I.

Observation 5:
a. Language Arts
II. Grade:
a. Kindergarten
III. Students:
a. 9 girls, 8 boys
IV. Setting:
a. Kindergarten classroom at The Learning Gate
b. Ages: 5-6 years old classroom, 17 students, 1 head teacher, 1

teachers aid
V. Pre-Observation:
a. Its been a few times that I have sat in the classroom and

observed to teachers and students. Today, I learned that she was

going to be doing language arts. I decided to do a little research

about getting your students to begin to read or at least

understand what they are reading. I found out that most children

by the time they enter kindergarten are able to read simple

words and put easy sentences together. It would be best when

reading with the children that you allow them to read aloud.

After doing my research, I better understood what I might see in

the classroom.
VI. Analysis:
a. While I was sitting in the classroom with the children, I felt

confident about doing my observation. Mrs. Sharon had her usual

morning meeting and then she explained to the kids that they

were going to be reading short stories to their classmates and

her too. I heard a little chatter which Im assuming the kids were

nervous but they jumped right into their groups. The first group

had to sit at the computer and have the story be read to them
 while they listen. The second group had to sit with the teacher

while there was a third group who sat with the teacher assistant.

When the students got in their groups, they each were handed a

short book and each student had to read the 2 sentences on

each page. There were a few students and either a classmate

would help him/her out or the teachers would. I was impressed

because majority of the kids were able to read the story and also

comprehend what they were reading.

VII. Recommendations:
a. Even though I was over pleased on how the children did with

learning, I noticed a few things I would have done different. First,

I would have had the children not only listen to the but repeat

after the computer read it to them. I would do this because they

would see how the words look and pronounce them after hearing

it correctly. This would be a form of repetition and can help the

children remember the words when they see them elsewhere.

After, I would have had the children write their own short story

with what we read about. Basically, the children will be writing

what they read but in their own way.

VIII. Post Observation:
a. Although I was overall excited to sit in on this lesson, I came out

with a bigger aspect on ways to get children to read. There are

many fun ways to make language arts interesting to the

kindergarteners. Its not the easiest to get children to sit and

listen to their friends read or they get frustrated when their

 friends are having trouble because they want to hurry and go

play. If I could incorporate maybe rolling the ball to the next

person to read then that could engage them more but I was very

pleased on how they were reading.

IX. Citation:

Your kindergartner and language arts | Parenting. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/kindergarten-language-arts/
X. Citations:

English Language Arts Standards Language Kindergarten | Common Core State Standards

Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/K/