Gabbards Classroom

Mrs.Gabbards first grade class was a lively group of students that covered all core subjects as a group. Classroom demographics consisted primarily of Caucasian descent with a smaller percentage of Hispanic, African American and Indian students composing the rest of the class. Overall there were more female students than males at about a ratio of 2:1. Speaking of class size there were approximately 24 students with some repeated absences making this number fluctuate. Student skill level on almost every subject - most specifically reading and writing - varied drastically across the board. These students worked in a classroom that was designed with them in mind. The halls were divided up by grades and each segment of the school was built to

Groups read individually, then did kinetic activities, worked on pads and then had small group interventions with the teacher. Some of these pulled on what appeared to be learning styles in which different types of learners needs were met with auditory, visual and kinetic the most prevalent. These groups assigned by skill level, attention level, and similar needs primarily. Each varying in instructional style; a possible background in Piaget’s theory most relevant to the operation of this system. Students would be responsible for a series of steps - none of which would be too long - but there was often too many processes for the student to keep track of them all. This was often where the students would step up to remind each other of the rules or ways to operate during certain tasks. Though the activities were generally simple all tasks were self-paced, more work available if the student worked

The number of students created a diverse set of needs that often the one teacher couldn’t accommodate. Generally, they would ask the other students for assistance but sometimes would ask the teacher, those asking would occasionally be ignored and would result in being off task. Behavior was often corrected via a spoken mantra to be repeated or using a well-behaved student as an example. Good behavior was encouraged via a points system for prizes as well as choices in activity in free time. Behaviorism plays an important role in their class, focusing them and establishing good habits where it was paired with self-regulating