away and got out their folders and pencils and sat down at their assigned table. Each student ate their breakfast along with working on their morning work. Their morning work was a worksheet having to do with subtracting money and working with decimals. While working on their morning work each student was very calm. I was able to talk with the teacher a little bit before class and she explains to me that the students in her class either have autism or an intellectual disability. While we waited for the bell to ring their was one little girl who took an interest in talking with me. She was showing me her stuffed animal and telling me his name and what they like to do together. It’s really great having the students interact with you even if its just as simple as that.

This lesson was from the Math Investigation books that are provided to the teachers every year. This was the start of a new unit, which was unit five. I was a little nervous to start off the unit considering this would be how the students view the rest of the unit. I had some trouble reading about the lesson when I first saw it. I got a little confused and thought about why the cube train was involved. I ended up looking ahead and seeing how it fit in to other units and it made a lot of sense.

For me, the teaching process in constantly changing depending on the students in my class and the development each of them demonstrates. Each year will bring a new class full of students with diverse backgrounds and abilities which creates academic diversity in the classroom (Krause, Bochner, Duchesne & McMaugh, 2010). This allows students to learn from one another using a more knowledgeable other being either me as a teacher or a fellow classmate (McInerney, 2014). Engagement within the classroom is important as it will enable me to provide individual feedback and to ensure the students that learning is possible (O’Donnell et al., 2016). Through the use of real world activities children are provided with very stimulating and thought-provoking

I observed North Middle School for my second set of observations. Through observing middle school, I saw various techniques of classroom management, some of which I had never thought of when thinking about teaching. I witnessed some techniques that were incredible and very effective, while also witnessing techniques that did not seem to control the classroom. It was interesting to make the connection between a controlled classroom and effective teaching. I did not realize how much successful classroom management strategies could enhance student learning. Observing classroom management strategies also enlightened my perspective on teaching and gave me many tools that I want to implement in my own classroom one day. I realized that

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 first class I taught on April 13th, 2018 was Mr.Nantz 4th grade class. Ellie and I taught this class together, however, Ellie was the lead and I was the assistant. We taught this class about brushing and flossing. I felt that Ellie and I were both prepared for this class. We had all the materials we needed. We also had enough planned and had enough time to do all the activities. We first educated the class about brushing and flossing and then did a demonstration. After the demonstration, we divided the class into groups and let them practice brushing on Spot and flossing on the models we made. The final activity we had planned was “tick tac tooth” which the students really enjoyed. I felt that “tic tac tooth” was especially effective and

The most significant thing I learned throughout this semester is most diffidently all the different kinds of observations a teacher can use. From the previous 4 childhood development classes that I have taken at West Los Angeles College, I had to do approximately one observation for each class. However, since these classes’ focuses more on the development of a child’s brain, learning about all the different philosophers, and learning about lesson plans, none of those classes paid much attention to observations until the assignment came around. When an observation assignment came up in those classes, the teacher would talk briefly about what an observation is and how

Today I entered into the classroom to see the students placing their homework on their desk and working on “Word Ladder”. A “Word Latter” is an exercise that asks students to brainstorm a word and reshape that word multiple times to be other words. When they were finished with that, Mrs. K. handed out new homework to be put in their homework folders. Then she went over the answers to last night’s math and social studies homework. Mrs. K. was expecting the bus to arrive at 8:30 for the field trip but instead it arrived around 9. As the class finished discussing homework, Mrs. K. handed out bag lunches and asked students to put their backpacks and coats on the back of their chairs. Then the class waited for the bus. When the bus arrived, students

I intentionally employ a mix of instructional strategies in the classroom in order to give my students a variety of opportunities in which to engage themselves and each other with new content. Most class periods provide chances for students to work individually, as partners and/or in groups and units include a variety of problem-solving tasks to help students understand how the skills are used. Although the students seem to

A couple of multi sizes blocks and an open imagination can allow a toddler to navigate a an ambient totally opposite from their reality ambient. I enjoyed observing a group of toddlers just letting their imagination take them far as they were playing. The materials these children were using were a couple of blocks in different shapes. In the group there was both, boys and girls. One of the girls seemed to be born with hip disability yet, was one of the most active child full of energy and ideas of how and what else to do with the blocks. With the use of the blocks the children were playing to pretend they were in front of a television and they were tuning into their favorite shows like "Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse Club House, and Little Einsteins."

For this lesson students created bird feeders out of simple materials. Before the activity started, I had to make a change considering two students were allergic to peanut butter honey was used instead. This change was simple and did not affect the overall activity. When the activity was introduced I had a premade bird feeder so the students can see what it could look like. The toilet paper rolls had the holes cut out of them before hand and in order to make the stringer process a little easier for the students, I taped the ends so they wouldn’t flare. I did put the honey in a container with popsicle sticks so the students could put the honey on the toilet paper rolls easier. The birdseed was in a separate container that was large enough for 3 students to use without the birdseed overflowing the container. After the students finished their bird feeder they

Many of the things that we have talked about in class were illustrated for me in

Memphis Intermediate School is located in the city of Memphis, TN. It is comprised of grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 464 students and a student/teacher ratio of 20. Memphis has been in operation for only seven years and is a public school. The ethnicity of the student body is largely White at 86%, followed by Hispanic 6%, Multi-racial 2%, Asian 2%, Native American 2%, and Black 1%, “not provided” and Pacific Islander are both less than 1%. There is prevalence of students who require free or reduced lunch, about 27%. Additionally, the students who require special