Self-Contained Room Observation

I conducted most of my observations in Mrs. Christy’s room. Mrs. Christy’s room is a self-contained room. Her students, however, do not demonstrate severe symptoms that you would expect in a self-contained room. Mrs. Christy’s classroom is a combination of grades 4th-5th. She has the students all day except for when they go to specials or recess. Another time she is not with is when a speech therapist or a resource teacher comes to get one or more of her students for a short time. The students only go to these outside classes for a class period then they return to Mrs. Christy’s room for further instruction in her room. The beginning of Mrs. Christy’s day with her students starts when the students get off the bus. The students that ride the bus then go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast. After breakfast, the students go to the classroom where the students that were dropped off join them. The students begin class by …show more content…
Christy are plan a down time for your students, have lamps spread out around the room, repeat instructions and facts multiple times, and have a way to keep communication with parents open. I learned I need to have at least one time set aside during the day for my students to calm down and refocus on their academics. Secondly, I learned that students might need benefit from lamp lighting instead of the bright over head lights; therefore, it would be good to have numerous lamps spread out around the room. Lamp lighting is also very good during down time. Thirdly, I learned that I need to repeat key facts and information to help my students retain information. Also, it may be necessary to repeat instruction because the students might become distracted or have trouble remembering or catching all the steps to the instruction. Lastly, Mrs. Christy used a calendar to easily keep in touch with parents by writing notes to the parents and keeping them up to date on upcoming events, and their child’s progress throughout the