2nd ½ Day Observation, Mrs. Finnell’s 4th-grade Classroom,
Jefferson Intermediate School in Rocky Ford, Colorado on 1/22/2016
On Friday, January 22, 2016, I had the pleasure of observing Mrs. Finnell’s 4th-grade classroom at the Jefferson Intermediate School in Rocky Ford, Colorado. When I first arrived at the school, the 4th-grade class was at lunch. With the principle’s permission, I wondered the halls and observe some of the 5th-grade classrooms that were still in session. The first thing I noticed was that the same posters I had seen at the primary school were posted on the walls. These being the school rules and the noise level posters. I was intrigued about this and asked Mrs. Finnell, who explained to me that this is a district plan that they have incorporated. The classrooms all have the same rules as well. In my opinion, this is brilliant. Not only does it let the kids know exactly what is expected of them, it also takes less time to get students on track at the beginning of the year or when they are transitioning from one school to the next since little or any of the rules changed from the previous year. …show more content…
The classroom was set up with clear expectations and outlines of each subject that were taught throughout the day. Friday’s are generally their assessment day. Mrs. Finnell was assessing her students on irregular verbs. She first did a review and discussed what makes an irregular verb irregular. She demonstrated by writing sentences on the board that used these different verbs. She then had students complete the first side of the worksheet and come show her before completing the back. The students seemed not to be grasping the concept and struggled through this
Jefferson Intermediate School in Rocky Ford, Colorado on 1/22/2016
On Friday, January 22, 2016, I had the pleasure of observing Mrs. Finnell’s 4th-grade classroom at the Jefferson Intermediate School in Rocky Ford, Colorado. When I first arrived at the school, the 4th-grade class was at lunch. With the principle’s permission, I wondered the halls and observe some of the 5th-grade classrooms that were still in session. The first thing I noticed was that the same posters I had seen at the primary school were posted on the walls. These being the school rules and the noise level posters. I was intrigued about this and asked Mrs. Finnell, who explained to me that this is a district plan that they have incorporated. The classrooms all have the same rules as well. In my opinion, this is brilliant. Not only does it let the kids know exactly what is expected of them, it also takes less time to get students on track at the beginning of the year or when they are transitioning from one school to the next since little or any of the rules changed from the previous year. …show more content…
The classroom was set up with clear expectations and outlines of each subject that were taught throughout the day. Friday’s are generally their assessment day. Mrs. Finnell was assessing her students on irregular verbs. She first did a review and discussed what makes an irregular verb irregular. She demonstrated by writing sentences on the board that used these different verbs. She then had students complete the first side of the worksheet and come show her before completing the back. The students seemed not to be grasping the concept and struggled through this