Teacher Observation Essay

During my experiences observing the second grade class this semester, I have noted a few levels of questioning that the teacher employs. The level of questioning that the teacher uses the most is literal questions. This level of questioning is present when the teacher asks about main idea, sequence, and/or similarities and differences. The teacher that I observe asks the students the main idea of read alouds that they encounter and the sequence of steps in a procedure (such as writing a draft in a graphic organizer). The second level of questioning that the teacher uses when asking questions is inferential. Inferential questioning is presented throughout the entire day. The teacher may ask how students came up with an answer in regards to context clues and picture clues. For example, the teacher may ask, “What made you think that speckled is a synonym for spotted?” The teacher may also ask if the student’s background knowledge helped them answer questions. Inferential questioning appears quite often throughout the day due to inferential experiments in …show more content…
When the teacher uses connections from previous experiences it is referred to as text to self. Another form of making connections is text to text. This is where students make connections to other books, television show, or movies. Finally, there is making connections based on text to world. Text to world is when the teacher relates what is read to what may happen (or has happened) in the world. All three levels of making connections are present within my observation classroom. Another reading strategy that the teacher has the students employ is using inferences. This is where the students draw inferences based on asking questions. For example, if the students were reading a mystery story, they may be able to infer what has happened based on asking