Classroom Observation and Teacher Interview Leslee Reaves EDU/305CA-Child Development September 26‚ 2012 Greg Frates Introduction My classroom observation took place at Golden Hills Elementary School in Derek Devine’s classroom. I observed his class for a little over six hours. Mr. Devine’s class is a special education class that consisted of fourth and fifth graders. There were 14 students and a teacher’s aide. Mr. Devine seemed to be in tune with the needs of his students. Interview Questions
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Classroom Observation and Reflection Paper MTE/501 The Art of Science and Teaching Regis Lawrence For my classroom observation I had the opportunity of sitting in on a first grade regular education classroom. Listed below are the following that relates to the teacher’s classroom design. Teacher’s educational goals I asked for the teachers educational goals and wasn’t surprised that our goals shared some of the same objectives. In terms of teaching she wanted to provide the best education
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During the close observation‚ I noticed that throuhout this activity Harry was very focused and calm. He did not required any support or scaffolding from the teacher. I have known this student for over two years and I know that his goal most of the time is to accomplish tasks. During this math activity Harry verbally indentified all of the shpes he used (dimond instead of rhombus). He acquired new gerometry related vocabulary by learning from the teacher that dimond shape in geometry/math is called
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Observation Paper I observed Mr. Dave’s pre-k class at Montclair pre-school. I arrived at the classroom at 8:00 am to accessed the classroom as well to speak to Mr. Dave. We reviewed the day’s plan as I helped him clean up. While cleaning around the room I noticed how colorful the room was. There were: banners of letters and numbers hanging on the wall‚ as well as a large alphabet carpet on the floor for the kids to sit on‚ toys to play with and books to read. As the children arrived‚ they removed
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Ramona is a hard-working‚ loving‚ single mother of two preschool aged girls‚ Theresa and Rosa. She works overtime every week‚ just to make ends meet for her and her children. Ramona and her children are in poverty. Unfortunately‚ statistics indicate that Theresa and Rosa will struggle to receive the quality preschool education they need to in order to succeed throughout Kindergarten‚ grade school‚ high school and into adulthood. According to one study by Sum and Fogs‚ students living in poverty
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Sperfslage was still there and allowed me to speak with her about what her classroom is like. She explained to me the whole building was only first grade (which was really amazing to me‚ I’ve never heard of a school building being one grade). Since she didn’t have any students when I arrived‚ she grabbed iPads and started showing me all of the lesson plan formats‚ programs the students work with‚ and general information about her classroom. I could tell she was really passionate about teaching and I could
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The observation of young children can alter exponentially just from one age to the next. For my child observation‚ I chose to watch 9-year-old Theo. Theo is currently facing industry vs. inferiority. I watched Theo for an hour while he participated in both recess and library time with his class. Theo is average in height and weight to his classmates‚ but has the greatest volume within his hair making him look super cool. An aspect of the school system that made the surveillance a bit more interesting
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Observation in a Kindergarten Classroom Jessica Chisolm Grand Canyon University: SPE 226 3/03/2014 Teaching for Exceptionalities Description of Student The student is five years old. The student is in kindergarten. The kindergarten class has fourteen children. The classroom is a mainstreamed and both teachers have special education experience. The student has strengths in reading comprehension‚ phonics‚ and spelling. He enjoys puzzles and can complete a fifty piece puzzle on his own
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English Language Learners‚ and six of them had IEPs. The classroom’s educational team consisted of Ms. B. the general education teacher‚ Ms. P. the special education teacher‚ Ms. I the teaching assistant‚ and Ms. G. the teacher aide. The second-grade classrooms are all located in the upper building. This building is not connected to the lower building; therefore‚ all specials are held during the first period to avoid educators going up and down the buildings’ connecting outdoor steps. This
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On Thursday morning‚ I returned to Mrs. Flinn’s fourth grade classroom. I observed from 8:00 to 9:30. During this time‚ the students went through their morning routine‚ worked on some language arts worksheets‚ and completed a math lesson on fractions. Descriptive Praise: Today‚ Mrs. Flinn continued to give great descriptive praise. As students were working through their language arts and math booklets‚ she would always tell students exactly what was going well. She went further than just saying
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