Field Observation Paper

Teaching strategies are used in everyday classrooms. In my two days, fifteen-hour field observation, I had observed many strategies used by multiple teachers. Three strategies that stood out to me were, the attention grabber, technology, and group discussions. These were all effective throughout multiple classrooms. Students seemed to do well when the teachers used these strategies.
When class just begins, many students are distracted or talking to their friends. Teachers need a way to get the students attention without having to yell at the students to quiet down. I had observed many teachers use an attention grabber as they would call it. In a sixth-grade social studies classroom, the teacher would use “check your neighbor”, this was to indicate

The teacher had a whole group discussion on a certain topic an example is about atoms. Students were encouraged to talk about what they know about atoms and what they think they are. They could bounce ideas off each other. Students could debate back and forth, this expands their communication skills as well. The teacher was putting in comments to help guide their discussion. Then the teacher also broke them up into groups, this furthered their conversation. In their groups they could research more about the topic and figure out what the topic was and how it works. I would use this strategy in my classroom, because it gets the students engaged in their learning. It enables them to communicate their understanding and learn from each other not just the teacher.
There are multiple other strategies that could be used through the classroom. The classrooms that I had observed used these three strategies the most. These strategies will help the students in their learning and understanding. The group discussion strategy is the method I will probably use the most in my class, it gets the students engaged and they will be working with others for the rest of their