Observation In The Classroom

I conducted my observation in a kindergarten classroom at Meadowlane Elementary School. I spent at least 15 hours observing the behavior of students in the classroom. During the observation, the teacher was Ms. Fortich and she was involved in teaching and interacting with the students. I had a positive learning experience observing Ms. Fortich teach her kindergarten students. She was very caring, passionate, and loving. She did whatever possible to make her students comfortable and have a good learning environment. This essay focuses on how diversity associated with academic differences is handled in the class. It discusses the preconceptions, concerns, and expectations, and observed issues associated with the academic differences.

The diverse ability of the students is one of the important aspects of diversity observed in the classroom. Any classroom environment is obviously expected to have children with diverse abilities, considering that students are not the same and come from diverse backgrounds. This affects their understanding of various aspects in terms of comprehension, completion speed, and performance, among others. One of the preconceptions about these differences is that students’ mental capability is the cause of these differences. However,

Fortich is a good teacher who uses everything possible to ensure that students are able to understand what they are taught. However, there are some cases where some of the students were left behind and seemed confused about certain concepts. One of the cases I observed occurred when the teacher was teaching phonics and phonemic awareness. Ms. Fortich taught the students sights and sounds by following the text guide. She ensured that her teaching approach and speed was consistent with the diverse needs of the class. However, I realized that some of the students in class were a bit lost. Therefore, the teacher had to address their concerns by spending some time teaching them through personalized