In this hour students had a 15 minute break instead of recess since it was raining and they were not able to go out. After the recess, Ms. Baylor announced the results of the spelling test and the ones who had scored 100 on the test were asked to come in the front so that the rest of the class could clap for them. Students were then divided into learning centers. Students seemed very actively engaged in their respective centers and were following directions as they moved from center to center after every 20 minutes.
2. Describe the purposes of the activity/lesson taught:
All of the learning centers either had activities related to sight words, reading and writing. Or mathematical activities. Students were sent to the computer station where they practiced math skills on a computer program called Reflex
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How were behavior problems handled?
One very noticeable thing about Ms. Baylor and her classroom was her strictness on cleanliness and organization. When she noticed that in the game center, students had bingo cards and markers all scattered, she asked them to tidy up and put everything back in place and restart the game in a more organized manner. This extra work made the students more careful the second time they started the game. Ms. Baylor also made sure that every student in a group participated I the cleaning up process before they moved to the next learning center.
5. What did you think about the teaching you observed?
I found Ms. Baylor’s behavior management and disciplining techniques very effective. She was firm but polite. Even when the students were in the learning centers, she did not leave them to work alone. She moved around and engaged in the activities with them for few minutes in every center. She was very particular about keeping the class neat and tidy and about following directions. Her community building strategies were also very prominent in the way she asked students to help each other or take responsibility for small
The rooms were inviting, and the students were engaged in learning. I quickly noticed that having a positive, and inviting classroom environment is of upmost importance for successful student learning. As the students walked through the second grade classroom they were greeted with a hug. When the students’ finished their morning work, the chimes signaled the students to line up, and transition to their first class of the day which is Science. This is where I was able to observe both Mrs. Stanford, and Mrs. Taylor
In Miss. Hooker’s classroom she never makes a problem, just the student’s problem, but a problem they share and can fix together. Once the student would see that Miss. Hooker wanted to help them, they were very less offensive and were happy to have someone on “their side”. Another big thing I learned was to use every resource out there. She uses so many different websites and reading materials to get ideas, and talks to other teachers or other adults, she does not limit her circle of information. I also learned that sometimes it is true what they say “less is more”. In Miss Hooker’s classroom I almost felt claustrophobic. There were so many posters/resources on the walls, and every shelf was pilled full of books or totes, I was very over stimulated by the clutter. The stuff was not useless junk, it was mainly books, and different learning materials but there was so much stuff out that I do not think half of it got used. One big thing I realized is you cannot fix everything. There was always someone that had a hurt body part or did not feel good. Yes, Miss Hooker would show compassion to this matter, but she did not stop everything to try to best accommodate the student either. If she would have done something to accommodate every student she would have never been able to complete a lesson.
Overall, the students in Mrs. Park’s classes are very well behaved. The main challenge is keeping the students engaged and alert in class. Often times, there will be a student, or several, with their heads down on the desk, asleep. Mrs. Park addresses this issue by quietly walking over to their desk, without disrupting class, and asking the students to complete a particular task. If the issue persists, Mrs. Park will have a discussion with the student to ask them how they think that the issue can be resolved. I have observed that the students are much more alert when they are working in cooperative
Our class information and materials completely support and enrich this field experience. I know one thing for sure is I am going to start my classroom management plan right now ~ starting with behavioral management!
The teacher demonstrated her patience by helping the student with his presentation and not hurrying him or making it seem like she was just ready to get it over with. I also learned that students respond to positive emotions sent their way. Another one of the things that I thought she did that was important was changing her lesson so that the students that were not interacting with other students on their own could feel included. I believe that may be the most important of all the aspects of the emotional regulation she chose to use. I know I will definitely be using her “student artwork” idea throughout my classroom as well as having a calendar to celebrate student birthdays so as to not make any feel left out. Overall I enjoyed this observation because I related to it some with my past and I know if I had a teacher like her in my life, I may have developed differently in a more positive light. The reason why I want to be a teacher is to make a difference in children’s lives just like my observation teacher has done in her classroom and continues to do every
Day one at Anne Hutchison Elementary School, I observed Ms. Biondi’s second grade classroom. The day started off by the teacher taking attendance, doing the pledge of allegiance, lunch count, collect homework, and pretty much getting all of the kids organized. After, the students were settled in the teacher started the class with a review of the spelling
Ms.bomer tried to keep her classroom manage. But it's hard when you have middle schoolers. Some ways she she keeps her kids on task. She will blow her whistle once and if that doesn't help, she will warn the kids who are the ones who are acting out. And she will tell them if they act out again she will call their parents. Most times that works and they will eventually get back on task . she also does not start speaking until the class is quiet and ready to focus, which takes along time but that's when the whistle comes in and she starts warning everyone because they don't have a lot of time to get through with lessons and do activities. Ms bomer is really good at taking care of behavior issues . if a student is doing something they are not
During the observation of Morning Meeting, I noticed that my mentor teacher separated the children by gender when the calendar helper counted the number of boys and the girls in the classroom. My mentor teacher asked the calendar helper to have either the boys or girls stand up first to be counted. When the children are getting ready to go outside or to the bathroom, the teacher has also the boys and girls in separate lines. I felt that there were other characteristics for the teacher to separate the children. For example, she could she could have asked the children stand up or line up based on their eye color, hair color, the color of their clothing, their favorite animal, or even the first letter of their name. If my teacher broadened the
While observing Mrs. Cirrincione, I liked her classroom management skills. The students seemed to know what was expected of them at all times. Mrs. Cirrincione also connected much of the students’ lessons to their personal interests, which means she has taken the time to get to know each of her students. Mrs. Cirrincione pulled sticks throughout the day giving each student the opportunity to participate. Throughout several of the lessons, Mrs. Cirrincione would give the students helpful hints to remember the content. I struggle to remember new content, so I appreciate that Mrs. Cirrincione took the time to teach strategies to help the students
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Classroom observation is a main approach of teaching research. Scholars or researchers use video to record the real whole class and observe the teachers and students’ actions, words and the efficiency in the class. Though the observation, they analyze what approach is more suitable. This paper will select video 5 and video 3 as the material to do the classroom observation. Different aspects such as teachers’ responds, questions, instructions notes and students’ behavior will be addressed to analyze the efficacy of this class.
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Keeping the standards in a designated area is there for anyone (administator) to come into the class and see what you are working on. Each day she would have a student read the standard that would be covered that day. The learning objectives were kept in plain sight on a sentence strip.
The following data was gathered while fulfilling duties as a principal intern at Theresa Bunker Elementary School. The data was observed during five to seven minutes of classroom observation as part of a walk-through in the spring of the current school year. My cooperating supervisor for my internship was able to go on these walk-throughs with me in order to have a productive reflection meeting afterwards. This elementary school has two of each grade level from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Since it was more feasible in this small school setting, I actually was able to do a walkthrough in eight classes. Here I will report my observations from five of those walk-throughs. As I went in to each room I was looking for four