Sample Student Observation

For my shadow study, I observed a student from 8-12 at Metcalf Laboratory School. This student had short brown hair, was wearing a gray sweatshirt, and was smaller than his peers. The first class that the student attended was Health, and since the class was still relatively new due to it being a new quarter, he seemed to be adjusting well. At the beginning of class, the student was attentive, and as I was paying attention, I noticed that he enjoyed talking to his peer who sat next to him. The other thing that I noticed was that he sat in the front and was paying attention to the teacher during class time compared to his peers who were not as attentive to the teacher. When the pledge of allegiance was going on, I noticed that he did stand and …show more content…
For me, observing gym class was a tad more difficult due to having to pick my student out among the various students in their uniform. This took me a little bit, but I eventually did locate my student. In gym, since the students were playing volleyball, my student found one and shot it off the bleachers at the beginning. The gym was comprised of two gyms connected with one being larger than the other, and within a few minutes, the gym teacher made half the students go into the other gym. Since I was not able to locate my student for the first few minutes, I was worried that he went to the smaller gym, but luckily for me, I managed to find him due to him playing volleyball right in front of where I was observing. Once the student played volleyball for a few minutes, the student put the volleyball away and went to sit in a circle due to the teacher providing directions. In the circle, he looked around at the other students while listening to the teacher. He was attentive and was listening to the rules of the game while getting his peers to pay attention as well. I noticed that he was small in stature and seemed to not be as developed as his …show more content…
At the beginning of class, a video was playing, and my student stood up and sat on his desk in order to watch the video. He put his sweatshirt on and pretty much had the same attitude. He talked to his peers, and I also noticed that he had an AB ABC schedule due to the teacher mentioning it. At first, he sat down and was attentive, and after he did this for a little bit, he got up to get supplies for a nametag since an intern was observing the class for four weeks. He asked the teacher if he could use a different version of his name, but the teacher said no to him due to knowing that the student was just trying to be funny. While the intern was giving a brief introduction, he was attentive and did not know what a dab was when the students asked her to do it. He continued to pay attention and asked for a salute. I noticed that he seemed to have more respect for this teacher and was more comfortable talking to him. After the intern spoke, he took notes and talked to his peer for a little bit. The teacher jokingly said that the student was rude and told him to calm down due to the student being over excited. After this, my student raised his hand and asked why the teacher was not able to share his opinion in regards to politics and also asked about the voting age. By asking questions, he showed me that he did like social studies more than the other subjects. After he