Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Edu-201
5 December 2013
The classroom environment is organized, warm, welcoming to the students and very
colorful. The classroom is decorated with the alphabet, numbers 1-10, educational posters,
student work and everything has a name tag on it telling what it is.
The physical environment is well-run classroom. The students desks are organize into
two rows that is six in a small group; U-shaped table is behind the big rug, small circle table by
the front door, and two teacher desks on each corners sides of the classroom.
In the morning and afternoon class there are 15 girls, 15 boys and the race is a mix with
White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic. The morning class is kind of not really into learning in the
morning. The afternoon class is more up and ready to get the day started.
The classroom rules are Keep your hands and feet to yourself, No running, Follow
The Teacher enforce that students keep their hands to their self. They get to drink of
Ms. Bratland posts the schedule on the board in front of the big rug. So when the class
comes in the morning Ms. Bratland takes any work the students turn in, after student put away
their backpacks, get a drink of water and then have a sit on the big rug.
When Ms. Bratland has all the students on the rug, she is when tells the class as whole
learning. When Ms. Bratland explain what they are doing for the day.
Yes, Ms. Bratland uses visual, auditory and kinesthetic in her lesson plans. When she is
teaching the students anything like beginning and ending sounds of words on the board.
Yes, the students love engaging when Ms. Bratland is teaching any of her lesson plans.
Ms. Bratland wants them to get to know their American Sign Language, so when they are
When the students are transitions from activity to activity and hand out to hand out, Ms.
Bratland gives them 30 minutes for each activity and hand out. This great for Ms. Bratland daily
lesson plans schedule because she gives her times to teach her morning kindergartens and
afternoon kindergartens.
When Ms. Bratland is getting the students attention she countdown from 5 and the
students put their hands on their head while Ms. Bratland is counting down. I even join in with
Ms. Bratland’s classes are pretty quiet, but on the first day I came in they did get in
trouble once. The specific issue Ms. Bratland has with the students is when some students don’t
Atmosphere is very inviting and safe. The school is surrounded with houses, which gives
you a feel that the school is private. It is beautiful and clean around the school.
The halls are painted with warm colors. The library has windows which makes it feel
open and bright. The quote is reaching for the S.T.A.R.S. First S is for safety, T is for teamwork,
A is for achievement, R is for respect, and lastly S is for success. This is posted in the hallway.
Dusty Dickens elementary school is very safe. They keep the doors locked and very hard to get
The school awards the students by have a wall in the hallway that is decorated that is
empowering the students building for success. Also by the office they have glass cast where they
The students are given a lot of respect from the staff. The force of the school is that the
During my observation I mostly saw student to student interaction inside was the
kindergarten. The students are friendly to each other and friendlier when they are in their groups.
The kindergartens are in the same hallway and the other grades are all mixed up. There
The teachers stand by their quote to build positive student- centered learning community,
which consistently fosters high expectations, academic achievement, and mutual respect.
All the school is takes part in student’s participation. They want the students to always try
their best and more. Ms. Bratland celebrate all of her students, that’s why she has a wall decorate
outside in the hallway right next the front door of the classroom. It is called “Flying into the 1st
Grade”, where the students are a capillary that turns into a butterfly.
Ms. Bratland has students in the school who really loves her. Ms. Bratland is a wonderful
teacher. Even I spoke with the principle Ms. King and she said the same thing.
Primary reason Ms. Bratland because when she was in high school she had to teach a
The challenge Ms. Bratland have is having time. She teaches a whole day of lesson plans
in a half of the time because she has half days for kindergarten.
The best part for Ms. Bratland is the kids and watching the kids grow up. When they get
Ms. Bratland sits the students in groups by two high students, two middle students and
Ms. Bratland half days scale base group student who has the same reading level.
Everyday Ms. Bratland interacts with the parents. When the students are getting pick up,
Seen it is kindergarten Ms. Bratland don’t really grade their assignment. She just looks at
Ms. Bratland gives the students warnings or a time out and they have to sit on the wall.
Ms. Bratland is evaluated once a month. The measurement tools that the administration
Ms. Bratland was surprised how hard it was. Also how rewarding it is.
The students I have observed was Isabella. She is part of the morning class. Isabella was
very shy at first. She did engage with the teacher when she was explaining a lesson, but she did
engage with the other student in her group. Isabella learning style is visual and auditory. She
does mostly auditory. When she was doing her work she did have a little difficult but when she
stops and just thinks then she would remember. She didn’t seem so shy after she gets to know
you. Over all she is a great student still needs to work on her sounds and not always ask for the
answer.
My entire 10 hours Field Observation was a success I’m hooked to the kindergartens.
They are amazing kids and all learn different. I observe Ms. Bratland kindergarten morning and
afternoon class. I realized that Ms. Bratland has a great passion for her children. The school
environment is learning and forces are the student’s success. The observation helped me
understand the teaching profession isn’t a joke; it’s so much more than anyone can think. Also
helped me understand preparing for my first of teaching is going to be harder than I thought. It is
the same as the activities we do in class because we find websites, learn how to become a better
teacher, learn how to teach a lesson and gain much more ideas. The specific idea on teaching I
will remember is to stay positive. Give it your all, you are changing someone life, and never give
turn a student away when you know something is wrong with them. Try to answer any question