John Sinnett: Video Analysis

I really enjoyed watching the video. The purpose of John Sinnett 's was that he wanted his students to see that he was engaged just as the students were. From the video, we can see that John is very passionate about his kindergarten students. During his lesson, he gets down on the carpet on the same level as his student to make them feel engaged. This is something that is very important because students are so to teachers telling what to do. However, John decided to structure his class differently. He was on the children level so that the students can see that he was motivated about the lesson just like them. For me, I believe that John was doing the right thing by modeling the process. Students that are that young are not aware of how the writing process works. …show more content…
we can see from the video that he takes his students through a step-by-step process for writing, in which they begin with an illustration. I believe that this is perfect. Students in kindergarten are not really good spellers, therefore, if they draw out what they want to say it will help them. they students are simply drawing a picture and the picture is helping them help for their writing. That is what John did with his class. I like the way John structured his lesson because he was helping his students get their message down on paper. And that is one of the most important things. I also enjoyed how John was able to have all of the students listen to one another while they were sharing. Therefore, the purpose of his lesson was that he wanted his class to see the concept of listening, speaking, reading, and writing during a lesson. I believe that he was successful in doing these concepts in his