This session I entered the class of one of the Spanish teachers off Andersen Elementary School.

His
name is teacher Julio and he teaches 6 th graders. This time I focused on the roles of the teacher
during the session, the subject teached was Math.

“Buenos dias.” They greeted my at the entrance at chorus, a practice very common in elementary
schools. In this part he acted as a manager, since he established this routine of standing out and
greet whenever someone enters the classroom. They were just starting the topic. “Me vas a hacer
favor de sacar tu libreta de Matemáticas, tu Diario de Aprendizaje y tu color, ¿Qué color?” “Azul”
they answer as one voice. “Exacto, azul, porque vas a hacer correcciones”. Here, the teacher once
again takes the role of the manager reinforcing the routine of corrections that they have in each
exercise. They don’t thick the correct answers, but in case they compare answers during open
class and if they got it wrong they make corrections using blue colour. After taking out his Maths
notebook, Diario de Aprendizaje and blue colour. “Si recuerdas, el día de ayer te asigné de tarea
contestar los ejercicios de la página 87. ¿Qué tenías que hacer ahí, Cortina? “ he asks to one of the
students. “Poner la fracción en su lugar en la recta” he answers. After some minutes they finish
making the checking of the homework, with the teacher being the manager of the classroom. This
role continues until the assignment of the next task, a series of operations with fractions. While
the instructions were given, the teacher took the role of a monitor when some kids started to chat
in a voice volume that was distracting. “Isaac, Montoya. Ya es la segunda. Ustedes me dicen
cuando pueda continuar con la clase, por favor.” Then, the students stopped chatting and started
paying attention.