Cornerstone Christian School Observation Report
The Cornerstone Christian School of Manchester Connecticut is a non-denominational Christian school serving students, in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Twelfth, from the surrounding communities. Accredited through the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Cornerstone seeks to teach, train and transform their students though curriculum that focuses on Christ, the Bible, service, community, excellence, and a global outlook (The Cornerstone Christian School). Their preschool classes are located on the lower level of their main building with the three-year-old and four-year old classes having separate rooms, adjacent to each other. On the mornings of Thursday, February 2nd and Friday, February 3rd, 2017, I had an opportunity
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For this reason, on Thursday February 2nd the four-year-old class consisted of nine students with Mrs. Blais being the only teacher, while on Friday February 3rd twelve students were present as well as teacher aide Ms. David and teacher Ms. Blais. Both days the class was split quite evenly between boys and girls, with Thursday having one more boy and Friday having equal numbers of boys and girls. The students come from various backgrounds including Caucasian, Spanish, Indian, Chinese, and …show more content…
My first day in the classroom happened to be groundhog’s day and Ms. Blais started her classroom instruction by showing the students videos of groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil, in Pennsylvania, and Chuckles, in Connecticut. She then discussed with her students that when a groundhog sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of Winter, but if the groundhog does not see his shadow then Spring will be coming soon. This was followed up by the reading of the book “Groundhog’s Day Off” by Rob Pearlman. Throughout the circle time Mrs. Blais asked the students lots of questions to assess their understanding and help them draw their own conclusions. This seemed to line up with the NAEYC Professional Preparation Standard number 1, to “Promote Child Development and Learning” (NAEYC, 2010,
For this reason, on Thursday February 2nd the four-year-old class consisted of nine students with Mrs. Blais being the only teacher, while on Friday February 3rd twelve students were present as well as teacher aide Ms. David and teacher Ms. Blais. Both days the class was split quite evenly between boys and girls, with Thursday having one more boy and Friday having equal numbers of boys and girls. The students come from various backgrounds including Caucasian, Spanish, Indian, Chinese, and …show more content…
My first day in the classroom happened to be groundhog’s day and Ms. Blais started her classroom instruction by showing the students videos of groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil, in Pennsylvania, and Chuckles, in Connecticut. She then discussed with her students that when a groundhog sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of Winter, but if the groundhog does not see his shadow then Spring will be coming soon. This was followed up by the reading of the book “Groundhog’s Day Off” by Rob Pearlman. Throughout the circle time Mrs. Blais asked the students lots of questions to assess their understanding and help them draw their own conclusions. This seemed to line up with the NAEYC Professional Preparation Standard number 1, to “Promote Child Development and Learning” (NAEYC, 2010,