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Sarah  Cochran  
Assignment  3  
Due  Date:  October  8,  2012  
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I  observed  the  same  first  grade  class  two  days  in  a  row  for  five  hours  total
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   Almost  all  of  the  teacher-­‐student  interactions  that  I  
witnessed  were  positive  interactions
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 I  witnessed  teacher-­‐student  interaction  during;  the  student’s  afternoon  
circle  time,  one-­‐on-­‐one  reading,  story  time,  writing  time,  and  math  time
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   Then  the  teacher  and  the  students  sang  a  song  for  the  months,  and  
another  song  for  the  days  of  the  week
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   The  teacher  did  a  great  job  during  this  time  
conveying  to  the  students  that  each  of  them  was  important  by  treating  them  all  
equally
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   The  teacher  did  a  great  job  with  either  telling  the  students  they  were  in  
the  middle  of  the  lesson  and  to  please  remember  their  questions  for  afterwards,  or  
she  would  patiently  sit  and  listen  to  each  student’s  question
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   It  was  either  all  of  them  got  a  
turn  or  none  of  them
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Another  teacher-­‐student  interaction  that  I  witnessed  took  place  during  the  
individual  writing  time
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   This  allows  the  
teacher  to  learn  more  about  each  child’s  life  and  what  they  enjoy  to  do
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   The  teacher  would  get  a  group  of  5  students  together  and  sit  at  a  half-­‐moon  
shaped  table  and  hand  out  a  short  story  book  that  they  were  going  to  focus  on  that  
day
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   Then  she  would  individually  call  each  student  to  the  table  and  ask  them  to  read  
the  story  to  her
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   She  would  do  this  with  each  student  in  that  group  and  then  
she  would  call  another  group  of  five  students  to  the  table
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   Then  throughout  the  
book  she  would  relate  what  the  author  was  talking  about  to  the  students  lives  or  to  
previous  books  that  they  had  read
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   The  teacher  would  also  answer  questions  
about  the  story
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   But  the  teacher  always  responded  with  
“Thank  you  for  sharing  that  was  a  great  story
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During  the  math  period  of  class  the  teacher  would  call  back  a  group  of  four  
students  to  sit  at  the  half-­‐moon  table  and  would  work  on  a  workbook  with  them
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Then  they  had  a  portion  that  was  done  as  the  whole  class
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   If  there  was  a  wrong  answer  she  would  circle  it  and  ask  the  
student  to  look  carefully  at  it  one  more  time
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The  student-­‐student  interactions  definitely  took  place  throughout  the  day
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   Each  
student  had  to  find  a  partner  and  read  them  a  story  and  then  swap
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   It  also  allows  the  
students  to  help  each  other  out  when  they  are  struggling  with  a  word  or  sentence
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   This  allowed  the  
students  to  work  together  not  only  on  their  math  but  also  on  problem  solving  of  
whose  turn  it  was,  and  the  rules  of  the  game
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   Such  as  those  
that  happen  while  the  teachers  back  is  turned
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   It  is  important  for  the  teacher  to  
handle  these  situations  all  the  same
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I  would  rate  the  classroom  environment  a  9  out  of  10
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   I  felt  that  the  teacher  was  very  
energetic  and  positive  and  that  directly  reflected  on  the  children
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   I  felt  that  the  classroom  was  very  bright,  organized,  and  full  of  fun  
things  for  the  students  to  look  at  and  do
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