Exploration, into the workings of a classroom, always provides a unique experience. Each teacher does her class a little different. There are so many different standards that must be reached and so many different opinions on the best way to meet the requirements. Experiencing the differences in each class helps me to develop my opinion and ideas on what I want to see in my classroom and how I want to handle my students. I work at United Methodist Church’s child development center/ preschool. I did my observations there. I work full a full day on Thursday and have had the chance to see how different teachers handle different situation and how they implement there curriculum. So from 7:30 to 5:30 on every Thursday I am working with different …show more content…
I loved to walk into the room and see projects and know they were not done by the teachers. Perfection is not the objective in classrooms like this the students were. On the other hand I did see a classroom that was decorated to perfection. The room was cute, but in my opinion it did not hold the identity of the students. Doing is a huge part of learning. The children responded to the teachers giving them creative freedom. They also seemed more willing to participate and voice their opinions. People downplay the importance of owning ones work, but the pride on the student’s face is priceless and just reiterates the fact that when the work is truly yours you are willing to put in more …show more content…
Basically the thing to remember is flexibility. A schedule is important, but things come up and you have to be able to go with the flow. Even the most perfectly planned day can have its problems and as a teacher you just have to make it work. During lunch time on a day when I was there a student threw-up. There is a scheduled recess time where the kids go outside after lunch before nap, but since the teacher was having to wait for the parent and keep the sick child separated from the other children so she created a fun space so the children could get plenty of activity. This is a trivial example, but it is a simple way of showing that in a class nothing is set in stone. Teachers must always plan to have their plans ruined and still be able to adjust and meet the needs of her
For my second observation I was assigned Mrs. Megan McKee’s 1st grade class. Her class was very warm and welcoming. She is an amazing teacher that shows her kids that she truly cares for them and their education. She shows this love through her student-teacher interactions. An example of these interactions are when a student had a question about their math work she immediately stopped what she was doing and helped explain the work step by step although she has already done this multiple times. Another example I noticed was when a student accidently tripped over another student’s chair leg she easily calmed her down and took care of her. One method of teaching Mrs. McKee used was interaction stations. The students had 6 different stations that they would have a set amount of time at and then they would rotate when their time was through. The stations included coloring, shapes, math, online learning, tablet learning, and word work.
I really enjoyed my field experience with Mrs. Gerard’s kindergarten class. This makes me look forward to teaching. She is an excellent teacher who obviously cares deeply for her students. Her classroom is set up nicely to help the students engage in learning. She has created a positive classroom-learning environment, it is said that creating a positive and engaging classroom environment is one of the most powerful tools teacher can use to encourage children’s learning and prevent problem behaviors from occurring.
What strategies would I use? Giving me the chance to gather data, meet individual learner needs, to pick and choose how different strategies work. It lets me have control and showed me how I could change the class by giving assignments, asking questions, and following lesson plans for each day. What a unique experience. Teaching values and morals, meeting the needs of
The classroom I observed Tommy is in has about 20 children and two teachers. The age range for this class is between 36- 48 months and Tommy is 47 months. The purpose of this observation is to assess the child to see what appropriate skills based on their age they are able to accomplish. If children are struggling to meet the appropriate brackets the teacher is to set goals that are to help the children become successful and accomplish the goals. In this paper I will be talking about the Carolina Assessment Log and what SMART goals I think may be appropriate for Tommy.
Kevin seems to enjoy the guitar and continues to be actively engaged in classroom activities. Presently, we’re working on keeping a steady beat while playing different strumming patterns (beat/rhythm discrimination). I look forward to working with Kevin in the second half of the school year.
There are many reasons people decide to enter the teaching field. Some enter because they enjoy working with people or children, others because they like being off during the summer months, and still others because of their love for a particular subject. Although all these reasons are valid, I feel my reasons are much simpler. The bottom line is that I love kids and enjoy working with them. My desire to make learning a more positive experience for them has only increased with time.
Over the course of the semester, we were asked to maintain a record of our observations of comprehension and composition learning tasks that take place in our classrooms. Luckily, I was placed in the Leighton Learning Community so I attend Leighton elementary school, right down the road from the college. This is an amazing experience because I am able to spend a lot more time inside the classroom, which also results in me observing many things I would not normally in a regular block two placement. Instead of the standard one day a week for three hours, I spend my entire day at the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
When my mentor provides instruction that promotes student’s engagement learning. When she used an experiment dealing with liquids. She had a in three small equal cups half way full of water and three different coloring red, blue and yellow. When she a drop of each color into a cup of pure water the water changes the color. The students were so amazed that could understand what had happen. My mentor starts to explain no matter if you add a color to water it remains a liquid. Then she starts to complain the colors red and yellow turn orange. Blue and red made purple and yellow and blue made green. The students where surprise they couldn’t believe what had happen so the teacher told them no matter if you mix the colors it remains a liquid. And
The class that I observed was a special education class. I chose to do this because I feel sometimes we as counselors lack the in support special education. So I wanted to be an outsider and a future counselor to observe to see what I know and what I can do. The staff that was present during this observation was Gerado Lara. I was observed that classroom for most of the day, from 9:10AM-2:00PM. In the classroom there were about 10 students all of the students had variety of special needs. There wasn’t a subject specifically being taught but Mr. Jerry was working with his student on his verbal and communication skills. My overall perception and feelings is that these kids need more help than just an aid or a teacher. They also needed
I’ve made my observation at library. I took a seat at the yellow zone of library and watch what people doing there. Generally, most of them are students, and more than half of them were doing work. I observed their behaviors, expressions and dressing. The following are the details and my own analysis.
The evaluation form that was used to evaluate a classroom teacher’s performance is a rubric used by the school district (Hillsborough County Public Schools, 2012).
The students that I observed in the classroom were of middle to high school. I went to see 8th, freshman, 10th , and seniors classes, they seemed excited and very curious to why I was there. The middle school was more alive and rambunctious while I observed them. The High school kids were more relaxed, more comical. Some were paying attention while others seemed tuned out to the lecture or involved in socialization with friends within the class. By the end of the class Mr. Hasgil had restored the attention of everyone by using tactics such as history jeopardy with candy as the prize with the high school kids. In both he middle school and high school the kids were mostly Caucasian with a mixture of black, Asian , and Hispanic in the classes.
The teacher was happy and cheerful to all the students. She never had to yell at the students for doing wrong or doing badly on work. She gave praise to the students for doing well. Even when the students got off track from the question she ask. She would just say that was interesting and go back to the question she started with. All the students were exited to answer question with their hands swing in the air. When I first got to the classroom the desks were in groups and later were moved into rows. To cut down on some of the talking between the students. All eyes were on the teacher when she talked waiting in anticipation. The class was well organized and everything was in placed. The students had their own lockers in the classroom. They had time before class started and before lunch to get out what they might need for the day. The teacher keeps control of the classroom. They also had a set time for the subjects everyday. The main emphases of the classroom were on reading, writing, and math. All homework assignments were written on the board for all the students know what is do the next day. Students had homework folders to take home, so their parents know how their child was doing in school and had to sign the folder and return it.
As teachers, you need to be very organized and creative. Time is very valuable. When students are able to use creativity it enhances them and helps them in their learning process. Our children are natural and curious explorers.
I attended a second grade class at Smallville Elementary on February 22, 2014; the class began promptly at 0855. There are 26 children in this second grade class. There are 15 male students and 11 female students. The student diversity is 2 Hispanics, 1 African-American, 1 East Indian, and 1 New Zealander (White but with an extreme accent). Three children were left-handed.