Cranberry High School Classroom Observation

I went to Cranberry Elementary and the principal picked out classrooms for me to visit. I visited Mrs. Feo’s third grade class and Mrs. Gordon’s second grade class. Both of the teachers had strategies on how they arranged the seating chart. Mrs. Gordon’s class was in a portable so she didn’t have lots of space to use. In both classrooms, the bulletin boards had the students work displayed. I liked walking around the classroom and seeing the students work and what they learned. The bulletin boards also displayed the rules and the responsibilities of the children. If any of the students need more information about a diagram, those were also found on bulletin boards around the classroom.
It is important to create a positive environment in the ESE and ESOL classroom. The students need to have a positive environment where they feel comfortable to share and trust the teacher. It affects them positively and they feel encouraged. Both of the teachers gave positive advice and praise when the students did something correctly or were doing what they were supposed to be doing. If a student who has disabilities is put down, they might not feel like they should try at all. Teachers should build up their students and help them when they do not understand. Every student learns differently and some of the …show more content…
Many of the teachers at Cranberry have the same behavior chart. All the students start at the box labeled “Ready to learn.” The students, depending on their behavior, can either move up or down. There are three higher boxes the students can achieve for positive behavior and there are three lower boxes that the students can reach if they do not follow the rules. All the teacher says when a student is misbehaving is that it’s their first warning and the students know to move down their number. Each student has a number so that students would have their information