Observation Experiences
I observed four very different classroom for my observation hours. The first classroom I observed was a high school culinary class. I stayed for the entire day because I wanted to see the difference between the periods and the different levels of the culinary students. The first period of the day at cypress high school is called check and connect period I found this to be very interesting because the way this program works is students are assigned one teacher and they keep that teacher for the entire four years of their high school careers. So every day they start off with the same teacher for four years, this is to establish a connection with the students and would call under the category of TPE 8 learning about the students. The reason for this period is
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The last day when I came the students frosted the cupcakes Halloween themed they made spiders and zombies and witch cupcakes. Usually the teacher was telling me because they are different levels she has different lesson plans for them to match their skill set. She was also informing me that the students don’t cook every day its every other they have in class time where they learn about sanitation and other things, kitchen safety. This class was very engaging for the students was covered in TPE 5. The teacher was telling me by teaching this class she gets to know all her students very well and she encourages any all kinds of questions, monitors progress over the years of their cooking skills. This specific teacher does a lot for the school she will cook meals for the football team, cooks meals for all the banquets the different sports teams have. This teacher cooks for almost every event and for every event she asks for student volunteers to come and help and so many of them come to help her every time and as a reward for helping they are given dinner. She calls this her catering program on campus because it is sort of like a catering business this calls
Extended class periods and block scheduling will improve student’s grades and can diminish their stress level significantly. A normal day in block scheduling consists of only four classes a day, alternating each day. These classes would last 120 minutes each, with the same 5 minute passing periods in between classes. This scheduling gives teachers more time to explain their lesson. It also gives students time to recover from the late nights due to sports and other activities because they only have four classes a day. Their homework for these classes isn’t due for another day, so they don’t have to stress over getting it done. 120 minute classes combined with blocked scheduling increases the amount of time teachers have for instruction and will overall increase the student’s knowledge, in turn, raising their grades.
Yes, we all know that one teacher who gives his/her all no matter what the case might be, but the old saying “one bad apple spoils the bunch” most definitely reigns true in this case. For example, there are teachers who do what they have to do in order to receive tenure and once they have it they feel
When I walked into the school, I was greeted by the receptionist who kindly showed me where to sign in and then directed me to the teacher I would be observing for the day. The staff was dressed very appropriate for the day and on Friday they were able to wear pink because it was October. Although I did not see much interaction with factuality with each other, I was able to witness when the teachers of a certain grade would come to pick up their students. I saw how the teachers interacted with Mrs. Lee and they were very respectful. The student’s behavior varied from class to class. Most of the classes were well behaved with only a few students causing disruption. Mrs. Lee had warned me that the kindergarten class is normally noisier than other classes, but to her surprise the students were very quiet and did their work independently with no interruptions. Mrs. Lee did a wonderful job at keeping the students disciplined within the classroom. She would give positive re-enforcement and correct students when they would do something incorrectly. She worked really well with the students and they students responded in a respectful manner to Mrs.
The segment starts with regular classroom scenes featuring teaching, student engagement in learning, as well as all-day activities of school
John Henry is a 15 year old 9th grade student who suffers from ADHD and anxiety disorder. John frequently makes inappropriate verbalizations during teacher’s instructional time. This behavior causes distractions for himself and his peers. The teacher would ask John to stop talking out of turn, but the student only stopped for a short amount of time. The teacher would then pull John out of the classroom to speak one-on-one on some adjustments he can make with his behavior to make his learning more successful. After pulling John out of the classroom, he would be complaint for 2-3 days, but not for a week long period. Afterwards, the parent/guardian were contacted, but the target behavior was still not altered in any way.
Ewell had to get on to 1 of the boys for continuously making racist comments. She made him settle down by making him her assistant for today’s lecture over flower dissection. It seems as though Mrs. Ewell has not really found a classroom management strategy that works for this class. The students were not out of control, but if they were a little less rowdy, more could have been accomplished. She did not put much force into making the students participate. Although this is frustrating, I think it is a good decision because some days that may not be a battle worth fighting. I admire that Mrs. Ewell took the time today to do a hands-on lab with the students. I know she can get irritated with their behavior at times, but I could definitely tell they enjoyed today’s flower dissection. It gave them a chance to relate the vocabulary words they have been using to live flowers. The only thing I would do differently with the flower dissection is make sure to mention the safety precautions necessary when dealing with the sharp
This is used not only in the classroom and in lessons, but in meetings with other members of staff and possibly people outside the school environment, such as government officials. Being on time is a necessity, and this helps to notify people if information and plans have been altered to suit a better time or accommodate for more people. How cohesive lessons are to one another is an important factor of a child’s learning; if a student has a specific subject at the start of the school day and then at the end of it, the teacher should arrive on time, and moreover remember what happened in the period before the current lesson they are taking. This helps to keep students focused on their learning, and also aids students in developing skills of organisation that can be extremely useful in their later
Child X is 15 months old. He has dark brown eyes and has dark brown curly hair. His eyes were as big and have this loving look to them. His skin was a soft almond color. He was wearing this blue shirt with a green dinosaur on it and khaki pants. He was sitting on the floor of his classroom which is surround by many toys. The classroom was filled with colorful posters to catch the eye of anyone that comes in and is very welcoming for the infants as well as having safety in mind with how the classroom is set up.
In a classroom teachers are often limited on time that they are able to have one-on-one interaction with each student. During the class period, they are required to lecture, assign homework, and at the end, manage to find to time to work with the student. Jonathan Bergmann, a Woodland Park High School chemistry teacher, stated that the idea
Throughout this semester, all my observations that I’ve done in my assigned preschool have taught me something about teaching. From seeing how the students interact with one another and watching how the teachers manage their classroom, I’m able to learn how a successful classroom looks and works and also if this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
The second day of my observation during the 3rd grade class I noticed that the children were very wild and disobedient. Mr. Dunn told me it was because P.E. was their last class of the day and they were ready to go home. In addition to this it had been raining all day so the children had not gotten outdoor recess. The options for students when it rained were to either go to the computer lab or the cafeteria. Since the children had not gotten to run around and get out some energy, they acted out during P.E. Mr. Dunn told me there is a link between physical activity and learning and when children don’t get the physical aspect it makes it hard for them to focus, retain information, and behave during learning excercises. Throughout the duration of this class the children ran and yelled and climbed on things they weren’t supposed to. Mr. Dunn used his microphone a lot and the police officer came in to help calm the children down. The students would not be tamed, so the class turned into more of keeping the students from hurting themselves and each other and just ignoring the tattle telling and yelling. Each of the planned tasks did get completed and the students did learn, but I could tell by the end of class Mr. Dunn was stressed and the police officer laughed at his expression. One of the things I admired about Mr. Dunn was that even
Everyone that attends Brickell academy, please rise as we share our ideas about the science project. I am comparing the cells to an environment. I also am starting from the outside of the organelle and closing in. The plant cell that I am using is a vascular type. I choose our learning environment. The superior school. I think, that the school is a great example because of it's cell wall and membrane.
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as every child should be instilled with the wish to learn."
Through classroom observation I was exposed to the different methods of teaching a lesson. The methods of teaching depends on how will the teacher execute the lesson well. I learned that modern learners today needs both modern and traditional way of teaching as for them to fully learned the lesson in a meaningful way.
For my observation experience I went to Southern High School in Harwood, MD. Southern High School has a special education department for the students with disabilities. The teacher that I met with for this classroom observation was Ms. West. In the classroom there were at least four assistant teachers that helped Ms. West throughout the school day. The assistant teachers helped Ms. West co- teach the class and were there to help the students if they needed extra help. The school also has a couple of student aides that come in to help the teachers and the students in the classroom. There were at least twelve students in the classroom. The students in the class had many different exceptionalities such as learning disabilities, Down syndrome,