Anastassia Williams
Field Assignment A 1: the classroom environment Date Description Where is the teachers desk? When and 10/9- The teachers desk is at the front left corner of the classroom. She typically stands front how does the teacher navigate the 10/10 and center in the room, and rarely strays off of that.
classroom? How are student learning spaces arranged? List the ways that the teacher brings the class to order.
The desks are arranged in pods. There are five groups of four. The students were allowed
to pick their seats.
She will say Sshhh when talking volume gets out of control and tries to regain their
Describe how the teacher begins the class (attendance, announcement, homework, etc.,) What are the opening activities?
attention again. She will also call out specific students or tables that are not paying attention. She will start giving directions to get their attention. While students are doing their Quickwrite activity, she takes attendance silently, asks for lunch orders, and makes general announcements. have to answer in a paragraph. Then there is a Freewrite 12 minutes and the students can write a page on any given topic. They write on the same topic for 2 weeks, and at the end of a grading period, the work goes through the publishing process. She uses slides on the SmartBoard to transition from one activity to the next. She also ony explains on part of an activity or lesson at a time, gives students time to finish that section, and then moves on to the next one. She goes through the worksheet, lecturing off the directions.
The opening activities include a Quickwrite, which is a random question that the students
List ways the teacher transitions from one activity to the next Select one example of the teacher offering directions Offer an example of the teacher responding to a students question. How does the teacher monitor student progress? What instructional strategies does the teacher use?
One student will ask her a question about something shell be discussing in the future, she
will hold off question and tell student she will going over that later.
She walks around and checks work, sees how far along they are. Assists students who are
having trouble.
She uses guided notes and lectures to the students.