It was my first time in an Infants/toddlers classroom; it was a great opportunity for me to see all the developmental areas that children can explore every day in the classroom and specific the child – teacher relationship. All of this description is what I observed and score in the ITERS- r book. The center that I observed was Newport Harbor Lutheran Preschool, in Newport Beach. The room that I observed was room 1, and the master teacher Miss. Robin, and the ages of children in this room are between six to sixteen months.
I was able to spend several hours at each school and entering each school took me back to being a child and brought back so many memories of the preschool I attended as a child. Preschools and classrooms have a very distinct smell; they smell of sweaty children and glue. Bright colored walls with children’s art decorating them and letter posters with different animals beginning with that particular
The classroom I chose to observe is a kindergarten level class, initially with 18 students, but with 19 before the end of the school year. There are 10 girls and 9 boys, all seemingly from high or average socioeconomic status. There are no uniforms at Pinewoods Elementary, but there is a dress code to ensure the students dress appropriately. Every time I observed, it was during their morning announcements and learning centers, which were focused heavily on reading and writing. Physical Environment Observation: The classroom was organized in the shape of a rectangle with one of its corners cut off with enough room for 24 students.
Caula Rogers Eng-105 English Composition 1 03/30/2014 Dr. Victoria Smith Impact of ADHD on a Child’s Schooling Children with ADHD generally have trouble in school, only because school causes many trials for children with ADHD. ADHD is not a learning disorder; however it can cause children to have problems with learning. Furthermore, children with ADHD have an excessive rate of learning disorders and will have problems with other school-work like calculation and following a long with his/her teacher during direct instructional time. But with enduring and an efficient plan, the child will be capable of succeeding in the classroom. ADHD negatively can affect a child’s social and emotional behavior and the ability to control them in a positive manner in a school environment.
She also lines the book with interesting topics such as disclosure, how teachers treated them, and social life as a kid, as well as an adult. For most of Gina and her interviewee’s school careers, they were one of, if not the only deaf or hard of hearing students in their school. Although Gina was not born hard of hearing, it was not until kindergarten that she realized that she was “different,” from the rest of the children in her class. The class was playing a game where they close their eyes and when they hear the piano start to play the get up and walk in a circle. They closed their eyes but when the piano started playing she did not get up.
Stalling was startled by him because this was her first time encountering a child with this intellectual disability. Peter even though diagnosed with Down Syndrome was able to function in a third grade classroom, which he was integrated into for the first time. Peter was very intellectual, physically strong and affectionate. Peter just had challenges with feeling apart of the classroom and controlling his behavior as far as outburst and physical aggression. However, by the end of the school year, Peter’s behavior progressed and his classmates were no longer startled by him but were helping him and encouraging him.
A handful of students mouthed off about how their junior English teacher, Mrs. Thornton, hardly ever gave out hard assignments. As class went on Mandrell was pelted with more and more complaints about how her class was stressing the students to a level where they could not really focus on their assignments. All the class came together in unison and agreed that she was assigning them too much work. After some serious thought Mandrell concluded that maybe a change in the way the class was taught would release some of the stress put on the students and take away the worries of focusing on grades (380). After Mandrell was burdened with the complaints of her class, she went home to meditate on the day’s new found conclusion: the students thought her class was a nightmare.
I noticed that in the back of the classroom, there was a huge shelf containing books organized in different levels like magazines, realistic fiction, non-fiction, Times for Kids, National Geographic and so on. Throughout the class, there were some hanging instructions of how to take good notes, how to be a good listener, and what rules to follow. On the right hand side along the wall, there were 4 computers where students could use to do Kid-Biz or On-line activities. After Mrs. M. settled in, she finally asked
IEP Observation This was an Initial/Transition from Head Start to Kindergarten IEP for Jasmine Dominguez. She was referred to Speech and Language pathologists for an evaluation out of concern from her teacher’s about her limited speech intelligibility. The attendees for this IEP were the Parent (Lola Solis), the Administrative Designee (Margerie Pingatore), the Special Education Teacher (Brian Robinson), the General Education Teacher I (ME), and the General Education Teacher II/Interpreter (Angelica Fernandez) . Ms. Fernandez was there to interpret for Ms. Solis, while I was there to give descriptions of what a typical day was like for Jasmine. Ms. Pingatore was there to represent the school district that will be providing Jasmine the services she will need.
There are various children’s toys located on the end table in the seating area. On the second receptionist desk two sign in sheets are present, where students are obligated to record the times the visit. The desk seemed to be cluttered with sign in papers, but floor looked as if it had recently been cleaned with distinct shine on its surface. A.3) In the front of the entrance was a licensing for the teaching of college students. DCFS licensing was posted inside the child center.