The Importance Of Shadowing In The Classroom

The second class that I was given the opportunity to shadow was Ms. Brown; a fourth grade teacher. The administrative personnel recommended her to me. They said that she is a great teacher and that I was going to enjoy shadowing her class. When I entered her class I felt a lot of positive energy coming from her and transmitting it to the students as well as to me. The classroom was small and there was little room to walk around, but the classroom was organized with a less clutter than the first grade class. However, I did notice that Ms. Brown’s classroom was smaller than Ms. Nishimuras’. Even though, Ms. Brown had more students. In addition, I felt welcome not just by Ms. Brown, but by her student teacher. The student teacher was nice to me and she had the time to …show more content…
Brown announced that it was time to clean up. I noticed how every students cleaned up in an orderly manner. After everything was put away Ms. Brown passed out small laptops because after recess they were going to work on vocabulary for 30 minutes. When passing out the laptops I notice that those laptop where shared by other students. Moreover, as the students lined up by the door Ms. Brown took them to the playground and I stood by the door with the teacher student. Some of my students from the after school program saw me and asked what I was doing in school so early. One of them said enthusiastic that if I was going to be the new principle of the school. I felt great that some students believe more in me than I do. Overall, I had a great experience observing these two classes. Ms. Nishimura and Ms. Brown are great teachers and I learned a lot from them by simply watching. I am also thankful to the principle who was willing to help me to do this assignment. I felt welcome and I would definitely liked to work in this school even though, I notice a lot of clutter and many things disorganize, but the people who worked there made the place seem like a