Classroom Observation

My cooperating teacher, Mrs. Fusco, maintains a really positive environment. She keeps such a positive environment because of the various routines and procedures she uses in her classroom management. During the beginning of every class, including homeroom, the students have a set routine that they come in and attend to. In homeroom, students come in and sign up for what they are having for lunch, and turn in important documents as they wait for the morning announcements. Also, if they have brought a lunch they put their lunch box in a basket that gets collected by other students and brought to the lunch room to keep cold. When the Enrichment English, and English 8 classes come in they sit down and start their Do Now that Mrs. Fusco has posted on the board. Mrs. Fusco keeps her students seated in rows because she feels as if it keeps her students on task during class periods. Mrs. Fusco is able to easily walk up and down the aisles as her students are taking tests or working on in-class assignments and taps their desks in order to regain their attention, reinforcing the idea of staying on task. Students know what to do and where to sit, because she has a seating chart that she set up in the beginning of the school year. If she feels as if there is lack of motivation, and hard work, she has a discussion with her students to remind them of her expectations for the eighth grade. …show more content…
Fusco wants to prepare her students for the amount of school work they will receive, and the writing expectations that the students will face in high