Classroom Essay

Greeting and welcoming students into the classroom occurs before the first day of school. Making sure that my name and the room number is large, clear, and visible outside the room prior to the students arriving on the first day, allows for students to feel comfortable knowing they are entering the right room. When it comes to the first day of school and everyday after that, greeting students begins by meeting them before they get into the door. Being prepared for them before they walk in is important

The changing landscape of technology in today’s classrooms can be seen by observing students who were once thought of as a passive learner are now becoming active learners while engaging in technology infused lesson plans. Teachers today are using web-enhanced programs that allow students to actively process the information presented and to further research the presented information allowing students the ability to make their own choices on how to proceed with assignments. This has in turn changed

My classroom observation took place at the Barwise Middle School during Ms. Yearly’s sixth grade social studies class. There were fifteen students in the class which comprised of seven girls and eight boys. One student in the class was classified as special needs, two students had autism and two ESL learners. The racial make-up of the class was four Hispanic, two African Americans, two Asian, and eight White students. The classroom was medium sized and appeared to be very limited in moving space

all of this in mind, you as the educator are able to understand your classroom and structure it in a way that it is beneficial to all students. Most of the time in my clinical setting the students are arranged in a strict manor. They must face towards the front of the classroom at all times. Even when it is time to partner up for activities they are extremely limited on how they can form groups. When structuring my classroom, I want to create an environment that is open to discussion. To keep

Observation of Classroom Mrs. McLamb, my clinical teacher, handled her class room very well. In my opinion, she was very good at managing her time. She does the same routine every day, which I think is best for managing time. When the students come in she starts them off with a challenging problem or a review problem. They are given about five minutes to do the problem while she takes attendance, then she goes over the problem. After she finishes going over the problem, she reviews previous lessons

there are many things that a teacher is involved in and should do in and out of their classrooms. Without teachers, the children of the world may not have room to grow and learn. Many things come into play for a teacher such as lessons plans. They also put in extra hours that may be over looked by parents or even students. As a student going into Elementary Education, having the chance to observe in classrooms is an amazing opportunity. Gives the chance to see how different teachers incorporate

This week I took over the classroom completely. In Literacy this week, we wrote in our writing journals what we did for fall break, learned the letter Ll and Pp, and did a leaf craft. We also wrote a leaf poem. For our letters, we guessed what started with the letter, traced our letters, and read My Ll and My Pp Book. In writing, we took our time to sound out words and draw pictures to match our sentences. In math, children learned how to play the butterfly race, which was introduced in work

Walking into a classroom for first time as teacher rather than a student, was a a very exciting yet anxious moment for me. I had the pleasure to work with the voluntary pre-kindergarten students at Sheehy Elementary in Tampa, Florida. The students were very welcoming and opened up to me fairly quickly. Although it was an early Monday morning and I was dreading getting up earlier than usual, seeing the students and them being excited to see me as well turned my Monday blues right around; it truly

3, 2017. I observed a fourth-grade language arts class taught by Robin Smith. Mrs. Smith exudes a love of reading and knowledge from the very moment you meet her. Mrs. Smith’s classroom is a warm, accessible, print rich environment complete with anchor charts, a word wall, and alphabet chart. Mrs. Smith and her classroom environment inspire each one of her students to find a passion for reading and learning. Mrs. Smith demonstrates an understanding of the social-emotional environment, and its importance

I observed the class during a time that the students about the day of the dead celebration. The teacher explained that the day of the dead celebration happened just recently and they talked about sweets and sugar sculls they make for the holiday. The children were listening but never got too excited about the subject. The teacher had them write about what they knew about the day of the dead. The children could either write about what they do during the holiday. The children them spent the next 3o