Elementary Classroom Observation

On my first day of observing Mrs. Albita’s 4th grade classroom, I first noticed how she selected the student that would write the objective for the day. Mrs. Alba has a jar with popsicle sticks that contain the names of all the students in her class. She selects one stick and that student is responsible for writing the class objective correctly. First the student has to listen to the teacher carefully. Next, the student writes down what he/she heard. The teacher then checks to make sure the student spelled all the words correctly. If the student does not spell a word correctly the teacher points out what word is incorrect and gives the student one more chance to spell it correctly. If the student misses then the teacher selects another students to spell the word and finish writing the objective. I thought this was different because in America the teacher usually has the objective written on the board already. Initially, I thought that it seemed like a waste of time because the student that she first picked was taking a while to write the objective. After the third student finished writing the objective, however, I noticed that this particular exercise was …show more content…
Once they had everything put away they were dismissed from school. Wednesdays at ABSS are always half days do to professional development meetings the teachers have. Once all of the students were gone Mrs. Alba and I made our way to the multipurpose room where the ABSS teachers were going to have their poster presentations set up. I had the chance to listen to several teachers present on various topics. It was interesting to see how many rural schoolteachers showed up to listen to these topics. One teacher presented on love and affection and another presented on a journal she works on with the students. I walked away with several ideas of things to keep in mind when having my own