Example Of Practicum Observation

I was assigned to Mrs. Michelle Lawrence’s fourth-grade classroom for my practicum observations and final lesson. This was a great choice for me because this is the grade I hope to be assigned to teach. Do to some problems with getting our practicum schools set we started much later into the school year than was originally planned and it put us into the classrooms during the State Testing practice weeks. Therefore, most of my time observing this class was watching the administration of a never-ending string of practices tests. During this time, Michelle didn’t teach a single lesson to her students, in fact she hardly spoke to them. This was because of the state laws regarding testing. The teachers can’t talk of interact with students during test taking. This limited my observation to learning a little about the testing procedures that the teachers and students were required to follow. Michelle tried to share whatever knowledge she could with me to at least make me …show more content…
I rated myself excellent on student discipline and participation because they were great about raising their hands and waiting to be called on to answer, Michelle taught them well on this area. When I am speaking, be it to a single person or a room full of students, I pay particular attention to making eye contact with everyone in the room, for a couple of reasons. First, I was taught growing up that making eye contact with whomever you are speaking to in common courtesy, and second, I think this is a way to give the person(s) I am speaking to a small assurance that I am engaged with them and listening as well as speaking. Additionally, this is a point that has been repeatedly articulated to me in almost every class I have taken, always make eye contact with your audience. Therefore, I think that rating myself excellent in this is