Teaching: Today the day began as days prior with students reading silently. Mr. Wyatt introduced the idea of conflict in stories today and asked the students to be aware of the conflicts in the stories they are reading today. Although students didn't have to write anything down, he did tell them to be prepared to share if he called on them. During reading time he also called individuals over to his reading table. I assume he was gauging their progress, etc. Mr. Wyatt taught Math today and we helped students that needed assistance. He asked Marla and I to each choose our favorite picture book to share with the class. I chose Olivia by Ian Falconer. I love this series and the students seemed to enjoy it. It was fun to incorporate a picture book in a high elementary classroom. After each of us shared our story Mr. Wyatt asked students to volunteer conflicts they saw in the story. I love picture books and throughout my classes so far, I can see how they can be instrumental even in the upper grades.
Environment/ Students with Special needs: Since the students desks are arranged in groups, during test times the students get out their "office" which are folders stapled together. We saw the students use these today as they took their literature test. Mr. Wyatt asked me to read the questions on the test to one particular student. We went to the "alcove" where I could read him the questions and we wouldn't disrupt anyone. I did notice another person doing the same thing for another student.
Methods: Today, I noticed that Mr. Wyatt used a few methods to reach the kenistetic learners. For spelling review he had the students clap on consonants, snap their fingers on vowels and stomp for 'y'. These seemed to help engage students during an otherwise potentially boring task.
Class Management: So far I haven't noticed Mr. Wyatt call on any student to pull their behavior card. Today he called on 2 students while we were there to pull their cards. I also noticed that Mr. Wyatt uses the echo clap method to get students' attention and he also uses the provoke response method. (Not sure if that is what it is called.) The example of what he did is as follows:
Mr. Wyatt: "One, Two, Three eyes on me!I
The Students: "One, Two, eyes on you!
As Marla and I tried to remember some things we wanted to make note of that wasn't conducive to student's self-esteem we couldn't remember the exact situation so we have determined that we need to make notes while we observe. Hopefully this will prove more helpful for gathering info for our assignments.
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