Reese Elementary Classroom Observation

My placement at Reese Elementary is going extremely well. I am enjoying my time spent observing and interacting with the students in Mrs. Church’s second-grade classroom. I love that Mrs. Church always has something new for me to do so that I can get as much experience as possible. Some of the new activities I have done includes giving a spelling test to the whole class, helping students with their math problems, and reading an accelerated reader test to students that have a hard time comprehending what they read. I always look forward to the time I spend in Mrs. Church’s class and look forward to the task she has ready for me so that I can get a better experience. Also, the students in my host teacher’s classroom are amazing, and they brighten up my day as soon as I step into the classroom.

During my observation in Mrs. Church’s class, I have noticed a variety of ways she addresses the subject matter and content. Mrs. Church does a lot of hands-on learning with her students; one particular subject that Mrs. Church uses

Church’s class plays a vital role in the student’s learning. Everything that surrounds the students on the walls has to do with subject matter and student learning. In the rear of the classroom, the whole wall is an interactive wall where the morning lessons take place. On the wall there is a calendar and a weatherboard in which the students write on with dry erase marker. Every school day the students go through the days of the week; they also talk about the weather each day. Likewise, in the classroom, there is a word wall that includes the spelling language for the week, the alphabet, punctuation and sentence structure posters. Students depend on the word wall to help them with writing. I have noticed students looking at the word wall to get ideas and information to be an effective writer. The classroom setting is great in Mrs. Church’s classroom, and I love how the setting is intertwined with the