My Observation Of Effective Communication In The Classroom

Although I have not been able to attend Lafayette Academy much, I have observed a magnificent teacher. Ms. Robinson teaches 1st grade an engages each child in every one of her lessons. She takes the time to work with each student and seems to have a good relationship with each child’s families. For example, if one student is off task and not completing the lesson she encourages them by saying “If I should that to your mom would she be happy?” She engages the students with her tone of voice sometimes even singing in the classroom.
Most the time I have been there the class has been working on spelling and phonics. It seems the students are excited about literacy. Every time they are in a literacy lesson the students seem actively engaged and …show more content…
Robinson also showed me how centers work in the classroom. There were around five centers each consisting of different activities. In the back of the room there was choral reading with Ms. Robinson. The students seemed most excited to go there and get to work in a small group. The group that I was most closely observing was playing a rhyming and phonemic awareness card game. This worked for the most part, however without supervision students seemed to want to cheat their way through it. I would adapt this method however; I would hope to have a second teacher to help monitor the stations other than the main one. I think centers are a great break in the day for students while still learning. They get to interact with friends in a controlled, learning …show more content…
I have witnessed her do a running record. She put a table of letters in front of the child and set the timer for one minute. She also had the same table in front of her. As they went through the letters she would check off or write what they said. I was watching the lowest performing students, therefore, most did not get passed the first line. Another form of assessment that Ms. Robinson uses is in class quizzes and activities. She will hand out different activities and tell them it will be graded. Often times she has to remind students to look at their own papers. I do not always feel this is effective because it seems the same students are always failing. I never see Ms. Robinson going over the test, however I am only there two hours a week. I think it is important to explain to each student what needs to be improved. I understand this takes time and cannot be done with every assessment but the students must know what they answered correctly and what they did not. This will help them improve in the future and understand what is going