Classroom management

This year was blind auditions so the two, ponytailed female judges each sat in a too small desk facing the wall like small children in timeout. I stood at the front of the classroom as if I was about to begin teaching a lesson but I felt as if I was about to start an exam I didn’t study for. My mouth was dry and my hands felt like I had gone outside during a blizzard without gloves, my fingers taking additional effort to move…

I taught a twenty-minute lesson for the Discussion Guide assignment, completed in 381 Educational Psychology. The lesson was completed with a partner and our audience was the other students in our class. My lesson was completed on Module 14, “Critical thinking and Problem solving’. My partner and I focused a takeaway of critical thinking; the takeaway displayed that teachers must foster the growth of students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills by asking them questions that require…

the class. However, to adapt to the new technology, some classes transformed into a flipped classroom. A flipped classroom requires students to watch online lectures as well as take online quizzes at home. Then, students attend a face to face session to do group exercises and have group discussions over the learned material. Many advantages and disadvantages exist in both traditional and flipped classrooms, which is revealed between a conversation between two students. Bob is a hardworking…

I like to sing and I like to watch my friends perform too, and at Holy Family Catholic School, we have all our pep rallies and talent shows in three different rooms instead of just one room particularly for that. If we had one single room, we could add chairs instead of sitting on the floor. We could add stage lights so we can add more drama. We can also make the room much bigger, and I feel it would be great if Holy Family Catholic School could add an auditorium. First, we could add…

Classroom observations: Gianna was observed during the afternoon in her third grade class. At the start of the observation, Gianna was asked to sit at a back table as the class prepared for a timed test. Gianna got up and took her test with her as she headed to the back table. When the test began, Gianna appeared focused and attentive. Once finished, she placed her pencil on the table and looked around the room as she cleaned her glasses. Mrs. Cartwright, Gianna’s third grade teacher, walked by…

the observer. However, other things were recorded during the observations. Mary was seated in the back of the classroom in all of her core classes. It was also observed that Mary drinks coffee and energy drinks such as monsters, throughout the day. During language arts, Mary was seating in the back of the classroom. Mary followed the teacher’s directives and participated in the classroom. Mary often raised her hand to answer questions asked by the teacher. When Mary got a question wrong, the…

observing Mrs. Botta 1st grade classroom at Mayfield Elementary, I learned about what means to be a teacher. Over the few weeks of two hour sessions, I was able to build a strong relationship with Mrs. Botta and her eleven students. Witnessing Mrs. Botta teach language arts, math, and good ethics enlighten me to how demanding being a teacher truly is. Mayfield Elementary implements several daily sessions of spelling, reading, and comprehension in their first grade classrooms. Beginning with…

The Early Education Center For my observation, I visited The Early Education Center, Seagull School. The preschool classroom that I visited consisted of three teachers and thirty children, ages three and four years old. The type of program at The Early Education Center is what I call a “traditional” preschool. When I walked into the preschool classroom, I noticed it was very large and very spacious which allowed enough space for each child. Natural light, provided there was no glare in the room…

I completed my service learning hours in fourth grade at Charles England Elementary. I started off meeting Mrs. Freeman who explained to me the whole fourth grade is on a departmentalized schedule. This means that each teacher teaches their specialized subject while the kids move around, they decided to split up the children like this to prepare them for middle school. The first class I was in was English taught by Mrs. Farlow. She was a young woman who modeled who I would like to be as a…

From my position at the podium, in front of many critical eyes, I was sure that my heartbeat was audible to every set of ears in the classroom. My fingers trembled uncontrollably and while doing so, unknowingly crumpled the sheet of paper that was held between them. In that moment, I was hyperaware of everything that was happening around me. Every blink, every cough, even the constant ticking of the clock at the back of the room made me more uneasy than I already was. I waited patiently, as…