Teacher Observation

From the moment the students walked into the classroom, I was in awe of my
cooperating teachers level of classroom management. As the students walked in, they
were talking, laughing and taking their time getting to their seats. My teacher announced
that there was a warm up on the board and that they needed to begin. The students
proceeded to do ask asked and completed their warm up. The teacher has the standard
that her lesson is covering on the board and also the central focus of her lesson which
was to investigate sound and light energy. The daily objective was also written on the
board so that students would have an idea of what was being taught. There were 25
students in my observed classroom and they sat at lab tabletop desks which seated four
students to a desk. Instead of having students jump right into their textbooks after their
warm-up, she conducts a demonstration on how sound and light energy travel using
Slinkeys. The teacher asks students to read a passage in their science textbooks.
Instead of having students read the page individually, the teacher divides the classroom
into ladies and gentlemen and has them choral read as a group. In doing so, she reads
along with each group. The teacher has students write down the definition of a medium
in their textbooks and then conducts another demonstration using a Slinky. She asked
students to turn to another page in their science textbook and read a short passage on
how are sound and light energy transmitted?. While the students were reading, the
teacher went to her cabinet and retrieved two tools that when hit on a table produce
sound frequencies. She then asked students they have ever experienced their ears
ringing from loud music. Students were able to easily relate to this question because at
some point in time, each of them has experienced it. She showed a Brain Pop! video on

the ear works and asked questions throughout the video to help students better
understand. At the end of the lesson, the teacher provided each table with a Slinky and
they are able to make their own waves. Some students took the activity to another level
and placed their heads on the table where they were able to hear the way the waves
sounds against the table.