Classroom Observation Paper

My observation for the spring semester was placed at Pine Richland High School. I was able to watch over John Dolphin’s twelfth grade British literature course. John Dolphin has been teaching at Pine Richland for the past eighteen years. I went to observe his class three times. Two out of three of those visits I was able to be at the school all day long to really get the feel of the way it is like to be at the school all day and seeing the difference of his eight classes. Throughout my time there I learned different strategies on how to keep the students involved, the way that a school of this size is ran, and the difference of how John taught compared to my previous observation teacher.

For my fieldwork experience, I observed a third grade classroom at St. Edward Confessor School in Syosset, New York. During my six-hour observation, I learned many new and different aspects to the classroom. I observed both the teacher and the students during the school day, from an educator’s point of view.

I observed the preschool classroom of Ms. K. Today was a smaller group, as several children are on vacation. This is a new facility and just the host teacher was in there at this time. I came into the classroom at 8:00 and left at 9:00. I spoke with the host teacher before and after the observation for feedback, which I felt was beneficial to both her and me. I observed the children during inside for 20 minutes. I observed the children during outside play for 40 minutes.

During the experiment of boys, I observed three men in the 20s who were talking about homework last weekend. During this experiment, A was on his computer talking about finances. B and C were locked into their computers without looking at A. The connection between the men seemed disengaged, as the DVD described. Most of what Deborah Tannan found is that the boys would sit at an angle. However, the participants had a couch, sitting besides each other. When they watch a movie, they would still talk and listen to each other, but would look at each other rarely at times. It lasted for a few minutes because they went to go eat together. In summary, they talked about sports and compared their teams over each other.

After observing my subject over the past four days, I've made some interesting observations of someone that I have failed to notice for the past four years of high school. Knowing them by only by their name, I was curious to see what I could unveil about them from only their observable behaviors.

For observation log number one, I observed Mrs. Henry’s sixth grade classes on Monday, August 31, 2015, at LC Middle School. I arrived before 8’ o clock that gave me plenty of time to have a pep talk with Mrs. Henry and get all settled before class started. First, I observed Mrs. Henry’s Homeroom Reading class for an hour, after that I observed her Social Studies Class that had several Special Ed children in it, I also observed her students during a seminar and then the rest of the day on I observed Mrs. Henry’s Social Studies classes. Mrs. Henry is primarily a Social Studies teacher who has taught for twenty-two years. I observed for a total of _______ hours this day.

For my clinical, I observed Mrs. Sniders 2nd grade classroom. During the three days I was with her, I observed in the back of the classroom and she also let me help out with the kids if and when they asked questions. The kids were a little antsy the three days I was there. I think it was because they had someone new in the classroom they weren’t used to. One odd thing I noticed, she had the students seated in groups, but she had them do a lot of individual work with some students pulled aside for reading groups. That just seemed a little odd to me. If I was going to have the students seated in groups, I would focus more on group work. I think the main reason she did this style of seating was for easier classroom organization.

For 2015 Service Learning, JROTC students were assigned to help special needs between the beginning of October and near the end of December. We were assigned to go the bungalows, room 207, or stay and take care of the special needs in our class during the PT days. When we were selected to go to the bungalows or room 207, we support the students mentally as in a conversation and follow the teachers’ instruction. Meanwhile, when we were staying and taking care of the special needs in our class, we help them physically with the workouts. The LET 4s, Cadet Captain Tharit Mungphangklang, Cadet Captain Hung Nguyen, Cadet Staff Sergeant Bryan Luna, and Cadet Sergeant Esmeralda Ramirez Vazquez were in charge of the 2015 Service Learning Project in

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.

Michael appears to be a healthy, energetic child who seems to be happy most of time in class. He has short brown hair, brown eyes, and wears glasses. He is clean cut and dresses nicely. He is average height and also seems to be average weight for his age. Observations reveal that he is friendly and looks for guidance when he has trouble performing a task. He is very outgoing but can be overly anxious at times. He can be easily distracted causing him to sometimes not complete his work. Michael gets along with his peers and teachers very well.

Clancey Smith, mother of Isaac Smith (5th Grade), arrived at EES on Friday, 9-23-16 and proceeded to visit Mrs. Tokar and Mrs. Taylor’s room to observe Isaac in the classroom. I was radioed by EES office staff due to Ms. Smith proceeding to the classrooms without permission. As I arrived she was walking into Mrs. Taylor’s room. Ms. Smith sat down in the classroom and I approached her to ask if I could help her or if there was something I could do for her. She responded by saying no, that she just wanted to observe the class. Again, I asked her if I could help her and she responded by asking why Isaac was not in the general education classroom. I asked her to follow me and we would review Isaac’s IEP together. We acquired Isaac’s IEP and proceeded

The objective of my survey is to examine different ways add different flavors that would attract a more variety of age groups Cardon, P. 2013). As a whole, I would like to attract customers of all income levels. I would especially like to add a different topping that would attract the younger group (Cardon, P. 2013).

A classroom observation was done during a LA class which time is during 1:45-2:20. The class consisted of 16 students, dividing into two groups. In class, there were one general education teacher and two paraprofessionals who were sitting each group. The lesson was about adding numbers with more than three digits. One of paras was working with Rashad. Rashad sat down by the window. When the observer walked in, the class was correcting Power-up answers, but Rashad was heading down and drawing on the backside of worksheet while the para was sitting near him. After correcting the answers in a large group, the teacher called Rashad and gave him a sheet to record his score. As soon as he received the sheet, the para came and helped him record his

During classroom observation, Darien’s attention to tasks was limited. His attention to toys is fleeting and he moves from one activity to another. He was unable to make appropriate eye contact even when gestured to look in a direction. He had limited auditory regard as he was responding to his name inconsistently even with verbal and physical cues. He was unable to participate in play activities with a peer as he was self-focused and not interested in interacting. He showed very little frustration tolerance; throwing tantrums when he was told not to climb the tables or that an activity is ending. Frustration also arose when he couldn’t fix his shoe or backpack. His tantrums consisted of crying, yelling, and throwing things on the floor. Darien

Today we had a little problem with one of the boy in our classroom. From the begging of the class he wasn’t in the mood. He was browsing around the classroom instead of sitting on the carpet; he wasn’t following any directions and didn’t want to talk to anyone. It was very uncomfortable situation for everyone he was distracting his classmates. When the teacher started talking to him, he didn’t want to listen to her, but Mrs. Genson was very calm, she made him to calm down and participate in classroom activities. I had a good opportunity to observe Mrs. Genson working with that boy; because I am sure in my future carrier I am going to face this type of situation.