In the classroom of interest, the grade level being taught is third grade with the students’ ages varying from seven years old to nine years old. The location of the school is in Gainesville, Florida and is called Stephen Foster Elementary School, which is a public magnet school, composed of grades kindergarten through fifth. Forty five percent of the students at Stephen Foster Elementary School are African American, 32% of students are Caucasian, 8% of students are Hispanic, and the rest of students are composed of another ethnicity or a combination (Public School Review, 2013). Stephen Foster Elementary School has a diversity rating of .67, which is above the Florida average of .45 (Public School Review, 2013). Stephen Foster Elementary
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Learning to work with fellow classmates is an important social skill students need to learn that will benefit them in the future. Social skills are defined as the skills people use to communicate with one another, whether this is verbally or non-verbally (What Are Social Skills?). To encourage social skill building, students will be encouraged to talk amongst themselves during activities, as long as they are on topic. To achieve this aim, the teacher will use a technique of cooperative learning on a daily basis. Cooperative learning is defined as a form of instruction in which students are organized into groups to complete assignments and projects collaboratively, to assist each other, to solve problems, to share materials, and to participate in discussions (Emmer, 111). With the classroom organized in groups, cooperative learning will be simple to implement into the daily …show more content…
Elena Aguilar, a teacher who particularly loved reading and wanted to inspire her students to read as well, has a list of recommendations to encourage students to read. Some of these recommendations include reading out loud in the classroom, starting book clubs at the school, and inviting authors to speak to students (Aguilar, 2013). In the classroom of interest, students will be read out loud to as often as possible. There will be a reading center in the corner of the classroom near bookshelves where students will be allowed to choose their own books to read in class. Students will also be allowed to check out books from the classroom library to take home to encourage the students to continue reading at
Learning to work with fellow classmates is an important social skill students need to learn that will benefit them in the future. Social skills are defined as the skills people use to communicate with one another, whether this is verbally or non-verbally (What Are Social Skills?). To encourage social skill building, students will be encouraged to talk amongst themselves during activities, as long as they are on topic. To achieve this aim, the teacher will use a technique of cooperative learning on a daily basis. Cooperative learning is defined as a form of instruction in which students are organized into groups to complete assignments and projects collaboratively, to assist each other, to solve problems, to share materials, and to participate in discussions (Emmer, 111). With the classroom organized in groups, cooperative learning will be simple to implement into the daily …show more content…
Elena Aguilar, a teacher who particularly loved reading and wanted to inspire her students to read as well, has a list of recommendations to encourage students to read. Some of these recommendations include reading out loud in the classroom, starting book clubs at the school, and inviting authors to speak to students (Aguilar, 2013). In the classroom of interest, students will be read out loud to as often as possible. There will be a reading center in the corner of the classroom near bookshelves where students will be allowed to choose their own books to read in class. Students will also be allowed to check out books from the classroom library to take home to encourage the students to continue reading at