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Classroom Observation Of Aldo And Crystal

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For the purpose of this paper I was referred to used Aldo and Crystal to observe for the lesson Mrs. Schekirke was teaching. These students have been in the U.S for 3 years, one is a 5th grader and the other is a 6th grader. I had difficulty gathering assessment data for this paper that could help me learn about them more because Mrs. Schekirke was having a difficult time with the confidentiality of student’s policy. All the information gathered was from pure observation. All she was able to tell me is that they are at the same ESL level and that Aldo has a difficult time with reading and comprehension and Crystal has an easier time with reading, but comprehension is where she struggles. They both have a difficult time getting their opinion across because of language, but are good writers. One student is more outgoing than the other and willing to participate, while the other shy’s away. …show more content…

The lesson started by reading a story about George Washington. A story that had been read previously multiple time. The teacher focused on the main events and dates. As an activity they were to fill in a timeline with the most important information. Students were to first fill in the timeline on their own, and then they would get in groups to re-read the story together. After, they would discuss what happened in the life of George Washington by using the timeline as a reference for the discussion. At the end of the lesson, students were to return to their seats and were given and envelop with sentence strips to sequence the events of the story. The teacher and I walked around to supervise and to check student’s work. This is mainly how I gathered my data without disrupting the student or making it obvious that I was observing

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