When the other children saw my lunch, they laughed and pointed again,”(Anaya 58). After this event he felt like an outcast and struggled with the need to fit in with the other students and to feel…
On December 3rd, Mrs. Neth allowed an observation of her second grade class. Mrs. Neth teaches at Heber Hunt elementary in Sedalia. At the beginning of the observation, Mrs. Neth’s second grade class gathered at the carpet to talk about what the students read on the previous day. The students were required to read a two page passage and a story out of their textbook; both were about jellyfish. Mrs. Neth began a picture walk while the students were still sitting at the carpet.…
Context/Commentary This morning during group time, a small group of children sat around the preservice teacher (Emily) as she read a book. This book was selected by Willow. As the preservice teacher read from the front to back, the children pointed out pictures that interested them or had previously seen. On the first page, Oliver pointed at a picture of a green frog. He then looked up at the Emily with a questioning gaze.…
Karen is facing a real challenge as an amateur Spanish teacher. She seems to have a passion for her career; however, that is not enough to successfully manage and teach a classroom with rough students. In this case, Karen is not only facing a main trouble student (Jeff) and the whole class that supports him, but also she is not getting enough school administration support due to ineffective school/district (transportation, lunch, and classroom transitions) policies. In order for Karen to turn around this misbehave classroom, she needs to work in the source of the problem (Jeff) mainly by building a relationship with him, bringing parental involvement to the case, and by involving other staff and school administrators. Sometimes adults just…
Usually after this was done, we would quietly walk in a single file line down the hallway to the playground. That day, however, it was different. When I opened my eyes, instead of an orderly line of kindergartners, there was one little boy chaotically jumping up and down. As red in the face as a tomato, he seemed to be getting antsier by the second. “Teacher!…
She told them all to “put bubbles in their mouths” and that they could pop the bubbles when they got outside. All of the children put air in their cheeks…
Introduction: How Children Succed p.xiii&xv In this introduction I was surprised on how they are having three year olds filling out worksheets and completing drills on letter and number recognition (Tough, 2013, p.xiii). I did notice when my son went to transitional kindergarten that what was expected from him was what a kindergarten back then would be learning. When he went to kindergarten he was expected to know more than what I remember was required before.…
Meyers Park Traditional Elementary School is a CMS Magnet school serving kindergarten through 5th grade with students admitted by lottery. The school is located in the Meyers Park neighborhood, adjacent to Queens University and has been in existence since 1928. According to the North Carolina Report Card for the 2014-2015 school year, the school exceeded growth during this academic period and has a performance letter grade of A. Current data from CMS show enrollment at 726 students, with 315 Black, 347 White, 36 Hispanic or Latino, 13 Multi-Racial and 40 Asian students. 34% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.…
Case Study: Meet Samuel Samuel is seven years old and in year three. He attends the local public school. Samuel wears the same t-shirt and shorts each day, regardless of the weather. He finds comfort in familiarity and is put out by change.…
Two dozen 18 year olds sat inside a warm smelly classroom at Marshall High School. Graduation was a month away and everyone, including the teachers were ready to get out of this hell hole of a school. It was that point of the year where it wasn’t warm enough to turn the AC and not cold enough to have the heat on. Everyone in the building was sweating buckets. Walking down the halls, one could definitely tell who was wearing deodorant and who was not.…
It was in Peoria, an excruciating hot day. An insipid yellow light surrounded the hallways, as the unappealing smell of dirt circulated through the vents of Centennial High School. All of the students sat at their desks, wearing a very widespread variety of clothes. Each student possessed a different style of shirt, exposing some forearm or shoulder. In one classroom sat one girl who exposed her whole shoulder, due to be punished within the next minute or two.…
Discussion As outlined previously, there were 3 domains from the CLASS use to conduct observations on a teacher and children in a preschool classroom. The 3 domains used to conduct the observations are Emotional support, Classroom organization, and Instructional Support. The Pre-K CLASS has 10 dimensions that are scored on a 7 point scale, from low to high with a score of 1 and 2 consider being in the low range; 3, 4, and 5 are mid-range; and 6 and 7 are a high range. In general, the quality of the classroom was very positive, in the middle-high ranges. As you can see from Table 1, there were multiple scores of 5 and 6 such as in the positive climate, teacher sensitivity, regard for student perspectives, behavior management, productivity,…
Class Description: I observed Mr. Meza’s classroom which consisted of 10th grade English students. His classroom was set up so that his students were seated in groups of four. His classroom was of average size however, it felt a tad bit crowded simply because of the organization of the tables. The tables were scattered instead of aligned and/or equally spaced. Some posters and assignments were up on the walls but there were more school rules and regulations that met the eye at first glance.…
Tier one is about building relationships with the students in the classroom, their parents, and the colleagues that you work with. While observing I noticed that Miss Reinee is in regular communication with parents through out the day through either e-mail, phone, text, or journals. She also invites parents in for lunch on a regular basis to visit with their student for lunch. Another observation was that she is very eager to help colleagues when they need her assistance. For instance, another teacher needed help with filling out an IEP…
SEP #4 In my observation of a Kindergarten class, there were many different teaching methods used. The teacher used many visual aids, and example would be when she asked the students to draw a pig. She displayed a pig on the board that was drawn by a guest speaker, and the students were asked to replicate the drawing. The teacher I observed also used games to enhance the student’s learning.…