High School Classroom Observation

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I observed a fourth grade classroom at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy. During my observation I noticed all of the different items such as student work and posters posted throughout the classroom. I arrived at the school at one o’clock which is typically little after lunch and the time of the day when the schools day is slowing coming to an end. During my arrival time the class was on there way up to the classroom.

Once we all got into the classroom, the students had to break off into the their centers. The class I was observing is a fourth grade math and science room. The students attend a different classroom that teaches them language arts and social studies. However, the centers that the students were in are math stations and each center is similar. The students are working on long division problems. The students at this point of time has to be in their centers but they are told that they have to work quietly due to other students who are still working on their cycle test. …show more content…

The teacher name is Mrs. Saylor and her students respected her a lot but we all know that students will try there best to bend the rules a little bit to satisfy their own needs. I sat in the back of the classroom watching one group of students that was in their center. At the time is one two or three of them working on creating a long division problem and trying to solve it. They were having a few issues and how to work the problem so I was able to show them how to do one. After giving them a little guidance, the children understood how to solve the problem on their own. Even though, some of them still was struggling to remember how to do it, they were able to remember some of the

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