Evaluation Of The Elementary Classroom

There is a lot to dissect throughout this information, however, I believe that I can say confidently that throughout the classes the biggest factor on how students behaved was the age of the student. Throughout the first two observations (both 9th grade classes) the students were very difficult to maintain but in different ways. In the first class much of the back half of the class and the section farther away from where the teacher was standing at her fixed platform were not paying attention especially if they had already read for class and knew they were not going to be called upon. On the other hand, in the second observation (also freshmen), the students were incredibly rowdy. The students were loud and completely off task. The teacher

In a good classroom, students should feel safe and comfortable. The classroom was staffed with Ms. Caitlin the kindergarten teacher and Mrs. Doherty the teacher's assistant. The class size consisted of twenty children. The classroom held five round tables with four students per table. Having tables rather than individual desks, Ms. Caitlin encouraged a sense of community rather than allowing a child to be alone at a desk. The furniture was at an appropriate level and size for 5 and 6-year-old children. Also, there was space for children to store their work and personal belongings in cubbies. The class had four different learning center stations these included: writing/reading center, block center, math center, and the kitchen center. Bulletin boards were displayed and decorated with colorful pictures which reinforced concepts learned in the classroom. For example, the alphabet, numbers and days of the week. Student work was also visible in the classroom. In the front of the classroom, a smartboard and rug was arranged for the students to gather for lessons and play. This area was kept free from all forms of distraction. In the back of the room, extra materials were available such as pencils, erasers, crayons, glue sticks, and scissors. Overall, I believe that Ms. Caitlin provided her students with a positive, cheerful, and organized learning environment. She instilled in her students that the classroom is a

Over these past three weeks, I have had the opportunity to observe and help in Mrs. Lana Thompson’s second grade classroom at the Colman-Egan School District. Mrs. Thompson and her students were very excited and welcomed me into the classroom, which helped me feel even more comfortable. Observing really helped me get a feel for students’ behavior, classroom management, and how lessons are usually run before I dive in and teach one. I absolutely love being able to go into a classroom and seeing what it is really like!

Variables at the overall school-level could be measured in various ways as well. First, the number of truancy cases in the school can be measured before and after the implementation of Take a Stand. Truancy is a negative result of bullying and the number of truant students at each of the schools before and after the program implementation can easily be compared and reveal the successfulness of the program. Less kids being accused of bullying would likely mean less instances of bullying resulting in less truant students. Administrators at each school can also fill out a survey that ranks the severity of bullying at their school. Again, a Likert Scale could be utilized. Administrators would fill out a survey that said “I believe the severity of bullying at my school is: 1.) Not concerning, 2.) Somewhat concerning,

Student discipline is one of the most important aspects of the classroom. I believe that structure and classroom management are two components that contribute to this greatly. Teachers in the beginning of the year must implement rules and routines that all Students are expected to follow. It would also be beneficial if the students took part in creating these rules. Within the first weeks of school, the teacher and students should be practicing these procedures so that students can get comfortable with the routine and know what is expected of them. If the students are aware of the rules of the classroom then there will be no surprises when the consequence is given for breaking them.

For my journal article critique I chose Development Approaches to Teaching: Three Preschool Programs. By Amy Sussna Klein from Earlychildhood News

When the student arrives into the classroom they should enter quietly, get their work from their cubbies, and wait patiently on the teacher to give instructions if not told before they sit down in a seat on the correct side of the room. When class starts they will start off with a warm up on the lesson that is planned for the day/week or review from the previous lesson to make sure everyone is on the right place. No one will be judged on their class work from other peers that are in the group as well. As a class they will learn to help each other when he or she is struggling or behind on a lesson. After all the class work is done they can go use the restroom if need be, but if not, they are to work on their sight words, read a book, or to finish up any work for a different class that needs to be complete. Reason for the warmups and the extra reading I want to encourage the students to improve their reading and math skills, so they can improve their testing scores, so they will not have sit in another classroom without their

At Maryland Elementary School, I have a kindergarten class. Which means the kindergartners don’t know that there is whole new idea of school and knowing that there are rules in a classroom. For the kindergartners, it will be a something new and different because in this stage they will be developing more of their motor skills. Meaning that they will be more active and many times difficult to teach. The kindergarten teacher uses the rules that the school provides the essentials. Which are give it your best, use kind words, be mindful of others thoughts and beliefs, etc. and the teacher implements these rules in the first few days in school. The teacher reminds the students about these rules almost everyday just to put it meaning into those rules.

My experience observing students in a 5th grade ELA classroom over the course of the last eight weeks has been both fulfilling and beneficial in the aspect of being one step closer to achieving my burning desire of becoming a teacher. Within my short time at Big Ridge Elementary, I had the opportunity to take over tasks such as making copies, laminating materials, grading daily quizzes, preparing report cards to be sent home, in addition to simply observing student interaction during individual and group work. I was given the chance to partake in car line and recess duty with the teacher I had the pleasure of shadowing. Many of the skills and tips I was given along the way will be carried throughout my remaining time

Since my time at Sparks Elementary I have only been able to observe two routines that my mentor teacher has done with the other 3rd grade teacher’s. To start off the morning, Mr.Locklear meets his class in the cafeteria to greet them before the day get’s started. The teachers then instruct the student’s to set their backpack’s in their designated area and take the materials needed for their first rotation of class. When the student’s have set there belonging’s down, the teacher’s line up the students in the middle of the common area, where the student’s will be lead to their special’s classes like Music, P.E and Art. While the student’s part take in special’s, Mr. Locklear takes care of any last minute assignment’s or note’s he need’s before he start’s teaching his first class. He also take’s part in a weekly meeting the 3rd grade teacher’s conduct to go over any announcement’s or strategies. Once the student’s come back from special’s, Mr.Locklear starts off his math lesson with Mrs. Sanchez classroom. As soon as the student’s enter the class, they are instructed to take out their journal’s and engage with what the teacher is teaching for the first 10 minutes of class. In those first few minutes of class Mr. Locklear introduces the topic or objective that the students will be learning and engages them to participate in the examples he places on the permithian board. He then has the student’s break up into group’s to do their daily math station’s. While some student’s do

As an elementary and special education major, I observed a fourth grade class at Burris Laboratory School in Muncie, Indiana. From my observations, I will be discussing what I witnessed based on the questions I was asked to observe on. I was able to observe Mrs. Haughn, who was teaching the students’ math at a fifth grade level. We were assigned a time to go and see how the teacher organized lesson plans, the content during the time period, identify items in the classroom, we would want in our future classrooms, how students participated, the overall environment of the classroom, and how the content was being taught.

I’m usually sitting next to a student and encouraging them to get the test done. On Fridays after restroom breaks they do their reading test. before Christmas break the test was read to students.I usually helped reread stuff to the kids that fell behind on the test.They started to read their test on their own after break. My roll then changed to making sure that the kids stay on task for their test. A lot of time in this classroom is spent sitting next to a student that fills more comfortable with someone right next to him. We start out each morning with down time, where kids can make the choice to either go to breakfast,read a book, or choose an educational game on an ipad. After the bell rings and we say the pledge of allegiance,we take lunch count and attendance. The children then take a restroom break and I help monitor the hallway. On Monday-Thursday the next step is small group reading. This marking period a had a group 4 boys who where reading d-g level books. We would also used this time to work on sight words.They enjoy playing a game with those, but it only occurs on days that they can me thiet full attention while

At first, I went to the website greatschools.org and my school Hilldale Elementary. Shockingly to my surprise the school was rated a “B”. It was surprising to me that the rating for the school was so high. Only one grade out of the school passed the standardized test out of third grade to fifth grade. Thinking to myself, I felt like that report had to be based off the parent’s perspective of the school. Observations such as those from parents are fine, I just don’t think that they depict schools well enough. I decided to go to schoolreportcard.org instead to get a more detail background of the school. This school alone has 774 students and only about 47 teachers. The school has 42% English Language Learners in it because school’s area is predominantly

During my observation time in a kindergarten classroom, I have noticed that the students have a wide variety of abilities, attention spans, interests, and love for learning. When it comes to the teacher’s instructional strategies, she intentionally takes into consideration all of the above characteristics to make sure each student gets what they need to be most successful. During lessons students are engaged because of the teacher’s ability to implement interests of the student’s into things and giving them options. If an error occurs during a lesson, the teacher normally, allows for the student who got something wrong to try again, or to call on a friend to help them out. This way the students are still giving the answers and not the teacher just telling them the information. The teacher chooses a lot of small group instruction and centers where she can work with a small group, but then, easily monitor all the other groups to make sure they are on task and doing their work.

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