A 9th-Grade School Observation Report

Paul Fisher describes the Tangerine County as “a place carpeted with green grass, with trees along both sides of the road and flower beds running down the middle of a median strip. We could see the roofs of big expensive houses peeking up over the landscaping” (9). Although things on the surface look great in Tangerine County, they’re falling apart underneath. Outside the housing development, a muck fire burns underground (16). In a middle school, a sinkhole opens (80), and mosquitoes torture the neighborhoods (161).

On Thursday, June 16th all 4th grade classes from Hanscom Middle School got their Every Kid in the Park passes, learned about the Centennial and met park rangers too boot. A neighbor of Minute Man National Historical Park, Hanscom Middle School is located on the adjacent Hanscom Air Force Base, located in the towns of Bedford, Lincoln and Lexington, Massachusetts. 50 students were awarded their passes as well as peppering rangers with questions about the National Park Service.

The dump prior to a massive dump fire served as home and work for thousands of families and individuals. Those who inhabited the toxic dump made it their home, source of income, and meals on which they survived. Some of the more fortunate who depended on the dump for income lived in tattered settlements surrounding the dump, built by the trash collected. Life in the dump on the account of one resident was a “living hell”.

I think that attending Towson High School and being a part of its Law & Public Policy program has definitely changed my perspective and opinions. Towson High School, a predominantly white school, was very different for me because I'm not a localite and I'd only attended predominantly black elementary and middle schools. While I have been able to recognize prejudice at Towson, as someone who is politically liberal in a highly diverse magnet, I have managed to work with, get along with, and befriend a magnitude of students and contributed to conversations that expand everyone's worldview.

West Pender after-school has been through over countless activities over the past month. Throughout February we were able to get know Mr. Tyler more through his impressive PowerPoint presentation. We learned all about the diverse places Mr. Tyler has been to. All throughout this month we have also heavily encouraged physical activities. Everyone was engaged in various sports such as soccer and kickball. We have also introduced everyone to new games such as Dynamite and Jailbreak. In addition, we have also started new program called Acres of Adventures. This program has allowed everyone to do agricultural related activities. We have made homemade play dough and did a smelling activity through Acres of Adventures. West Pender after-school has

As walk into the Preschoolers classroom, I notice the kitchen straight ahead with the door closed. To the right side of me, there’s a gate to divide the Preschool classroom from the Pre-K classroom. There are three sinks inside the classroom so that the students can wash their hands, two bathrooms, one for the boys and one for the girls. As I continue to observe the class, I noticed four rectangular tables with eight chairs to each table to left side of me. There is a big blue round circle shape rug that is placed in the middle of the classroom for circle time. The students have pictures displayed on a Daily Learning Activities Board (DLA) showing math, writing, science and art work.

When you walk into Amy Zache’s warm and inviting first grade classroom at Beiger Elementary School, you are greeted by twenty three of the most beautiful smiling faces. These thirteen boys and ten girls have a passion for learning that is clearly fueled by the positive energy of Mrs. Zache. Although all of the students are Caucasian, with the exception of one Caucasian and African American boy, she does an excellent job of integrating other cultures into her lessons. Along with worrying about the integration of different cultures, Mrs. Zache must worry about how to make accommodations for the four students with speech IEP’s, one student with a sever cognitive disorder who has an IEP, four boys on ADHD medication, and multiple other students

One day in middle school, the whole 8th grade class got to go to the gym because their teacher was out for the day. Everyone knew the gym was were the bullies came to harass the other kids. The 6th graders were sitting across the gym just minding their own business, no one really ever bothered them, unless they came to the 8th graders side of the gym. There were always a few of the kids that would happen to linger across sides and the inevitable always tended to happen. They never really saw a big deal with it, other than it being sitting with the older kids. Two of the older girls were sitting at the top of the bleachers, while the younger two had come over and sat almost at the bottom of the bleachers. Even though the 8th graders were supposed

During my student teaching experience at Jefferson Elementary School, I had the pleasure of observing two sixth grade classes. I was able to learn from Ms. Much while observing her social studies lesson about Greek Mythology. In Ms. Hartman’s class, I got to observe the collaborative math curriculum. This experience opened up my eyes to how rewarding teaching sixth grade is. Before observing, I was hesitant as to whether or not I would have the knowledge and qualifications to teach an upper elementary grade. After working with both of these wonderful teachers, they showed me that I would truly enjoy teaching sixth grade.

Field observation this week was kind of hard. After working with the kids its really hard to know that I will not be working with them again for a while. I really enjoyed getting to work with the kids and learning from Mrs. Morfit. I have been an assistant aid, an a P.E. Teacher and a parent ant the Crestone Charter School but it has been interesting to see the school from another side.

On Wednesday October 25th I went to the Multnomah County Library on 49th and woodstock to do my Fieldwork Observation assignment. I left directly after school and took the number 10 bus, to Woodstock Park which I walked through. I arrived at the library at 2:48pm I used the restroom then took a seat in the back right of the room. The reason for this seating choice was so I could see as much as the room as possible. I didn’t officially start the time until 2:51pm.

On August 10, 2016 I was dispatched to Hull, Jackson Elementary School on an Unruly student incident. I spoke with Mrs. Martha Phillips, Principal of the school, she stated that second grade student Jairon Day, hit a teacher in the face today. I spoke with Mrs. Erin Cox, she stated “At approximately 11:30 I picked my class up from art and took them to the courtyard for recess. JD followed instructions during recess. We came in at 11:45. As we headed up the stairs JD did not want to come with the class. He did come upstairs but kept wandering away from the class. He cut in and out of Mrs. Cross’ line and tried to go into the teacher’s workroom. This lasted several minutes. He would not get in line but did finally follow directions to stay with the class.

I visited a Toys “R” Us and looked at the various toys arranged by gender. There was a clear delineation between aisles of toys geared towards males, and aisles of toys geared towards females. In addition, there were some areas of the store in which toys appeared more gender neutral.

The following data was gathered while fulfilling duties as a principal intern at Theresa Bunker Elementary School. The data was observed during five to seven minutes of classroom observation as part of a walk-through in the spring of the current school year. My cooperating supervisor for my internship was able to go on these walk-throughs with me in order to have a productive reflection meeting afterwards. This elementary school has two of each grade level from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Since it was more feasible in this small school setting, I actually was able to do a walkthrough in eight classes. Here I will report my observations from five of those walk-throughs. As I went in to each room I was looking for four

During my second year of middle school, my parents thought moving to Mexico would be a marvelous idea. A month later I found myself in a small hamlet called San Cristobal. My mother mentioned how much she loved attending middle school there and that pretty soon I would too. My first day of school I noticed strange behavior among the teachers; they were all gathered near a vehicle scoffing at the students. I disregarded the incident thinking it was simply a bad morning for them. Once class had begun-for the whole seven hours-my teacher did nothing but teach us fourth grade math. The level of progress in which the students were in baffled me because at their grade level the adequate math would have been Algebra. Once the students were dismissed,