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Describe The Students In The Classroom

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1. Describe the students in the classroom:
In this hour, Ms. Parker’s class had a short story time, followed by a review of alphabet recognition and an individual assessment for counting 1-20. In the end they were allowed to play in centers. Students seemed keen to get their alphabets correct in the review and were seen to actively participate while listening to the story. They enjoyed the rhyming pattern that Dr. Seuss’ stories normally follow.
2. Describe the purposes of the activity/lesson taught:
The purpose of the story time was to introduce students to Dr. Seuss, since it was his birthday the next day (2nd March) and the school was going to have a “Dr. Seuss Parade” the next morning. This activity was also useful in helping students recognize similar sounding …show more content…

How were behavior problems handled?
In the center time, students were seen to complain a lot about a certain student not sharing materials. Ms. Parker handled this situation very effectively by not naming any student. Instead, she addressed the entire class and explained to them how important it is to be patient and wait for their turns and share materials when they work or play in a group. This positive guidance seemed to work and students understood the message conveyed to them through the discussion.
5. What did you think about the teaching you observed?
As always, Ms. Parker’s instructions were slow-paced and repetitive. This allowed students to keep up and remember important information so that they could retrieve it when needed. Ms. Parker was very motivating and encouraging while conducting the review and assessments. Ms. Parker would always call out the names of students displaying good behavior, but when it came to problem behaviors, she would not pinpoint a particular student. Instead, she would speak to class generally about the issue at hand. I found this strategy of addressing problem behaviors very positive and effective for the age group observed.
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