Elementary School Classroom Observation
On September 19th, 2016 I went to Wenonah Elementary School in Lake Grove, New York. I made an observation at the beginning of the day in Mrs. Cosenza first grade class. The purpose of this observation is to observe and evaluate the standards and correlations between teachers and students within the classroom during an activity. One observation would be planned by the teacher/aid and another one would be an activity that was initiated by a student or a group of students.
Class started at 9:15am, all of the children were ordered to place their backpacks and lunch in their cubbies, as well as hanging their coats up on a hanger. The rationale of this is to teach the children how to be more independent. As the class activities began for the day …show more content…
The children seemed to be interested in the activity and were able to relate the topic to their everyday life. When it comes to the NYS common core learning standard’s this learning activity falls under domain five, cognition and knowledge of the world section civics, citizenship and government. I do believe this activity is process-oriented because the child was given the opportunity to draw and write about what they think responsibility meant to them. The only form of adaptation I saw within the classroom was when the teacher needed to break down the directions for a few children that had problems understand what she was asking from the class with their citizenship book.
Adjacent to the social adaptation that was required for the few students. Mrs. Cosenza displayed the appropriate use of class management by using behavioral charts, such as given the children’s table a point if they were talking softly and following directions. As for encouragement of social skills, Mrs. Cosenza has a buddy chart called “Turn and talk partners”. All of the children are paired up with another student which is rotated every week. This gives the children a chance to interact with different children within the classroom for a short period of time before they have
Class started at 9:15am, all of the children were ordered to place their backpacks and lunch in their cubbies, as well as hanging their coats up on a hanger. The rationale of this is to teach the children how to be more independent. As the class activities began for the day …show more content…
The children seemed to be interested in the activity and were able to relate the topic to their everyday life. When it comes to the NYS common core learning standard’s this learning activity falls under domain five, cognition and knowledge of the world section civics, citizenship and government. I do believe this activity is process-oriented because the child was given the opportunity to draw and write about what they think responsibility meant to them. The only form of adaptation I saw within the classroom was when the teacher needed to break down the directions for a few children that had problems understand what she was asking from the class with their citizenship book.
Adjacent to the social adaptation that was required for the few students. Mrs. Cosenza displayed the appropriate use of class management by using behavioral charts, such as given the children’s table a point if they were talking softly and following directions. As for encouragement of social skills, Mrs. Cosenza has a buddy chart called “Turn and talk partners”. All of the children are paired up with another student which is rotated every week. This gives the children a chance to interact with different children within the classroom for a short period of time before they have