Hey Girls,

My attachment for the Questions for part A didn't work so I am going to copy and paste it here. I hope it is helpful!

1. Which teaching techniques excite the children’s interest?

The teacher had many ways to keep the children interested. During circle time each child was given a bag that had their class materials in it (white board, and marker, alphabet sheet, numbers to 100, fine motor folder). They didn’t use everything in the bag everyday but they did use most things and the children felt important because they had these things.

In order for the children to be interested in reading there were all types of books to keep them interested and each book had a sticker on it that matched a basket to keep things organized. The teacher also had little things to keep them interested in reading such as fake reading glasses and pointers.

There is a program that the teacher followed called the letter people and each letter has a different “person” that goes with it. The program has all different activities to keep the children involved (such as a song, a big book, a blow up figure)

Choices was a time of the day that the children enjoyed because they got to choose which activity they played with and could play with it as much as they wanted. All of the activities were educational but fun!

2. Which teaching materials and strategies did you observe? Which promoted student interest and engagement?

Each student was given a job at the beginning of the week and they kept that job for the whole week. When they were called on to do their job they were proud to stand up and do it.

When it came to getting in line to go somewhere or to go home the teacher would call the students one by one and have them line up in the order that they were called. This helped to prevent fighting over who got there first and where everyone belonged.

The letter people were a big hit in the classroom and could be used to teach on every level of the curriculum including science and social studies. The whole program was set up for the teacher and the students were very engaged in it. They seemed to look forward to the letter person activities.

All of the games, book and supplies in the classroom were organized and color coordinated. The books had stickers on them so the children knew where to put them back and also what area they belonged to. This made for an easy clean up as well as a good knowledge of where everything was.

All of the above materials and strategies kept the children involved and motivated to keep going. They seemed to like the way that things were run in the classroom.

3. How many students were in the classroom?

There were 16 students in the morning session. Normally there are 17 but one child was absent. There were 5 boys and 11 girls. In the afternoon session there were 12 children, two of which were special needs and required an aid. There were 7 boys and 5 girls in this class.

4. How many students were involved in the lesson?

The teacher was very good at keeping all the children involved at all times. During circle time each child had their own white board and could do all of the activities together rather than choosing one child to do something. While answering questions the teacher made sure not to choose on the same children each time.

See you on friday!!!!