How To Do My Classroom Observation

I was privileged enough to do my classroom observation in a place near and dear to my heart, my hometown high school in Sidney, MT. I was invited into Mrs. Lang’s classroom where she taught a variety of classes. Mrs. Lang teaches culinary arts I and II, fashion I and II, early childhood education, child development, and international foods. What I love most about this school is how friendly and supportive the students and staff are. During the day, Mrs. Lang teaches freshman to seniors and even at one point- preschoolers! Most of the classes are what you would expect them to be except for the early childhood education class. In this class, the high school students act as the teachers to the preschoolers. I love the high school as a whole, but I did not like the setup of the particular classroom I was in. I observed in a Family and Consumer Sciences room, so there were multiple stoves and cupboards on the outside edges of the room with six tables in the middle.
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There were students who were eager to be in the room, students who wanted to be anywhere but in the classroom, from freshman to seniors, and everything in between. Sidney, MT has very little diversity and a large majority of the students come from white, middle-class homes. I observed freshman through sophomore students throughout the day. There were cliques within the students, student athletes would tend to be around other student athletes. Also, students usually interacted with students of the same grade. In one class, I noticed a student who did not seem to interact with anyone in the classroom and was only concentrated on her homework. I approached this student, and after talking with this girl, it turns out that she had recently moved to Sidney from Texas. So it was interesting to see how a new-student stood out in comparison to the students who have been in Sidney for a