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Personal Essay: Classroom Observation



EDU 301
Social Studies Methods
Mary Iandoli
Classroom Observation
Date: 9-30-96
Kindergarten teacher: Mrs. Debolt
First grade teacher: Mrs. Casteluzo
Location: Penn Yan Elementary

Carrie and I were going to observe a kindergarten classroom social
studies class that 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 that she had already gone in and was told
that there was going to be a fire drill in just a few minutes. We waited for
the fire drill to finish and then went into the class. The time was about 2:10
at this point, so the teachers were ...

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seats in each group, so there were about 24 students in
the class. Apparently, the class had just been returning from a trip to the
school library when the fire drill went off, so when they came in they were
still carrying their library books. The students were asked to take their seats
and they did so quietly. Everyone's eyes were on Carrie and me. Mrs. Debolt
asked us to introduce ourselves, which we did. She told the class that we
were learning to be teachers and that we wanted to sit in on their social
studies class. Each student sat at a little desk with their name laminated on
the top. The students had laminated cards with their names on them tied around
their neck with a long piece of yarn. I think that these were their library
cards. Mrs. Debolt asked me to collect these, which I did. The students were
pretty quiet while this was going on and followed directions well. Mrs. Debolt
told the class that we were going to have a joint lesson with Mrs. ...

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