Tesnatee Gap Observation

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Observing Tesnatee Gap Elementary School
I began my adventure at Tesnatee Gap Elementary school during the latter part of March. I had no idea what to expect at all. Previously, I had absolutely no experience with public school. Before taking my education course I had little knowledge of the way the public-school system worked, and no knowledge at all about the way public schools run special education classes. This was all so completely new to me, and I’m thankful that I had such wonderful teachers and classes to observe, as well as tons of applicable knowledge for me to take away and apply into my own classroom. Tesnatee gap elementary opened its doors as White County Intermediate school in the year 2000. The school began as a third through …show more content…

The first class in which I was placed was a second-grade classroom. The class itself had about eighteen students in it and was integrated with a handful special education students as well. I, upon my first visit, did not notice any differences in behavior from any of these children and had the teacher I was observing not told me, I would have had no idea that the classroom was integrated. The second classroom that I was placed in was solely for special education students. This class was made up of about five boys, and the teacher was accompanied by two paraprofessional educators that assisted her in instruction. Both of these experiences were seemingly adverse in structure and made for some truly unique experiences to …show more content…

As previously mentioned, the students would typically finish their work promptly after the lesson and then hand it to their teacher for quick revision. The students who completed the assignment in a satisfactory manner would get to help aid their classmates who might have been having trouble with their own worksheet. This was fascinating to see, and it is a good example of the use of cooperative learning in the classroom, “cooperative learning arrangements among groups of learners with differing levels of ability,” (Slavin 115). In a classroom that is integrated, like this one, I think it is important to utilize cooperative learning when there is such a wide range of ability and only one

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