Classroom

A sample from "Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose in K-8 Classrooms" by Nell K. Duke about genre with purpose would be the guidelines: design compelling, communicatively meaningful environment, provide exposure and experience, explicitly teach genre features, explicitly teach genre-specific strategies, and offer ongoing coaching/feedback. These guidelines are something that I will try to implement in my future classroom. When I was reading about these guidelines, I was not sure what each…

The excessive use of technology in the American classroom is creating a legion of conundrums. The use of such devices as laptops, is being taken for granted. Students in classrooms across the nation are using these privileges for activities outside the realm of the educational material provided. In addition, cheating has become more prevalent in schools due to the accessibility of rapid answers for assignments with the tap of a few keys. Furthermore, the cost of outfitting an entire school, can…

five-year-old male in an ICT classroom. The class has 16 students and two teachers. The classroom tone was quiet and calm. The lights were turned off, windows were open and sunlight shined throughout the classroom. At the time of the observation, the special education teacher, Ms. H, was leaving because she was in the process of recovering from surgery. The general education teacher, Mrs. W, lead the class from the recess yard to the classroom. When the students enter the classroom from recess,…

Classroom arrangement is a crucial part in having an effective classroom management. A classroom arrangement allows the teacher to observe, walk around, and help their students throughout the day in the classroom. Having an inefficient classroom arrangement allows time for students to become off task, disruptive, and to get up from their seats to wander around the classroom. Creating a layout that is efficient and easy to move around in allows students to learn, and participate more effectively.…

What Can Teachers Do To Create A Culturally Responsive Classroom? Kenadi Bolf Dr. Courtney Beers Fall 2017 EDEC 3573-900 What can teachers do to create a culturally responsive classroom? A culturally responsive classroom is a classroom that recognizes all students Welcoming All Students To Room 202: Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms by Donna Y. Ford This article gave an analogy that compares students in a classroom to guests in a home. Most people put a lot of time and effort…

I think that it is important for the students have enough room to move around. My classroom will consist of many different elements however, not too much that it might overwhelm the students. Overall my classroom will consist of a class library, rectangle tables, a color map where the students would meet, a cabinet that holds school supplies, and a promethean board. Speaking from personal experience I am easily distracted by anything so I wouldn’t want to decorate my wall with a bunch of posters…

I consider focus groups being a very successful classroom learning strategy but I also think it can create a few are concerns and issues to student learning. I believe students can be distracted and not focused during literacy group work, I know this because on my placement rounds I have seen a group of…

I had the opportunity to observe Mrs. Stevens classroom at NorthStar Educational and Therapeutic Services. In her classroom she has a total of six students ranging in grade level k-5. Each of her students have an Individualized Education Programs. On the first day of my observation, I observed Mrs. Steven and her paraprofessional interact with the students during breakfast, warm-up, and during I-Ready English Language Arts and/or Math. During breakfast, the class sat together, as the staff…

learning indoors. The reason behind this is the fact that school systems are cutting down recess and the growth of social media. Many think that it is better for kids to learn indoors in a classroom setting and others think kid should be able to do both learn both inside and outside. In the article “Out of the Classroom and Into the Woods” the writer talks about a class in the small town of Quechee,Vt and how a teacher takes the students outside for the full class day once a week. This day is…

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…