Classroom Observation

          Overall, between the four classes I observe each day, I can say that a lot of children as a whole are a tad disruptive.  I can't single out a specific student but since the student teacher was teaching while I was there, a lot of behaviors went unnoticed by her.  I will look more closely next week while I am there.  A lot of students find themselves a little too curious in the art room.  Looking and touching the supplies in bins or other projects that don't belong to them, sitting and sharpening every pencil to avoid work, or creating objects to then be flown across the room.  

        Last class a group of students found a star template in one of the supply bins and decided it was his to take and keep.  Once the other students noticed, they wanted to make their own.  I wouldn't have agreed to the idea but the student teacher brought cardboard out and let them trace other stars.  I let her know that they should be informed NOT to throw them.  After a student nearly hit another in the face with a sharp cornered star she told them "if I see any stars in the air they are going in the trash bin."  which only helped a little while.  Once the students lined up and were ready to go, the cooperating teacher realized the stars were hers and were supposed to be used as a tracing template for another class, she took them away and made the others throw them out.



        I am excited to see how the cooperating teacher teaches as I haven't had the best experience observing the student teacher....

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