Reflection Paper On Classroom Observation

Register to read the introduction… Then we talked about healthy bodies and how we make healthy bodies by eating correctly. The teacher would ask a question and then call on someone who raised their hand. When there was a fun task to do, the teacher would call on a student that was doing something right, like sitting up straight. I noticed that the same students were always raising their hands. The teacher should have tried to involve all of the students.

After the discussion of green and healthy, Mrs. Castiluza read a poem, but the children had already been sitting for 15-20 minutes and were not interested in the long poem at all. Then, Mrs. Castiluza brought out a bag of fresh vegetables that she grew in her garden. This got the kids interested again and we discussed how the greens of the vegetables were different. Then Maria and I got 2 helpers and cut up lettuce, peppers, and cucumbers to make a salad. We all ate salad and talked about the different textures and crunchiness of the vegetables. The lesson was evaluated as the students ate their salad, the teachers informally walked around the room and spoke with the children, but not all of them. The kids finished, threw their paper plates away and …show more content…
The teachers tried to use literature and poems to tell the lesson. I think that the teacher should have a way to involve all the students in the discussion. Also, I think that all the students should have been involved in making the salad. I think the idea of the salad was good, hands on and a reward at the end. The students were very well behaved and the teacher handled misbehaving matter-of-factly without a lot of attention drawn to the deed. I don't think that the material was particularly challenging, but then again we are dealing with kindergarten. The theme of the unit was “myself and my