Classroom Observation - Coursework Example

The teacher teaches figures and other geometrical shapes through real objects. He facilitates his reading through the use of charts and graphs that he draws in front of the students with pencil and geometrical tools. He also makes the students go through the exercises given at the end of each chapter. One reading strategy that he should adopt is that he should teach algebraic functions by solving them on the whiteboard and then calling a student from the class to come to the front desk to tell what he has grasped from the solution of the problem. This will make other students ask questions from their classmates which they might hesitate to ask from the teacher.

The science teacher’s lesson plan includes the objectives of the lesson, the materials and technologies used to make the students understand the topic, an anticipatory set, instructional procedure, activities, assessment and homework. The materials that he uses to clarify the topic are textbooks, handouts, visual aid, PowerPoint presentations, pictures, postcards and flashcards. The anticipatory set includes encouraging the students to actively participate in the discussion by sharing experiences with them, refreshing their memories and showing them graphics and video clips related to the topic so as to develop their interest. The instructional procedure that he uses includes listing keywords on handouts and telling the class interesting facts. He conducts individual and group activities and group presentations to help students learn facts through practical work, observation and experimentation. He also makes use of technological tools like multimedia transcripts to equip the students with scientific information through the most modern technology. After reading the lesson, he holds a concluding session to summarize all important points of the discussion. Finally, he gives the students homework to carry out research on their own. One thing that he should do is to assess the students through daily assignments, test papers and quizzes to know if they have learned their lessons well.

            The social studies teacher makes use of graphical charts and maps as the most important reading strategy. This way, he helps the students understand the demographic locations of different places in a better way. He reads chapters to the students and then explains them through the use of notes that he prepares before coming to the class. He makes the students learn important dates by making them revise the lesson in class two or three times. He draws maps on the whiteboard and explains locations. The activities that he uses include distributing worksheets among the students and making groups of them for discussion purposes. He makes the classroom convert into the times which he is teaching, for example, he tells the students to create a fantasy colonial marketplace in the classroom when he is teaching colonial times. This way, he brings the subject to life.

            The music and art teacher conducts special activities that tend to polish the skills of students in the field of art. The art teacher strongly recommends the application of locomotor and non-locomotor skills while teaching dance. In order to teach music, he instructs the students to do exercises that enhance their breath control. He strictly follows the follow the seven-part plan of questions that can produce miraculous results, if applied while teaching arts. W stands for what are the students expected to comprehend, H for how to hold students’ interest, E for equipping students for success in the areas of arts, R for instilling the abilities to revisit and refining in the students, E for how to encourage students to evaluate their talents, T for tailoring teaching methods to relate individually to each student’s interest and O for how to organize students’ learning processes with regard to arts. In dance, he teaches alignment, balance, landing, fall and recovery. Dance, on one hand, helps them stay physically active and, on the other hand, enhances their “motor skills and coordination” (McDoniel, 2009). In the case of music, the strategy that he should use is that he should teach the students how to sing and play in groups and alone. He familiarizes them with pitch, rhythm, timbre, tempo, diction, lyrics and melody.