Elementary Education

One thing I have noticed that the teacher I am observing does with her students is centers.  During theses centers she works one on one and is able to spend more time on specific lessons and topics with the students who need a little extra help.  She will also sometimes have me help these students in the hall if needed.  (Because I work at this school as the P.E. teacher I am aware of different disabilities and special needs). One thing that I love that my school does is that they have technicians that will come around and help students who may need more time to go over specific topics.  The teacher I am observing also has a lot of diverse books and uses various teaching methods to help diverse students.  She allows collaboration and sharing everyday and her class is filled with different resources, posters, and colors.  Another way I see the teachers here adjusting their teaching for the diverse students is enrichment.  They go off of test scores to d...

One thing I have seen my teacher do that I immediately thought of while going through this lesson was how she works with students who may struggle more and possibly have disabilities.  One specific thing she does during math time is she times her students doing an addition or subtraction sheet depending on where they are at.  If they get the sheet 100% during the allotted time then they get to move to the next number.  However there are a few students she doesn't time due to what I can only assume are disabilities or struggles that these students may have.  I love that she makes these accommodations because it allows the students to be able to succeed in something that may be difficult for them.  This goes along with the individuals with disabilities education act.

Some ways I have seen engaged learning in my classroom are allowing games. Mrs. Allsop allows computer games such as imagine learning to help students enjoy class. She also allows various  spelling games.  Some of these include spelling words with blocks or in salt. She encourages partner work so students can collaborate. She also has students retell things to help them remember and it allows her to check for understanding.  One thing I have seen that isn't as engaging is when they come in at the beginning of school they do bellwork where they just do worksheets in their books.  This seems like it isn't as engaging to the students.