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Carrie and I were going to observe a kindergarten classroom social studies classthat combined their lesson with a first grade class. We were scheduled to arrive at 2 PM.When I arrived at 1:50 PM, Carrie was waiting outside the school and informed me thatshe had already gone in and was told that there was going to be a fire drill in just a fewminutes. We waited for the fire drill to finish and then went into the class. The time wasabout 2:10 at this point, so the teachers were running a little behind.When we entered the room it was empty, we had obviously beat the students backfrom the fire drill. This gave us time to look around. The kindergarten room wasbrightly decorated with lots of ...view middle of the document...

Castiluzo's 1st grade class. She askedeveryone to come up to the front of the room and sit quietly on their bottoms, hands intheir laps. The two classrooms are connected by a door and soon Mrs. Castiluzo, heraide, and the 1st graders came in. It was a tight squeeze but everyone got a little spot onthe floor. You could tell the kids who like their personal space because they wereuncomfortable in the tight space and tried to wiggle and scoot. Mrs. Debolt introducedCarrie and me and then started her lesson. She started with a story about a green bearwho lived in the forest. He would change the color of his house as the seasons changed.Before she read she assess for prior knowledge. After she finished the book she led thegroup by questioning them about houses and families and health. Then we talked abouthealthy bodies and how we make healthy bodies by eating correctly. The teacher wouldask a question and then call on someone who raised their hand. When there was a funtask to do, the teacher would call on a student that was doing something right, like sittingup straight. I noticed that the same students were always raising their hands. The teachershould have tried to involve all of the students.After the discussion of green and healthy, Mrs. Castiluza read a poem, but thechildren had already been sitting for 15-20 minutes and were not interested in the longpoem at all. Then, Mrs. Castiluza brought out a bag of fresh vegetables that she grew inher garden. This got the kids interested again and we discussed how the greens of thevegetables were different. Then Carrie and I got 2 helpers and cut up lettuce, peppers,and cucumbers to make a salad. We all ate salad and talked about the...

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