The Kindergarten classroom is large, especially compared to rooms I have seen in other public schools. Upon entering the room, small closets and cubbies are located to the left and right hand sides of the entrance way, each child sharing a closet with one other student. Behind the closets on the left is a crowded section with Mr. A’s desk pushed to the corner and piled high with assessment materials and reference books (I never witnessed it being used for anything other than storage). The section also hosts a wardrobe for teachers to hang their coats and the dramatic play area, filled with a play refrigerator, kitchen sink, table and chairs, and closet. Students have a few blocks, two stools, baskets of fruits and vegetables, kitchen utensils and place settings, dress-up clothing, fabrics, hand bags, and phones all at their disposal for the area. Moving towards the middle section of the classroom, a large bulletin board is in the middle of four windows and on it are the class job chart, a calendar, the daily schedule, a number line of the days in school, work choices and any special notes from home for Mr. A. Student jobs include crossing off the days of the calendar, reading the schedule, and announcing the number of days in school. A white-board easel sits to the right of the board, a projector attached to a large screen TV is to the left, and two adult-sized chairs are in the middle. A large, multi-colored carpet faces the bulletin board and is surrounded on three
Kindergarten classroom of 25 students they all sit at tables that will hold up to six students, however I have them sitting 5 to a table for ease of grouping. Each table is a team labeled by a color, a large construction paper crayon hangs from the ceiling above each table, and they have matching crayon nametags on their desks. There is a Smart Board at the front of the classroom as well as a white board. My desk is at the front of the room to the right of the white board. Different centers are located around the room such as the art center, the math center, the reading tree is in the opposite corner from my desk. The room also has a single restroom and a sink and water fountain outside of the restroom. We also have circle area to the left of the reading corner
At Katherine Elementary School Dr Vandaveer has her own portable where she can test students. Her desk is in one corner and there was a kidney-shaped table with a few chairs on the side of the room. Other than a couple filing cabinets the room was fairly sparse. There was nothing on the walls.
The entire building was split into two classrooms. Based on my observation I assumed that they were split into age groups. Overall, the room and the outside area where my observations took place were nicely organized and family-friendly. The classroom was divided into two sections with different floor types; a wooden floor and a carpet floor. The wooden floor side of the room had multiple designated areas. The biggest area was an eating area which is where the children could have lunch on chairs and tables adjusted to their size. Another area was where the children could wash their hands, this part of the room consist of paper towels, soaps, mirrors, and a sink. To the left of the sink there was a first aid kit with a fire extinguisher. To the right of the sink there was the restroom door, the restroom consisted of multiple toilets next to each other. The restroom also connected to the other classroom. The wooden floor side also had backpack/jacket hangers for the kids along with
The name of Rachel and I’s preschool was Chit Chatter Clubhouse. Our philosophy discusses how our preschool strives to educate the whole child physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually. We also strive to provide stimulation activities that will prepare our students for the future. Based off of this philosophy we were able to choose different materials from the content areas and set up our classroom with the areas of science, math, block, art, P.E./movement, dramatic play, and reading/writing and morning meeting/circle time. We decided on materials for these areas based off of our goals as well. We found developmentally appropriate furniture such as shelves, tables, chairs, and couches. These furniture pieces were low to the ground since we are teaching 3-5 year olds. Along with these furniture pieces, we have a teacher area with shelving and a desk for us so we can create lessons or work on things to make us better teachers. We have sinks and bathrooms that help students become independent and learn healthy
I keep the room neat to encourage the children to take care of their toys and other belongings. I label each shelf with pictures of the item and the item name to assist the kids in recognizing items and learn the new words, labeling also helps them remember where things go. Organization is key for my classroom. All table top toys are stored near tables, pillows and stuffed animals are kept in the library area to encourage quiet time. I make sure we have plenty of available wall space to hang up art projects, all art, posters, pictures, eat are kept at the children eye level.
They require a variety of supports, such as homework assistance, as they progress through the school curriculum. A large number of students in the classroom are Polish and they come from upper class families. The physical arrangement of the room is similar to a traditional classroom, but instead of single desks she uses rows to foster collaboration between students. For instance, the teacher has her desk to the right of the room with two steps of separation from the students. There are six rows in total containing three seats in each row. The space allows the teacher to walk freely throughout the classroom and give each student individualized attention. In addition, the general education teacher makes sure to label folders, books and testing material with student names. There are two additional assistant teachers in the classroom including myself. We provide assistance to the general education teacher on different days, but work collaboratively when
Lanza’s classroom, one is immediately facing her desk, which is positioned in front of the windows on the opposite wall of the classroom directly across from the door. Whiteboards and bulletin boards, as well as a “Smart Board,” cover the span of the wall between the door to the hallway and Mrs. Lanza’s desk, and to the right of her desk is an instructional station comprised of two trapezoid tables pushed together with four chairs placed around it. A ledge spans in a “U” shape around the classroom, from the corner where Mrs. Lanza’s desk sits to the opposite wall. A bookcase rests on top of the ledge at the back of the classroom, and a cart containing laptops and chargers is found in the back of the classroom in front of the ledge. Two cabinets containing various classroom supplies are found on the wall opposite Mrs. Lanza’s desk. There are four clusters of student desks in the middle of the classroom. Three of the clusters contains six student desks, with the fourth containing seven. Each cluster is two desks wide by three desks long, with the fourth group having an additional desk stationed at the “head” of the cluster in the center of the two columns. A rough model of Mrs. Lanza’s classroom is as
Chapter 5 & 6 dealt with creating a space in your classroom for students to partake in questions, claims, and evidence. Science Writing Heuristic better known as SWH is used in the classroom to use language to question, to wonder, to investigate. In this type of learning the student controls his or her learning while the teacher creates opportunities for their students to engage in meaningful learning activities.
My eighth grade classroom is set in a Jr-Sr. High school and is located in the Jr. High hallway, in the rear of the high school. I have thirty-two student desks situated in rows and two small tables at the front of my room used for paper pick up. My desk and computer are in the back corner of the room. The students all have their own Chromebooks and I have a desktop computer as well as a Samsung Tablet. Google Classroom is used daily as well as many other applications suited for 1:1 schools. I also have a projector hanging from the ceiling and two large white boards located on the front and side walls of my classroom. The class that I will be focusing on in this paper is made up of 26 students, 15 boys and 11 girls. One student with learning disabilities, another is an ELL student. This class meets for 55 minutes.
Materials and manipulatives are spread along the outside walls of the classroom and children are free to choose which type of materials they would like to work with during independent work time. You do not notice any individual desks and chairs set up in the classroom, rather a few tables and chairs grouped together. The furniture is all child size and you do not see any adult sized furniture throughout the classroom.
Inside of the classroom there was a different objective I observed such as three calendars, three tables, a cabinet, 15 pack backs on the shelves and glitter. There were 2 flags, four plants and children sitting and lunch set. There were wood blocks, children pictures, pencil and crayons. There was hand paint, one clock and three rugs. There was three teachers and one with it an apron on.
Classrooms environments are very important at the time of learning. According to our textbook, the environment is viewed as an established behavioral place that forms how we act and behave (Vukelich & Christie, 2016). The environment in the classroom I visited was adequate for learning because it has all the things a preschool classroom has to have according to the textbook. The classroom has a bulleting board, a dramatic play center, a writing center, tables for manipulative and games, whole group meeting area, a computer area and an art area. There was also on a wall a picture of every single child with his and her names. My visit was from 10:30 to 12:30. When I first arrived, children were in a transition from one activity to another. The next activity was to watch an ABC phonics video. All the children knew what they have to do. They had to sit nicely and quiet on the floor. Every single child knew how to sit. They crossed their legs and put their hands in their laps. When the teacher saw that all the children were sitting properly, she assumed that they were ready to learn. During this activity I observed that Matthew and Jose were not engaged with this activity because they were looking to other children instead to look to the screen. For the next activity the children had to take a tablet from a cabinet. I was surprise because every single child knew the number of the tablet they have to take. Later I noticed that it was because in the classroom every child has a
The classroom is organized so that the student’s stuff and the teacher’s stuff should not cross paths. The students keep their materials in their cubbies at one end of the room, their pencil boxes at their seats, and their book boxes on the floor. The teacher’s stuff is located on her desk, and the back table where small group stuff gets done. The classroom setting is definitely positive and interesting because it has a minion theme. Children in that age range love minions most of the time and
One of my favorite places in Belleville West would be Mrs Steinkuhler’s room.She teaches food and nutrition plus a few other classes the the main reason it's one of the best places to visit is because of Mrs Steinkuhler she is a wonderful teacher plus she is very funny I had so many good moments in this class freshman year both semesters but my favorite was second semester when we were cooking she had everything so organized and clean and it was clean and fun environment to work in
You walk into your college classroom for the first time, and in the front of the room stands a stuffy, scary professor who looks up down the rows with a sadistic glint in his eye. You gulp as you take a seat in the back, intimidated by this man’s academic aura. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit; many of the professors I know are the nicest people around, but sometimes they may seem like this otherworldly spectre who singlehandedly has the ability to make or break your GPA. Obviously, if you feel this way about your professor, then communicating with him or her may pose as a fear factor task. While the following advice is geared more to email communication, feel free to apply some of it to face to face conversations as well.