Description Of A Classroom At The Classroom

The desk arrangement in the classroom will be flexible. Desks will be arranged into various formats to align with the intended learning objectives of a lesson. Desks may be placed in groups to promote collaboration and cooperation. They may be organized in a peanut formation to promote student-student and student-teacher discussion.

Kindergarten classroom of 25 students they all sit at tables that will hold up to six students, however I have them sitting 5 to a table for ease of grouping. Each table is a team labeled by a color, a large construction paper crayon hangs from the ceiling above each table, and they have matching crayon nametags on their desks. There is a Smart Board at the front of the classroom as well as a white board. My desk is at the front of the room to the right of the white board. Different centers are located around the room such as the art center, the math center, the reading tree is in the opposite corner from my desk. The room also has a single restroom and a sink and water fountain outside of the restroom. We also have circle area to the left of the reading corner

My eighth grade classroom is set in a Jr-Sr. High school and is located in the Jr. High hallway, in the rear of the high school. I have thirty-two student desks situated in rows and two small tables at the front of my room used for paper pick up. My desk and computer are in the back corner of the room. The students all have their own Chromebooks and I have a desktop computer as well as a Samsung Tablet. Google Classroom is used daily as well as many other applications suited for 1:1 schools. I also have a projector hanging from the ceiling and two large white boards located on the front and side walls of my classroom. The class that I will be focusing on in this paper is made up of 26 students, 15 boys and 11 girls. One student with learning disabilities, another is an ELL student. This class meets for 55 minutes.

At Katherine Elementary School Dr Vandaveer has her own portable where she can test students. Her desk is in one corner and there was a kidney-shaped table with a few chairs on the side of the room. Other than a couple filing cabinets the room was fairly sparse. There was nothing on the walls.

In addition to individual student PC’s, there are 15 traditional student desks that are used for discussion areas and for students to use when not on the PC. Some students find it more

Felkins used positive reinforcement and rewarded the students with playing a spelling game after lunch. Ms. Felkins used their spelling list and gave a student a word, they would say the first letter and then it would go around the circle. Any student who missed a letter was out and the last person standing got three marbles. She did another round and had the students practice opened and closed syllables. The students loved the activity and had fun competing to stay in the game the longest. Midway through the game Ms. Felkins had to remind the students to have a happy heart when they got out or they would have to stop the game. The students had their assigned job period. During this time the students worked on their chapter summary, Lexia (a math program on the computer) and open and short write word study. They complete these tasks independently for about an hour. Ms. Felkins gave sub directions for the following day. She told the students her expectations for them and what they would be completing with the substitute. She used positive reinforcement and told the students if all of them behaved, they would get free time on Monday. She used negative reinforcement and told them if any of the students get a bad report, the consequence will be having an extra worksheet while the other students have free time. All the students were receptive and encouraging each other to behave so they could have free time. Lastly, Ms.

Lanza’s classroom, one is immediately facing her desk, which is positioned in front of the windows on the opposite wall of the classroom directly across from the door. Whiteboards and bulletin boards, as well as a “Smart Board,” cover the span of the wall between the door to the hallway and Mrs. Lanza’s desk, and to the right of her desk is an instructional station comprised of two trapezoid tables pushed together with four chairs placed around it. A ledge spans in a “U” shape around the classroom, from the corner where Mrs. Lanza’s desk sits to the opposite wall. A bookcase rests on top of the ledge at the back of the classroom, and a cart containing laptops and chargers is found in the back of the classroom in front of the ledge. Two cabinets containing various classroom supplies are found on the wall opposite Mrs. Lanza’s desk. There are four clusters of student desks in the middle of the classroom. Three of the clusters contains six student desks, with the fourth containing seven. Each cluster is two desks wide by three desks long, with the fourth group having an additional desk stationed at the “head” of the cluster in the center of the two columns. A rough model of Mrs. Lanza’s classroom is as

The desks are in centers, that the teacher has carefully crafted to promote the most qualitative experience for her students. Mrs. Paul says that she must study and understand her students' behaviors so that she knows where to sit each student. Having the room sectioned up in centers gives the teacher the opportunity to see how all of her students work. Mrs. Paul walked around the classroom and organized her monitoring by center, which allowed her to get to every student. In my future classroom I would like to keep the desks in centers not only to facilitate my assessment and communication with students, but because by being close to each other the students could rely on each other and form trusting

The classroom has a maximum capacity of 10 students. However, currently there are only five students in the classroom at a time. The classroom contains a large horseshoe shaped table, which allows the teacher to work individually with each student at their desk. There is a reading area in the corner of the classroom for the students to use when they need to relax. The walls in the classroom are not decorated nor are there any unnecessary posters the minimal amount of decorations is required by the district. The empty walls help to eliminate student

At Katherine Elementary School Dr. Vandaveer has her own portable where she can test students. Her desk is in one corner and there was a kidney-shaped table with a few chairs close by. Other than a couple filing cabinets the room was fairly sparse and the walls were bare

The classrooms are separated by shelves and a small plastic door. Each small room is divided into different activity sections. The room I observed was the smallest of the four. It was divided into two sections. In the first section was composed of a table surrounded by eight chairs. Around the table there were shelves with toys and learning materials. Some of the learning material that could be found on the shelves were construction blocks, simple puzzles, and writing materials. The second section is covered by a carpet. Two of the walls are made of shelves and a third wall is covered by a board. In the shelves you can find books, music instruments and toys. The board is covered by the letters of the alphabet and corresponding

The classroom is composed of one large table (where small group instruction takes place), six computers, a SMART Board, two coaches (in the independent reading area), and an educational aide to help the students

Upon my arrival today, the students were silently working on math skills using number lines. Once they finished, they went up to the teacher’s desk and had her to review their work until it was time for recess. When the students returned from recess they changed to Ms. O’Neal’s class for reading and social studies instruction. Prior to beginning the day’s reading lesson, the students completed two worksheet pages. One of them was on main idea and details and the other was on sequencing of events. With the main idea and details worksheet, the students collectively read a passage and determined the main idea along with 3 supporting details. With the sequencing of events worksheet, the students read a passage on Hurricane Katrina and were to fill in a graphic organizer with important events and dates

Learning in a traditional classroom requires you to get up and get ready by a certain time. You must find a sitter, if needed, as well as find a job that will work around you school schedule. If you have a doctor appointment or need to do something important, you must miss class for that. You have to find the extra time to do your makeup work and anything that you missed. Learning in an online setting, lets you work on the everyday task. If you have a job that requires you to work long hours; you can come home after a day of work and go online to start your class. You have the options to work ahead a little on the online course, compared to a traditional class where you can only work on assignments handed out at the time. Online classes give

The overall functioning of a classroom is impacted by trust, safety, and consistency. When a student does not feel safe he or she will reflect this through his or her behavior. Trust is important for students to take risks and allow learning to occur in the classroom. Trust, safety, and consistency are beneficial in the learning environment. A classroom where students feel safe, realize the teacher is consistent, and trust is developed, will allow students to grow and change socially, emotionally, and academically. This will offer a positive learning environment.