Observation Three

February 27,

This observation I did a lot of watching to gain a explicit knowledge of class' learning abilities and personalities. I noticed that every time "R" looks at the board or someone else she is squinting, therefore for our lessons I need to make sure everything is large and bring any examples to each table. "M", "C',"N", and "E" are very bright and speedy with their answers to the sentence creations (for the words of the week). These students did not need any refocusing and when called on gave excellent sentences fast. However "Ch" and "T" were completely off task throughout the majority of the whole group lesson. I observed that "R" does not like to speak at all because when I went to look at her paper she had correct sentences written but when called on she didn't say anything. These learning behaviors will be taken into account when creating lessons. I worked mostly at one table when they were finishing up their stories. I learned a lot about "Te" and "A". "Te" has great ideas and is very bright, however she just needs someone to spark her knowledge for her (like a question, re-explaining, etc.) While "A" needs a lot of one on one time to understand topics and procedures. Because when left to do procedures by herself she is very lost. "M"however is very advanced she asked me how to spell pediatrician and only left out the "a"!