Field Notes

School Name: The Glitters Sch

Day 1: School Structure Date: 15 Jan, 2021
Reflective notes: I reached the school sharp at 7:00am before
assembly. As I reached early so I observed the arrivals of students and
teachers in the school. Due to familiar with school staff I feel very
comfortable to interact with them. The bell rang for the assembly.
There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as it began
with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and
message of the day at the end of assembly the
assembly. As I reached early so I observed the arrivals of students
national anthem played. After the assembly students started moving to
the class and after marking the attendance the faculty also moved to
their concerned classes. Due to first day in school I have spend the time
with head of the school. After all the discussion the head called an
energetic and matured teacher Mr._____ assigned to be my mentor. I
moved to the Grade 7h classroom with my mentor when I entered the
classroom student welcomes me with whole heartedly and warmly.
Mentor introduced me to the students and informed them about my
work description. Students were also directed to cooperate with me.
My mentor starts teaching the Biology subject. I observed that in
beginning he was active but after few minutes he become passive and
make the students active. He made the students to participate in the
class by calling on the stage and giving them the group and individual
activity.
 Field Notes
School Name: The Glitters
Day 2: Discipline Date:16 jan, 2021
Reflective notes: I reached the school sharp at 7:00am before the
assembly. As I reached early so I observed the arrivals of students and
teachers in the school. The bell rang for the assembly. There was a
well disciplinedenvironment in the assembly as it began with
recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and
message of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem
played. After the assembly students started moving to the class and
after marking the attendance the faculty also moved to their
concerned classes. I moved to the Grade 5th classroom with my
mentor when I entered the classroom student welcomes me with
whole heartedly and warmly. Mentor introduced me to the students
and informed them about my work description. Students were also
directed to cooperate with me. My mentor starts teaching the science
subject to the class and here I am keen to observe the pros and cons
of his teaching methodology and classroom environment. I observed
that in beginning he was active but after few minutes he become
passive and make the students active. He made the students to
participate in the class by calling on the stage and giving them the
group and individual activity. When the recess bell rang the entire
teachers gathered in the staff room at have a tea party. After the
recess I came back from the school.
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School Name:
Day 3: Classroom Structure Date: 18 Jan, 2021
Reflective notes: I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before
the assembly. As I reached early so I observed the arrivals of
students and teachers in the school. The bell rang for the
assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the
assembly as it began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran
followed by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the end
of assembly the national anthem played. After the assembly
students started moving to the class and after marking the
attendance the faculty also moved to their concerned
classes. I moved to the Grade 3rd classroom with my mentor
when I entered the classroom student welcomes me with whole
heartedly and warmly. Mentor introduced me to the students
and informed them about my work description. Students were
also directed to cooperate with me. My mentor start teaching
and here I am keen to observe the pros and cons of his teaching
methodology and classroom environment. I observed that in
beginning he was active but after few minutes he become
passive and make the students active. He made the students to
participate in the class by calling on the stage and giving them
the group and individual activity. After all the proceedings he
gave the home work to the class. Today I spent a whole day in
the school and witnessed the hustle and bustle during recess
and calmness during the class periods.
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School Name:
Day 4: Mathematics Class Date: 19 Jan, 2021
Reflective notes: I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the
assembly. The bell rang for the assembly. There was a well disciplined
environment in the assembly as it began with recitation of verses of
Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the
end of assembly the national anthem played. After the assembly
students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. I moved to the
Nursery classroom with my mentor when I entered the classroom kids
welcomes me with whole heartedly and warmly. It was one of
pleasurable moment for me that the kid’s room was very colorful and
divided into different corners. My mentor told me that room is known
as ECE room then my mentor introduced me to the kids and informed
them about my work description. Students were also directed to
cooperate with me. My mentor start dealing and here I am keen to
observe the pros and cons of his dealing methodology with kids and
classroom environment. I observed that kids were very playful and my
mentor was equally enjoying the task. It was amused to witness that
my mentor act equally childish while dealing with kids. I spent all the
day with kids and enjoyed all the tasks.
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School Name:
Day 5: Date:
Reflective notes: I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the
assembly. The bell rang for the assembly. There was a well disciplined
environment in the assembly as it began with recitation of verses of
Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the
end of assembly the national anthem played. After the assembly
students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. Once again today I
moved to the Nursery classroom with my mentor when I entered the
classroom kids welcomes me with whole heartedly and warmly. It was
one of pleasurable moment for me that the kid’s room was very
colorful and divided into different corners. Today feel that kids were
more familiar and friendly to me than yesterday. My mentor start
dealing and here I am keen to observe the pros and cons of his dealing
methodology with kids and classroom environment. I observed that
kids were very playful and my mentor was equally enjoying the task. It
was amused to witness that my mentor act equally childish while
dealing with kids. I spent all the day with kids and enjoyed all the tasks

Mentor’s comments:
He is observing the activities very keenly. He is taking the interest in
the teaching and also in other affairs of the school. He enjoyed in the
ECE room while playing and dealing the kids. Kids also enjoyed his
company.

Signature:
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School Name:
Day 6: Date:
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. As I
reached early so I observed the arrivals of students and teachers in the
school. The bell rang for the assembly. There was a well disciplined
environment in the assembly as it began with recitation of verses of
Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the
end of assembly the national anthem played. After the assembly
students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. I moved to the
Grade 3rd classroom with my mentor. My mentor start teaching the
English subject of class 3.his methodology was very perfect and He is
also taking assessment of his teaching by asking the questions to the
class students here I am keen to observe the pros and cons of his
teaching methodology and classroom environment. I observed that in
beginning he was active but after few minutes he become passive and
make the students active. He made the students to participate in the
class putting the student’s math’s question and make the group to
solve them. After all the proceedings He gave the home work to the
class.

Mentor’s comments: He is observing the activities very keenly. He is

taking the interest in the teaching and also in other affairs of the
school.

Signature:
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School Name:
Day 7: Date:
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. As I
reached early so I observed the arrivals of students and teachers in the
school. The bell rang for the assembly. There was a well disciplined
environment in the assembly as it began with recitation of verses of
Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the
end of assembly the national anthem played. After the assembly
students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. As I and my mentor
was discussing about today schedule we were informed that
monitoring person has arrived. My mentor told me that there is
monthly visit of MEA in which he monitors the student attendance,
faculty attendance, school cleanness, LND test etc. My mentor
directed me to assist the MEA and observe the procedure of school
monitoring. Then I was introduced to the MEA and my work
description. Then I witnessed all the proceeding of the monitoring.
The Head of the school is held responsible for r the provision of all the
record asked by the MEA. After all the record assessment and
monitoring there is LND test of the class 3 in which randomly selected
students by MEA are supposed to give the test of the Urdu, Math and
English on tablet. After the recess I came back from school.
Mentor’s comments: AS today there was visit of MEA so He was
directed to observe the proceeding of monitoring. He observes and
assists the MEA in very smooth manner
Signature:
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School Name:
Day 8: Date:
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. The bell
rang for the assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the
assembly as it began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed
by the NAAT Sharif and message of the day at the end of assembly the
national anthem played. After the assembly students started moving
to the class and after marking the attendance the faculty also moved
to their concerned classes. I moved to the Nursery classroom with my
mentor when I entered the classroom kids welcomes me with whole
heartedly and warmly. It was one of pleasurable moment for me that
the kid’s room was very colorful and divided into different corners. My
mentor told me that room is known as ECE room then my mentor
introduced me to the kids and informed them about my work
description. Students were also directed to cooperate with me. My
mentor start dealing and here I am keen to observe the pros and cons
of his dealing methodology with kids and classroom environment. I
observed that kids were very playful and my mentor was equally
enjoying the task. It was amused to witness that my mentor act
equally childish while dealing with kids. I spent all the day with kids
and enjoyed all the tasks
Mentor’s comments: He is observing the activities very keenly. He is
taking the interest in the teaching and also in other affairs of the
school. He enjoyed in the ECE room while playing and dealing the kids.
Kids also enjoyed his company.
Signature:
 Field Notes
School Name:
Day 9: Date:
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:00am before the assembly. As I reached early
so I observed the arrivals of students and teachers in the school. The bell rang
for the assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as
it began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif
and message of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem played.
Suddenly a student got fainted the head of the school immediately called for
rescue 1122. The first Aid box was also available in the school but it’s not the
case for the ordinary person. In time of 7 minutes the rescue 1122 service
arrives and shift the student to the ambulance with a senior teacher is
accompanied with the sick student. After the assembly students started
moving to the class and after marking the attendance the faculty also moved
to their concerned classes. I moved to the Grade 5th classroom with my
mentor my mentor starts teaching the science subject to the class and here I
am keen to observe the pros and cons of his teaching methodology and
classroom environment. I observed that in beginning he was active but after
few minutes He become passive and make the students active. He made the
students to participate in the class by calling on the stage and giving them the
group and individual activity. When the recess bell rang the entire teacher
gathered in the staff room at have a tea party. After the recess I came back
from the school

Mentor’s comments:

He is taking his notes of the activities in class and overall activities in the
school. He looks very working and sincere to his work

Signature:
 Field Notes
School Name:
Day 10: Date:
Reflective notes:
I have chosen to discuss two of Mr__- lessons that combined, combined covered
at two hours interval. He stated the class every morning with him reading lesson.
Mr. __________ walked over to his chair, sat down and called the children over
and told them to all sits as “Indian style”. After every child was seated with their
hands in their lap, Mr. ______ began explaining what story He would reading to
the class the morning. As he read, he used group altering by periodically asking
the students questions pertaining to the characters or the words in the story.
Such as “which word rhyme in this sentence?” or “What is the feeling word?”
This made the engaged time with the students last longer since they knew they
would be asked to answer. After reading the lesson, he would then tell the kids
to disperse into their groups and tell them what corners to go to. Mr. ____ later
explained that the kids were grouped based on their scores from a test given at
the beginning of the year. This way, he knew he would have to work longer with
a certain group or not as longer with another based on how much
they previously knew. The kids then either went to the computer
corner, the teacher’s aide, or to work with Mr. _______. At each corner the
children worked on word identification, reading, phonics and spelling. The
children who needed the help more worked with Mr. _____ while the
others worked at various corners’ made the video of all the
proceedings in which I focus the mentor, student’s activities and overall
environment of classroom

Mentor’s comments:
Mr. ___ was found keen in observing the activities in the class room and he is
working hard on his given assignment

Signature:
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School Name: ________
Day 11: Saturday Date: ________
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. As I reached early so I
observed the arrivals of students and teachers in the school. The bell rang for
the assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as it
began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and
message of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem played. After the
assembly students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. As I and my mentor was
discussing about today schedule we were informed that Deputy - - - - - - - has
arrived for the visit. My mentor told me that there is monthly visit of
Deputy_______ in which He look after the learning and other condition of
school
.My mentor directed me to assist the Deputy DEO and observe the procedure of
school inspection and monitoring. Then I was introduced to the Deputy DEO and
my work description. The Head of the school is held responsible for the provision
of all the record. After all the record assessment and monitoring there is Deputy
DEO proceeds to the classrooms and ask different question from the students
and teachers. He shows his satisfaction on overall condition of the school. After
the recess I came back from school.

Mentor’s comments:
As today there was visit of Deputy DEO so he was directed to observe the
proceeding of monitoring. He observes and assists the Deputy DEO in very
smooth manner.

Signature:
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School Name: _________
Day 12:________ Date:_______
Reflective notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. The bell rang for
the assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as it
began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and
message of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem played. After
the assembly students started moving to the class and after marking the
attendance the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. I discussed
today schedule with my mentor. He asked me that now it’s my turn to express
my learning experiences by presenting a lecture in the class for next days.
Then we discussed the topic which I have to present in the class. We were
agreed to present a topic of grade 5 science in the class which then I prepared
my presentation for next one hour. Meanwhile my mentor assist me in
making and preparation of lecture, he guides me about the SLOs and the
activities which I have to perform in the class room. Then he told me how to
indulge the students in the lecture and their participation in the lecture. After
all discussion we both we went to the classroom. After the greetings
Mr._____ told the students that today I will deliver the presentation. My
mentor sat at the end of the class room and witnessed and observed my
presentation. He makes the notes of my presentation. After my presentation
he told my weakness and strength of the presentation.

Mentor’s comments:

Today Mr. ________ gave the presentation to the class 5th in which he deliver
the lecture on science subject. I think he is now ready for the final
presentation and teaching lesson.

Signature:
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School Name
Day 13 Date
Reflective notes:

I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. The bell rang for the
assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as it began
with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and message
of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem played. After the
assembly students started moving to the class and after marking the attendance
the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. I discussed today schedule
with my mentor. He asked me that now it’s my turn to express my learning
experiences by presenting a lecture in the class for next days. Then we discussed
the topic which I have to present in the class. We were agreed to present a topic
of grade 5 science in the class which then I prepared my presentation for next
one hour. Meanwhile my mentor assist me in making and preparation of lecture,
he guides me about the SLOs and the activities which I have to perform in the
class room. Then He told me how to indulge the students in the lecture and their
participation in the lecture. After all discussion we both we went to the
classroom. After the greetings Mr. _________told the students that today I will
deliver the presentation. My mentor sat at the end of the class room and
witnessed and observed my presentation. He makes the notes of my
presentation. After my presentation He told my weakness and strength of the
presentation.

Mentor’s comments:
Today once again Mr._________ gave the presentation to the class 5th in which
he deliver the lecture on science subject. Overall it was better presentation but
there is always a room of improvement.

Signature:
 Field Notes
School Name:
Day 14: Date: Reflective
notes:
I reached the school sharp at 7:15am before the assembly. The bell rang for
the assembly. There was a well disciplined environment in the assembly as it
began with recitation of verses of Holy Quran followed by the NAAT Sharif and
message of the day at the end of assembly the national anthem played. After
the assembly students started moving to the class and after marking the
attendance the faculty also moved to their concerned classes. I discussed
today schedule with my mentor. He told me that as today is last day we will
conduct a final lesson in which I deliver a lesson and He will observe me. I
asked his to make a video of the lesson in which He will focus my lesson
delivering style, student involvement and overall environment of classroom.
Then we discussed the topic which I have to present in the class. We were
agreed to present a topic of grade 5 science in the class which then I prepared
my presentation for next one hour. After all discussion we both we went to
the classroom. After the greetings Mr. _____told the students that today I
will deliver the final lesson. My mentor sat at the end of the class room and
starts making the video. I started with the message of day then I introduced
the topic tom the students then I told them about the topic after first half
then I become passive make the students to participate by giving them the
individual and group activity, At the end of the lesson a I assign a homework
to the student. After the lesson my mentor praised my skills and then we had
a farewell with all the faculty and head teacher in which I thanks to the entire
faculty and specially my mentor Mr. _____ for assisting me and making my
assignment so easy and possible.

Mentor’s comments: It was the final day the assignment Mr. ______
delivered the lesson it was more than awesome and it was wonderful
experience with
his. He was keen observer and hardworking. He was very sincere to his work.
May ALLAH ALMIGHTY succeed his in the every aspect of life.

Observation Report 1
Name of Trainee Teacher: ____________ Name

of School: _____________ Name of

Class: Class 2 & Class 3

Name of Class Teacher:__________

Observation of teaching for Rules/Routines/Procedures

Rules Routines Procedures

 Raise your hand  Homework  An activity that
to answer the must be requires clear
questions. submitted to instructions
 Don’t interrupt teacher for during the
fellow student checking before class.
when he or He studying next  Equal
is asking a lesson. participation of
question.  Message of the all the student
 Take day before the of the class.
permission class  Group and
before entering  Class individual
or leaving the attendance activity
class. before the start  Ask the
of lesson student come
 Homework to board
assignment at  Use of AV aids
the end of
lesson.
 Observation Report 2
Name of Trainee Teacher: __________ Name of

School: ____________ Name of Class:

Class 5

Name of Class Teacher: __________

Observation of Teaching for Teacher’s Response to Student’s

Comments

Positive Statements Neutral Statements Negative Comments

 Good  No, that’s not  Your answer is

 Excellent the right wrong not even
 Very Good answer. close
 Out standing Anyone else?
 Good Effort but
your answer is
not correct
 Try again
 Teacher Observation Report 1
Name of Trainee Teacher: ____________

Name of School:_______________________

Name of Class: Class 2 & Class 3

Name of Class Teacher:________________

Below is a report wrote while observing a classroom

at_________________________________________
Abstract
The following report will examine all the elements of classroom that I will
observe in Mr. _______ Class. I will discuss the classroom environment, the
school, the student’s participation, and the
teacher’s overall effectiveness. I will then talk about how much the
experience had an impact on my aspiration to teach.

Teacher Observation Report

Part I: Observation For my teacher observation, I chose to go and observe in
classroom at __________________. The school as whole is rather large and
has around 200 students and over 10 teachers thus creating a stable student-
to-teacher ratio. All of my observations hours were spent observing Mr.
_________ classroom. After walking into the classroom, you immediately feel
welcome. On the floor is a doormat full of color. The rug says welcome and
makes you feel just that. On the wall there are a number of pictures
encourages learning. There are pictures of color, shapes, letters, vegetables,
animals’ objects and numbers. There are pictures of animals at desks and
animals reading and writing. This is supposed to provide fun twist on learning
for students. I also noticed there was a schedule on board showing allocated
time for each subject and calendar with current and previous date flipped
over. Also on the board is a “Discipline tracker” as He calls it. It consisted of 3
Plates: one red, one yellow, and one green. This will be explained later. The
classroom was also divided into 3 spaces: the
teacher’s desk, the student’s desk and the reading corner. Overall, the
classroom environment was very homey. He stated the class every morning
with him reading lesson. Mr. _________ walked over to his chair, sat
down and called the children over and told them to all sits as “Indian style”.
After every child was seated with their hands in their lap, Mr.________ began
explaining what story He would reading to the class the morning. As He read,
He used group altering by periodically asking the students questions
pertaining to the characters or the words in the story. Such as which word
rhyme in this sentence? or what is the feeling word. This made the engaged
time with the students last longer since they knew they would be asked to
answer. After reading the lesson, He would then tell the kids to disperse into
their groups and tell them what corners to go to. Mr. ______- later explained
that the kids were grouped based on their scores from a test given at the
beginning of the year. This way, He knew He would have to work longer with a
certain group or not as longer with another based on how much they
previously knew. The
kids then either went to the computer corner, the teacher’s aide, or to work
with Mr_____. At each corner the children worked on word identification,
reading, phonics and spelling. The children who needed the help more worked
While Mr. _____was teaching the individuals groups, I noticed how often He
would have to talk time away from his teaching to discipline the other kids. It
seemed almost ridiculous how often He would have to stop to make sure
nobody was talking, being disruptive, or not doing their work. I felt upset for
those kids who wanted to learn but could not because Mr. _________ was
playing policeman. This showed me how much time really goes into non-
instructional activities. If any of the disruption ever got out of control beyond
a warning, then He would use the discipline tracker. He would move a cloth
spin with the student name from green to yellow. This meant that student did
not get a sticker at the end of the day although it seems petty to an adult that
sticker meant the world to child and the student’s behavior automatically
improved. I had to pray my mentor on this eye thought it was annotative way
of teaching
the students good behavior through a reward system. The school
environment was very clean and well maintained. The bathrooms were also
spotless. The staff and students alike seem to really enjoy the school and the
environment around them. There is no better place to learn than some where
you are comfortable.
Part II: Reflection I believe that overall, this was a great experience. I honestly
could not have been happier with how well my observations of Mr. _____
classroom went. I would strongly recommend his to interested student
looking for somewhere to learn the ways of teaching. Not only He was strong
academically, but also you could tell He had an interest passion for making
sure each and every one of his students learned at least something in class
every day. Not only was He strong, but patient as well. Having fifteen kids
running around a room cannot be easy for anyone. Yet He handled it with
grace and poise. I picked up so many teaching methods while observing Mr.
________. I loved how He had little note
cards with each student’s name and would flip from card to card after each
question, giving every student a chance to participate and ensuring
participation. He also had a different student every morning to lead the
morning exercise. He later explained that this was to wake the students up
and get their blood going in participation f learning. I thought this was a
unique and cleaver way to keep the students active and ready for enthusiasm
to teach. I loved the environment of school. As I walked down, whether
coming or leaving, a number of staff always smiled or said good morning, and
meant it. The students had smiles on their faces and it was clear that they
coming to school every morning. The experience has truly opened my eyes
and made me realize that teaching really is what I would like to do for the rest
of my life. To see children, finally have something click in their heads or smile,
when you tell them they answered the question correctly makes all the hard
times
worth it. Although I’m sure, it will be a lot of work, I have no doubt in my mind
that molding young minds is the right path for me.
 Teacher Observation Report 2
Name of Trainee Teacher: ____________

Name of School: _______________------- Name of

Class: Class 5

Name of Class Teacher: ___________

Below is a report wrote while observing a classroom at

________________________
Abstract
The following report will examine all the elements of classroom that I will
observe in Mr. _____ Class. I will discuss the classroom environment, the
school, the student’s participation, and
the teacher’s overall effectiveness. I will then talk about how much the
experience had an impact on my aspiration to teach.

Teacher Observation Report

Part I: Observation

For my teacher observation, I chose to go and observe in classroom at

_________. The school as whole is rather large and has around 200 students
and over 10 teachers thus creating a stable student-to-teacher ratio. All of my
observations hours were spent observing Mr. _____ classroom. After walking
into the classroom, you immediately feel welcome. On the floor is a doormat
full of color. The rug says welcome and makes you feel just that. On the wall
there are a number of pictures encourages learning. There are pictures of
color, shapes, letters, vegetables, animals’ objects and numbers. There are
pictures of animals at desks and animals reading and writing. This is supposed
to provide fun twist on learning for students. I also noticed there was a
schedule on board showing allocated time for each subject and
calendar with current and previous date flipped over. Also on
the board is a “Discipline tracker” as He calls it. It consisted of 3 Plates: one
red, one yellow, and one green. This will be explained later. The classroom
was also divided into 3 spaces: the
teacher’s desk, the student’s desk and the reading corner. Overall, the
classroom environment was very homey. He stated the class every morning
with him reading lesson. Mr. _____ walked over to his chair, sat down and
called the children over and told them to all sits as “Indian style”. After every
child was seated with their hands in their lap, Mr. ______ began explaining
what would He is going to taught the class. As He read, He used group altering
by periodically asking the students questions pertaining to the characters or
the words in the story. He then draws the picture of clocks to tell the
students. This made the engaged time with the students last longer since they
knew they would be asked to answer. After reading the lesson, He would then
tell the students to disperse into their groups and tell them to draw a clock
without writing the time then He randomly give these chits to the students
and ask the students to write the time. The school environment was very
clean and well maintained. The bathrooms were also spotless. The staff and
students alike seem to really enjoy the school and the environment around
them. There is no better place to learn than some where you are comfortable.

Part II: Reflection

I believe that overall, this was a great experience. I honestly could not have
been happier with how well my observations of Mr ______ classroom went. I
would strongly recommend his to interested student looking for somewhere
to learn the ways of teaching. Not only He was strong academically, but also
you could tell He had an interest passion for making sure each and every one
of his students learned at least something in class every day. Not only was He
strong, but patient as well. Having fifteen kids running around a room cannot
be easy for anyone. Yet He handled it with grace and poise. I picked up so
many teaching methods while observing Mr _____. I loved how He had little
note cards with each student’s name and would flip from card to card after
each question, giving every student a chance to participate and ensuring
participation. He also had a different student every morning to lead the
morning exercise. He later explained that this was to wake the students up
and get their blood going in participation f learning. I thought this was a
unique and cleaver way to keep the students active and ready for enthusiasm
to teach. I loved the environment of school. As I walked down, whether
coming or leaving, a number of staff always smiled or said good morning, and
meant it. The students had smiles on their faces and it was clear that they
coming to school every morning. The experience has truly opened my eyes
and made me realize that teaching really is what I would like to do for the rest
of my life. To see children, finally have something click in their heads or smile,
when you tell them they answered the question correctly makes all the hard
times
worth it. Although I’m sure, it will be a lot of work, I have no doubt in my mind
that molding young minds is the right path for me.