Dennis_CO#2

For this classroom observation I observed Ryans listening class. Ryan started off with again a vocabulary quiz at the beginning of class and then would ask students what the answers to the vocabulary words were after the quizzes were turned in. Ryan was once again extremely punctual with his time. Making sure not to go over the allotted time, to make sure there was enough time in this short class to go over everything in his agenda.

For this class we listened to a story a person told about going to their first baseball game. There were no visual aids this time it was just a story told over the speakers. Students were then asked to get into pairs and write a an exact script of what the story teller was saying. This assignment seemed pretty hard for the students but they were able to successfully do it. The speech was played 4 or 5 times it was a relatively easy speech. There was some background audio during the story that helped students understand the situation such as the crowd cheering when a player hit a home run.  The only words students had trouble understanding was cracker jacks, innings, and home run.  Each group was then asked to split the speech in half and one was to read the first half of their script and the second student was to read the second half of their script. Each group had to do this. At the end of class all groups were to turn in their script to the teacher. Ryan assigned a homework assignment that was similar to the classwork only this time it was about a students first day in school.

I enjoy observing Ryans classes he makes them enjoyable and encourages discussion within students. I especially like that he tries to pair up students from different cultures to work together to avoid them speaking their native language.