Observation Report On Classroom Observation

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For my Field Experience I chose to observe at Krahn Elementary which is a part of Klein Independent School District. After my approval, I was assigned to four teachers and their classrooms. I observed at Krahn Elementary on six Tuesdays between 15 September 2015 and 27 October 2015, and more or less followed the schedule that was given to me by the Assistant Principal Ms. Shannon Strole. From 8:30 am to 9:15 am I observed Ms. Judy Burkes, who is a third grade Math and Science teacher. Her classroom is comprised of twenty students which range from average to below average learners and a student with ADHD and another with autism. For most part of my observation, M. Burkes had been working with her students on fractions and multiple digits addition and subtraction. From 9:15 am to 10:30 am I observed Ms. Lisa Parker who is a Math co-teacher and resource teacher at Krahn Elementary for grades K-5. During my assigned time, Ms. Parker usually joined Mr. Duru’s fifth grade class of twenty three students as a co-teacher and when required would pull out a group of six students after initial instructions from Mr. Duru and would teach them the concepts separately at a slower pace. This particular group of students with special needs was mostly seen to be focusing more and more on mathematical word problems. These students were students with Learning disabilities, behavioral issues and one of them was a student with ADHD. From 10:30 am to 11:15, I was with Ms. Janice Bluhms, who is a

This is a 1st grade class made up of 12 first grade students. There are 7 Girls and 5 Boys. There is 1 male student with general academic IEP that covers all subjects as well as 1 male and 1 female student that have speech IEPs. The classroom is arranged in table seating with a large carpeted area in the front of the classroom for group learning. This lesson will be taught in a group setting at the carpet.

During the observation of Morning Meeting, I noticed that my mentor teacher separated the children by gender when the calendar helper counted the number of boys and the girls in the classroom. My mentor teacher asked the calendar helper to have either the boys or girls stand up first to be counted. When the children are getting ready to go outside or to the bathroom, the teacher has also the boys and girls in separate lines. I felt that there were other characteristics for the teacher to separate the children. For example, she could she could have asked the children stand up or line up based on their eye color, hair color, the color of their clothing, their favorite animal, or even the first letter of their name. If my teacher broadened the

The first day that I went to observe was in the morning from 8:30 to 9:30. When I arrived, the students were leaving the cafeteria from eating breakfast. Once they got to the classroom, they unpacked their backpacks, putting their agendas and folders into a basket on that is on the teacher’s desk. The students then sat down at their desk and began working on the morning journal. The journal topic for the day was “What is your favorite subject? Why?” One of the students wrote his journal within ten minutes, while it took the other students about thirty minutes for them to complete the journal. One of the students in the class kept getting out of his seat to come and talk to the teacher and paraprofessional. He wanted them to take a picture of him. They would tell him no and that he needed to return to his seat. He sat there for the whole thirty minutes and only wrote a few words down on his paper. Asking to have his picture taken is something that he asked them about ten or more times a day. At 9:00, the paraprofessional transitioned the students into a Language Arts lesson. The class uses Unique Learning for

The introduction section will outline the basics about my placement at Skyline High School observing Ms. A and the students in the classroom. The observation took course over three months on different days at random from Monday to Friday, usually for 4 hours a day. The layout is similar in all the three classes that I’m observing; Life Skills, Math, and English Language Arts. What the layout looks like is that the students sit in a circular setting to make it easier for a group discussion and since they are all have variety degree of hearing loss, this is also ideal for them to see each other sign in American Sign Language when they answer. There are only four students in total that Ms. A is responsible for; four students for

unyard is educated in a Special Class placement. Junyard was observed during a Math lesson that included whole class instruction and individual seatwork. He mainstreamed into the general education classroom.

Every time I go to a salon I am very open about my life with my beautician. It made me wonder; Am I the only one who does this? I set out to observe this behavior by scheduling a pedicure. What better way to complete a homework assignment and to be able to observe without looking conspicuous? The salon I went to had ten pedicure chairs. As I walked in, I noticed that I was only the third customer there for a pedicure, so it looked as if I would not be able to observe what I came to see. An employee of the salon asked me to pick out my nail color, have a seat in chair number 7, and then proceeded to ask me what type of pedicure I wanted. After I chose my color and type of pedicure they then asked me if I wanted anything to drink. They offered me water, soda or wine! I thought about the

My first day in Mrs. Altuve's kindergarten class. Her classroom is very well organized and orderly set up with educational posters on the wall such as the alphabet, days of the week, numbers, and a behavior chart filled with her students names. In Mrs. Altuve's class, she has twenty-one students in her class. There are eleven male students and ten female students. The way her desks were set up were together to form a group. The ethnic background of the students in the class was ten African-American, five Caucasian, and six Hispanic. The students were seated in her group of four desks together and each student had their name tag in the center of their desk.

I have a total of 12 students, during this lesson, only 8 are present. There is one pre-K, two Kindergarten, one 2nd grader, one 3rd grader, three 4th graders, and two 5th graders. This is a very diverse class, not only because of their grade levels; but disabilities as well. Some students in my class also have a Behavior Intervention plan. Each child in this class has specific accommodations and modifications for classroom instructions and testing. The class is different today because all of the girls are out sick. So as you see in artifact 2 video segment, there are all

The room is arranged in a way to promote group learning. The desks are grouped together in either groups of four or five. There are 18 students in the room, 3 are absent in first period. The room has three separate places to do reading, one with just a cluster of pillows, another in the corner of the room with book shelves, drapes to create a warm and fun environment, with more pillows, and another underneath a paper made tree, with a seat and more pillows. There are no other adults in the classroom, other than the teacher. There are no students with obvious physical impairments of mobility issues. There are no rules for the classroom behavior posted. The teacher is very firm, yet quite loving, the students seem to hold a great deal of respect

The first class I taught on April 13th, 2018 was Mr.Nantz 4th grade class. Ellie and I taught this class together, however, Ellie was the lead and I was the assistant. We taught this class about brushing and flossing. I felt that Ellie and I were both prepared for this class. We had all the materials we needed. We also had enough planned and had enough time to do all the activities. We first educated the class about brushing and flossing and then did a demonstration. After the demonstration, we divided the class into groups and let them practice brushing on Spot and flossing on the models we made. The final activity we had planned was “tick tac tooth” which the students really enjoyed. I felt that “tic tac tooth” was especially effective and

The researcher observed a class of twelve four to five year olds at a preschool in New York. The majority of the children were white and male presenting. However, the gender ratios in each trial varied, since not all children were in attendance every day. Furthermore, not every child in class was observed in each trial, which also caused variability in how many children were observed in a given trial. For instance, in the first trial, the researcher studied three girls and three boys of eleven children. In the second trial, the researcher observed four girls and four boys of ten children. In the third trial, the researcher studied four girls and four boys of nine.

Classroom observation is a main approach of teaching research. Scholars or researchers use video to record the real whole class and observe the teachers and students’ actions, words and the efficiency in the class. Though the observation, they analyze what approach is more suitable. This paper will select video 5 and video 3 as the material to do the classroom observation. Different aspects such as teachers’ responds, questions, instructions notes and students’ behavior will be addressed to analyze the efficacy of this class.

This case was a fifth grade English/Language Arts class. The technology used throughout the lesson