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Bilingual Kindergarten Observation
Today is my first day at P.S.69 observing a bilingual kindergarten class. The first thing I noticed was there is a lot of colorful charts around the room. There are charts such as learning charts, birthday charts, mathematics charts, calendar charts, and classroom rules chart. The room consists of primary colors such as red paper bulletin board, yellow paper flowers, and a blue carpet. I also noticed that the teacher used the theme elephants for her room and I asked her why is the elephant a recurring theme she simply said, “Because my this year my class loves elephants!” I thought this was such a great idea that the teacher decorated her room with what her student loved. I love how the teacher incorporate a lot of visuals such as an iguana

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