Examples Of Observing The Classroom

I visited three different classrooms at north shore elementary. For my internship, I am in a first-grade classroom, so I decided to observe a second-grade classroom as it would be a good opportunity to see how wide the gap of only one year would be with students. I also visited a gifted and talented third-grade classroom and a Special education resource class. From my day observing different classrooms I learned that techniques and strategies change to accommodate each individual child.
In the second-grade classroom, I observed how the teacher differentiated instruction for a student with autism. At one point during a spelling test, the student seems to become frustrated at the pace the teacher was going. In turn when the teacher finished calling …show more content…
The teacher let me know that she would only be going over strategies to use during the STARR test. The first thing I noticed was that the passage the students were reading was intended for fourth grade. All the students knew what they were doing and got to work right after they were given their assignment. The students did not need prompting. Differentiated Instruction as she worked in small groups and when over the passages. I also noticed that since some students worked at a different pace that they had options for enrichment through a technology component. For example, at certain points droning the lesson the teacher allowed students to leave the classroom and go to the computer lab to work on a technology project at pertained to the concept being taught. One motivational strategy the teacher used was giving students extrinsic rewards, for example, the teacher gave students candy that they could eat during class while they worked. The teacher also had intrinsic rewards in place, the teacher created a student-centered classroom. When students are involved in their own learning where the goal is mastery, not performance. The students work at their own pace and the teacher uses classroom management to make sure that things as smoothly as possible. One classroom management strategy I noticed was that the teacher made sure the students knew the rules and she was consistent. At one point during independent work, the students were talking too much and the teacher asked one student what they were doing for thanksgiving the rest of the class got quite as they listen to the student’s response that they were having turkey for thanksgiving. After the student told the teacher their thanksgiving plane they teacher said, “well that sounds fun, I might just show up there again this year” as some students giggle the teacher explained that she knew where they all lived and that she would show up at