ASSIGNMENT 3 (Instruction): Observe any instructional time in your assigned classroom, and record

your observations when presented with the questions below:

Instruction Question 1: What is the posted daily schedule for different subjects or periods? >>>

9:00 - 9:05 - Morning Routine

Instruction Question 2: Is instruction done in small groups, centers, whole groups, individual? >>>

Instruction is done in whole groups for all the subjects. There is certain amount of students
that do need help in certain subjects so the teacher calls them to the group table and gives
them the instructions of the subject and helps them understand better. Students who are
struggling to understand the teacher individually helps them by re-explaining the instructions
and then helping them on the problem that they're struggling with.

Instruction Question 3: How would you describe your cooperating teacher’s teaching style? >>>

She teaches as a whole group and then small groups and lastly individually. As a whole group she
understands which students are going to be in a small group that she need to go slower and make then
understand the lesson better. The students she notices that have to be with her by themselves, she
takes them to the group table and goes over the problems they're having trouble with. She goes with
the class flow and allows the students to tell her what they don't understand.

Instruction Question 4: Does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities (learning styles)? If so, give
examples. >>>

When learning new vocabulary, the teacher uses the 123 method (1 finger - they never heard
the word, 2 fingers - they heard of it but they don't know what it means and 3 fingers - they
know what it means) this way she understand where her students are in vocabulary.

Instruction Question 5: Do the students seem engaged in the lesson(s) that are being presented?
Please explain. >>>

All the students are taught by the teacher to have their hands on the desk and that ways she
gets their attention and starts to explain their plans for today and she makes them read out
loud the goals they have for today lessons and that way all the kids are engaged on the
lesson.
Instruction Question 6: Explain the use of culturally relevant materials, teaching strategies, class décor,
etc. that meet the needs of today’s culturally diverse student population. >>>

Her class decor is colorful but uses specific colors to separate the subjects. The books in her library
have books that include everybody that is different. Her posters are use specific colors that allows the
students understand how to do their work. If posters have orange or red that means that are doing
literacy. Black and blue is math and science. Every poster has information that is easy for them to
understand and read.

Instruction Question 7: Is instructional time managed efficiently? Please explain >>>

Yes, with the schedule that she has, she uses the specials, lunch or individual time to let her know how
much time she has for each lesson. She connects reading and writing by reading about and connecting
that to the writing lesson. Students are reading "The Flag Maker" and they point out with vocabulary
word is a more context vocab word and what the word means. This leads to writing by the students
finish their essays about America. The use different examples of American symbols for their essay is
they can use the story "The Flag Maker" as one of their examples for their essay.

Instruction Question 8: How does the cooperating teacher handle transitions from one subject or period
to another, and are these transitions efficient? >>>

She has a 15 minute period the students do individual work for 15 minutes and then tells them to
"waterfall" and lets them the next lesson they're about to learn. The transition is efficient and allows the
students to have enough time to finish what they were doing for their last lesson and let's them put
away their materials and take out the materials they need for the next lesson.

Instruction Question 9: List ways that the teacher attempts any “attention getting” commands? (Ex:
Countdown, Light flicker, Heads on Desk) How effective are they? >>>

When the class is getting loud the teacher says "Waterfall" and all the students go "Shhhhhh" and they
get all quiet and pay attention to the teacher and the front board. The teacher also has a rain stick that
had little bad in a stick and that makes a rain noise and when she uses it the class goes silent and
listens to what she is going to say.

Instruction Question 10: What specific behavior issues does the teacher have to deal with? How does
the teacher deal with these behavior issues? Be specific. >>>

She has to deal with some of the students that tend to get distracted from the lesson, two students say
the answer out loud or keep telling the class that they are done with work, when the class is barely
getting started with their work, and some just play around with their partners. The way the teacher deals
with the students is she points out the students that are doing their work and paying attentions and
tends to give them a point and then she goes the the students that are not doing what they are suppose
to do and reminds them about what they should be doing. She also reminds her students about the
consequences that could happen if they don't do what they are suppose to do.

Instruction Question 11: Are there any policies or procedures in place that help or hinder instructional
time? If so, explain them and how they help or hinder use of instructional time. >>>
 As she is giving instructions about the lesson they're about to learn she often starts to use
examples that are related to lesson and gives them the opportunity to connect the examples she
uses to lesson and what they do and don't understand about the lesson they're about to learn.
With the examples she uses she understands where the students are going to struggle and
where they're going to understand and uses more of her time to go over where the students
struggle.

Instruction Question 12: What philosophical teaching orientation(s) best describes this teacher? Give
examples. >>>

Behaviorism is what best describes the teacher. She makes sure that their behavior is up to
standard for her to teach and for them to understand and listen. Students tend to get noisy
during the afternoon and this tends to take away time for math, which lends to the teacher
removing point from them and potentially losing "fun Friday". When they are quite and pay
attentive this leads to them understanding the lesson and taking their time to answer the
questions and this leads to getting points and getting time to have at the end of the week. The
behavior is something she wants to control so they can get through the lesson and for them to
understand and do their work correctly.

Instruction Question 13: Outline the lesson plan for a teaching lesson you observed. What preparations
in advance were need for teaching the lesson? >>>

I am learning to...
- find the area of a shape by counting the number of standard square units it takes to cover an
area.
Success Criteria
- I can find the area of a shape by counting the number of square units it takes to cover the
shape. The students are given a math packet to further their understanding on area and square
units. Math is the one subject most students are struggling and with the packet this will build
their understanding on area. The packet will be used for the rest of the lesson throughout the
week. Students are called on to read the definitive.

Instruction Question 14: Describe both teacher and student uses of technology in the classroom. >>>

The teacher uses a smart board that is able to show the kids the worksheets they are about to
work on and the students use their laptops when it helps them further their knowledge on the
lesson the teacher is teaching them.