Classroom Observation In Elementary School
Classroom Observation One My first observation was a special day mild to moderate class in an elementary school Mrs. G is the teacher; she has been teaching for seven years. She has a Masters with her Special Education Credentials. She is trilingual she knows English, Spanish and Sign Language. The classroom ratio is one adult to three children she can have up to twelve children at a time every child in her class needs to have an IEP for special needs in order to be placed there. At the time of the visit I saw nine children the teacher and two instructional aides. I observed the beginning of the day when children were being dropped off. The teacher opened the classroom door at 8:10 to 8:25 parents would walk their children to
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Once all the children arrived Mrs. G rang a bell, then she showed them sign with a number five. Once the five minutes passed, she rang the bell again and Mrs. G Showed a red stop sign. Children started to clean up and walk to the carpet area. Once the children got to the carpet each child had their own chair. Mrs. G states “Jesse make sure you sit in your seat the red chair is Devon’s.” An aide walked next to Jesse and pointed to the green chair. “This is your chair,” he nods his head right and left them, he throws himself to the floor. As the instructional aide redirects him and gets him to sit in his green chair. Mrs. G started reading a book with the children. As she read caps for sale she also used felt pieces in the shape of caps. She handed one to each child and as she was reading she had the children put them on the felt board. Once they were done with the story she had them go into groups of three to work on math work sheets. There was one teacher at each table with three children the teachers gave the children unifix cubes to use to do an adding and subtracting worksheet. Each teacher worked differently with each children, when a teacher …show more content…
G she mentioned that she individualizes for every child depending on their need. Each child’s services are stated in their Iep all the services the children are served in the classroom. She meets with parent’s quarter for parent conferences to talk about children’s progress or concerns. Sometimes she meets with parents in between conferences if there is a need to address a situation. She also invites and assist children’s Iep
Once all the children arrived Mrs. G rang a bell, then she showed them sign with a number five. Once the five minutes passed, she rang the bell again and Mrs. G Showed a red stop sign. Children started to clean up and walk to the carpet area. Once the children got to the carpet each child had their own chair. Mrs. G states “Jesse make sure you sit in your seat the red chair is Devon’s.” An aide walked next to Jesse and pointed to the green chair. “This is your chair,” he nods his head right and left them, he throws himself to the floor. As the instructional aide redirects him and gets him to sit in his green chair. Mrs. G started reading a book with the children. As she read caps for sale she also used felt pieces in the shape of caps. She handed one to each child and as she was reading she had the children put them on the felt board. Once they were done with the story she had them go into groups of three to work on math work sheets. There was one teacher at each table with three children the teachers gave the children unifix cubes to use to do an adding and subtracting worksheet. Each teacher worked differently with each children, when a teacher …show more content…
G she mentioned that she individualizes for every child depending on their need. Each child’s services are stated in their Iep all the services the children are served in the classroom. She meets with parent’s quarter for parent conferences to talk about children’s progress or concerns. Sometimes she meets with parents in between conferences if there is a need to address a situation. She also invites and assist children’s Iep