Mack Benn Elementary

4th grade
Kerns Class

Practicum
Presentation

Professor Greene
TLED 478

Maya Bryant
Classroom Introduction
23 students- 9 m , 14 f
Instructional resources
Whiteboard and projector
chrome books
daily work journals
binder with separated subjects
Observation 1
Observation

Information
The students respected, loved and kind of
feared her. She would walk around to every
student and help where and if needed but
she would require they try first on their
Student-Centered Classroom own. Mrs Kerns would write 1 caught being
Mrs. Kerns was a very "Lets do this good an hour.
2 together" kind of teacher. She would ask
Behavior Management
open ended questions and dig deeper
into their minds and their knowledge Shes from NYC so she was a non filtered
and help them make connections to the teacher that would call you out when you're
real world. wrong and question your common sense.
she would sit quietly and wait for students
3
to notice and self control, or she would say
"I know not!" when they got too loud and
the kids knew exactly what that meant.
Differentiation
The students in my class were not where they were supposed to
be in almost all dictations. she played many videos and had
4 pictures and even had clear cut instructions for students to
follow which helped. Mrs Kers had 4-5 gifted students which
means she had to have extended lessons and something to do for
those students all the time or they would cut up.
Summary of
Integrated
lessons
Theme: Native Americans

Rationale: All of my lessons

were integrated with
information about Native
American videos, word
problems, books, stories,
and technology.

Worked: Talking
Did Not Work: Lecturing

I learned that lecturing these students wasn't going to work for all of
them. Personal connections really made the lesson flow. These
students were nosy, they wanted to hear each other and themselves
talk. Group discussion and teamwork. Seating arrangement was very
important in this class.
 Conclusion
Pointers to being Awesome
Start off firm then become less strict over time
be enthusiastic
verbal praise and candy or some sort of class
job helps student involvement
its okay to mess up, fix it and keep pushing

Pointers for integration

Find what interests your students and learn
about it or use it in the classroom
Kahoot is a quick, free, fun, and easy way to
test knowledge
interesting hooks are very important
be creative and do the lesson before you
have them do it.