My observation hours took me to a public school in Queens, NY 4th grade classroom. During my observation I came across some notable issues some that concern a single child, a small group of children and some relationships among children or between children and adults. Some of these observations were positive and some negative as everyday there is space for improvement in a classroom. As an observer each day can provide a new opportunity to learn how to better manage a classroom. ????
The school on average has 670 students attending and of those students the majority race is Black followed by Hispanic. The 4th grade classroom I observed had 28 students in it and was set up so that childrens desks were 4 in a bundle facing eachother. This type of formation allowed for constant peer interaction if required by teacher to share some type of work, or discuss a given topic. These groups were set-up by last name so they seemed arbitrary to level of distribution to learning success the kids might be operating on. This set-up however they did cause some groups to be unbalance in their gender distribution. There were 2 tables with only …show more content…
In the ”morning welcome” the teacher asked if the kids had anything to share about their evenings or commute to school. Most of the kids begin talking out loud and over each other. The class became disruptive as they all begin speaking out loud and over each other. The teacher attempts to silence them were won by pointing to show ond student David had raised his hand. Before hearing what David had to say she praised him for knowing that raising his hand was the correct action. The teacher asked if anyone else would like to raise their hand and contribute, several other students did and she thanked them for raising their
The school on average has 670 students attending and of those students the majority race is Black followed by Hispanic. The 4th grade classroom I observed had 28 students in it and was set up so that childrens desks were 4 in a bundle facing eachother. This type of formation allowed for constant peer interaction if required by teacher to share some type of work, or discuss a given topic. These groups were set-up by last name so they seemed arbitrary to level of distribution to learning success the kids might be operating on. This set-up however they did cause some groups to be unbalance in their gender distribution. There were 2 tables with only …show more content…
In the ”morning welcome” the teacher asked if the kids had anything to share about their evenings or commute to school. Most of the kids begin talking out loud and over each other. The class became disruptive as they all begin speaking out loud and over each other. The teacher attempts to silence them were won by pointing to show ond student David had raised his hand. Before hearing what David had to say she praised him for knowing that raising his hand was the correct action. The teacher asked if anyone else would like to raise their hand and contribute, several other students did and she thanked them for raising their