Elizabeth Paul’s class. She taught a kindergarten class with nineteen students. The class contained mostly Caucasian children, there was one African American boy, and three of Hispanic Origin and one multiracial female, the rest were Caucasian. I noticed the classroom was well label and remembering back to when I was this age they had the typical ABC chart and word wall chart hanging through out the room. I walked into the classroom the teacher was welcoming and told me I could jump right in, they were in the middle of making an educational word leaves game because fall break was approaching and they still needed to practice over break. They had students from the 5th grade helping the kindergarteners, they were paired up. I thought this was great because the smaller children look up to the older students and it also is a great learning experience for both the fifth graders and the kindergarteners. I went up to a student who happened to act shy when I began to interact with him and ask about the game he was making. After a while he kind of warmed up to me and started to talk more and respond to the things I was asking. I even got a chance to play the leaves game with …show more content…
Some of the things that would have bothered me that the children were doing, didn’t bother her. I asked her when we had a conversation how she did it she responded “it comes with time, you’ll learn to not let certain things bother you or even catch your attention.” One of the negative things I saw in the classroom was during some of the story telling sessions a few of the children where in their own world. She should have told reminded some of the children to sit up and get back on track. Another, things is missing class, I don’t think the children get as much accomplished in a school day when there is a