CO 2
Date: 9/24/14
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
Teacher: Vicky
The first thing I noticed about
this teacher was how kind and enthusiastic she was. Before class started all of
her students verbalized how much they enjoyed her class and how she was their
favorite teacher. After observing her class I now understand why. She opened
the class with the question, “What are you doing after class?” Each student
responded with a full sentence with the majority of the answers consisted of
“After class I am going to sleep” or “After class I am hanging out with my conversation
partner”. Vicky was extremely assertive with her class; her students rarely
spoke out of place.
Once they
got into the core of the lesson I found it amusing when her students described
a minster as being a “boss” of a church. She then went over how by taking off
the e and adding a y the word changes to ministry, which is a place a minister
works. She gave her students the class prior to read an article on the civil
rights movement. This class they held a discussion and answered questions in pairs. After that she had the students listen to an audio clip to determine the
meaning of pacifist based off context
clues. This audio clip was played twice. Vicky would write various vocabulary
words on the board and then write synonyms and context clues under the vocabulary
to help define each word.
When a
student was called on to read a question aloud he had difficulty pronouncing
the word desegregation, but Vicky gave him confidence and helped him sound out
the word. She helped students gain a better understanding for words by breaking
down the meaning. For example desegregation was broken into de- then
segregation. The class had little difficulty understanding the words once they
were broken down. I truly applaud Vicky for her patience, communicative skills,
and high energy levels. Her class was enjoyable to observe and I believe she is
truly a great teacher.
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