Classroom observations 3:)

My final round of observations landed me in a 6th and 7th grade science classroom!! This was a fun experience, as I enjoyed the informative who’s who folks hanging from the ceiling. Form Isaac Newton to Neil Tyson Degrasse!! But, unfortunately, I wasn’t too thrilled with the temperament of the classroom students. Very rude and disrespectful form the get go:( It was a little heartbreaking.

Classroom observations 2:)

My second round of observations landed me at West Orange high school!! This was clause to home for me since my current Statistics teacher graduated from there. It also the closest high school where I currently live. Since High school is my expected grade range I’d like to teach, this could potentially be a starting school to my career! Anyways, I learned pretty much what path I want to take as I transfer to UCF in the fall. After observing in a marine biology classroom as well as a chemistry classroom, I’ve decided to go the chemistry route. In marine bio, we got to dissect a squid! But in chem class, we got to make alcohol from fermented pineapple!! That was fun in both instances, but I enjoyed the smaller class sizes as well as the more mature nature of the chemistry students!! I also was able to observe an intern who is a senior at UCF!! Very cool!!

Classroom observations:)

I started my classroom observations at Dover Elementary in a 5th grade reading classroom. The first thing I noticed was how clean and orderly it was for a classroom with over 20 children in it!! Also, I picked up on the visual cues of the Bumble bee themed murals on all the walls. This included classroom rules, vocabulary from wall to wall, and tips on how to read and re-read your assignments for different interpretations!! I also noticed how effortlessly the teacher quietly disciplined the children that were being disruptive with just a simple press of her index finger to her lips and then continued on with the instructions or lesson. This to me was a bit different than what I experienced in a marine biology class later in my observations, more on that in the next blog!!