Classroom Observation Essay

I did my observation at Horace Mann Elementary crop 3nd grade classroom. When I entered the classroom, I felt very welcomed, Mrs. burns had every the students welcome me. It was a very colorful classroom covered with the childrens art work. The children seemed to feel very comfortable around each separate they all appeargond to be communicating well. The goals of the children in the class room argon to actively participate and understand the information taught. As I observed part of her math class, they were learning money.She gave them a worksheet to work on afterwards she taught the lesson. As they were completing the worksheet she walked around to answer any questions and to make certain(p) they were on task. Ten minutes later, children need to take a check off on the underground,so Mrs. burns asked them to keep quiet and stand a mental strain leave the classroom,in order to let them keep quiet,she got a idea,she took a flushate and give it to who are being quiet ,then sh e asked that person conduct this rose to another person which u think being quite,but at this epoch I found an interesting thing.A girl ,she didnt pass the rose to a quiet person,she just passed it to her best friend,at first I didnt know it ,but then there are some students began to kvetch or so that,so I know she didnt do it as teacher tell,actually it correspond this ages behaver,they are care more close friendship , the children are starting to not be as high-and-mighty and domineering. They do not like critism, and wishes to please others.They are sensitive about others feelings. However, they may be critical of themselves and become more of a perfectionist. The children are more cautious and withdrawn during this age. I asked Mrs. burns how she went about communicating with her students families and she told me she uses phone calls, email, and parents will sometimes send a note if he/she has any concerns. She gave me advice to always call from work and to never call fro m home.She said last year she had a bad experience where she used her endure phone to call a parent, and after that the parent was constantly call her house. Her curriculum was based on the California Standards. She showed me form, which was made from the CA Standards it gives you a weekly plan, and different activities to do Monday-Friday. A few of the activities included site skills of the week, like phonics, comprehension skills, and comprehension strategies.