Observation 3

Observation 3

The school that I went to is Islamic School of Rhode Island.  This is a private school that is located in West Warwick, I know that we were suppose too focus on public schools for our observations, but I had such an amazing experience when I went to this school for another class, that I had to go back and use them for one of the observations. I also observed a middle school class at this school because I am also getting my middle school content, and I wanted to see how a middle school teacher operates.  The school is fairly new, and did not use their announcement system yet. So there was no school announcements before class started.

            The seventh grade class is very small, only about 10 children total.  With the class being so small, the students stay in the same classroom throughout the day and the different teachers come into the class for the different subjects. Also with the size of the class attendance is easy and quick to take and is done at the beginning of class.

            The ELA teacher was the first subject the day that I went, when the children come into the room, they were excited and talkative but they were talking as they were getting ready for class. Once the teacher walked in they all took their seats. The teacher, Mr. Vincent, started the class by passing out the books to all of the students.

            The students were very focused on the class, they seemed to be paying attention to their academics, they raise their hands to answer all of the questions the teacher has, and they do not hesitate to ask him a question if they do not understand something.  He did not give the students any papers or handouts, but he did talk to the students about an upcoming paper that was due in a weeks’ time. All the students appeared to be up to date so he did not have to bring any students up to speed.

Every time a student’s got an answer correctly he always praised them, and he also praised the students for offering to read aloud. From it being such a small class none of the students really misbehaved, but one boy interrupted another student in a rude manner, and Mr. Vincent quickly corrected the behavior.  The students were focused when the teacher was talking to them, or listening to their classmates reading, they didn’t have to be quieted down. The only time the teacher had to say anything to them was when one boy interrupted his classmate rudely. 

Students were not assigned any new homework, but Mr. Vincent did talk to the students about their upcoming paper, and answered any questions that they had. After ELA ended, gym class was next.  When class was over Mr. Vincent asked the students to line up by the door, and once the students were lined up and quiet, he dismissed them to go to their next class.  It did not take the students long to be lined up and quiet enough for the teacher to feel they were ready for dismissal.

I am very glad that I observed Mr. Vincent’s seventh grade class, he is a down to earth teacher, and he was good with all of the students. He was able to joke with them when it was needed, but he also kept them focus and on task to meet his objective for the day.