Classroom Observation

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My school is Salk Elementary which is in Mesa Arizona. I am in Mrs. Sechez’s classroom which is a 5th grade classroom. I am a former student of the school and I attended 3rd to 6th grade at the school. I am familiar with the community because I am a former student and because I live in the area. Salk is a Title 1 school and fosters a community of diverse learners. There is a significant Hispanic population of students at the school which is about 44 percent. 80 percent of students get free or reduced lunch. As a former student, I was one of those who got lunch for free due to my economic situation. Economic wise, Salk is in an interesting position geographically. Salk serves some of the lower income areas that are to the south and southeast …show more content…

We have a smartboard in the classroom. The smartboard serves different purposes throughout the day. During math for example, we use a camera that projects what you are writing to the smart board. Whenever they are conducting some hard subjects in math, they have brain breaks which they will go to Go Noodle or watch Simon’s Cat videos. The whole school uses Moby Max which counts with their math grade. For assessments, Kahoot has been used. For one test, I made a kahoot and the next day, the students took it as their test. My focus area will be social studies and I have already began investigating technological resources I could use for my lessons. My lessons will strive to incorporate forms of technology such as Youtube and online “field trips” to locations. In Social studies, I will be covering the American Revolution and the 50 states and capitols. Youtube contains music that can be used for the lessons as an anticipatory set. We can also use the internet to view the battlefields of the American revolution and places of importance. If technology is not available, then any assignments that involves technology will involve the classroom. The students in my classroom have a book report due in February. The technology portion which is the PowerPoint, will be done in class so those students without access to technology at home can do their report at

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