Teacher/Class Date Lunchroom Geller Geller Su Pat Mr. Z Coleman Geller Geller HVAC Woodworking Mr. Z Mr.

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Notes observed in the lunchroom. watch students interact with each other during lunch. saw the different social structuresin that are set up across working the school. it was nice assignment. to see students a different element. observed the library. students on long essay it isin well designed and students have all the materials they need to write a successful essay. observed in the library. students working on long essay assignment. it is well designed and students have all the materials they need writebook a successful essay. students were doing to group work. many were off task, Su Pat spent most of his time with the groups who were being and giving them for additional help. he is able groups who help. testing. most of observed inloud, library. using laptops research. students had to to identify be quiet because ofneed academic his time very was well spent keeping students quiet and on task. would likeidentified to observe a morewho normal class. worked with students one on one. during group worked students were struggling and managed to get them motivated. interesting watching us teach the same topic with slightly different styles and methods. used Atomic Cafe as a bridge from capitalism andat consumer culture. interjected at opportune times. using an organizer to follow the watched Buffy. interjected opportune times during the video. had students video. I walked around and watched the students work on creating an air conditioning system. I talked with several tech teachers who toldclass me about the programs were designed and about howis tech classes were related to the woodworking that Ihow observed was spectacular. The teacher Patrick, spectacular. He gave students the perfect amount of autonomy fixed with proper guidance. It wasof project base programs. learning atThey the highest level that Students were working on writing a research paper on the history apprentice were then to apply the knowledge thatdifferent they gained andtoday. turn into paper their tech area was preparing them to I am following Jon to his classes Hea has Mr. about Lightyhow twice. This is the senior seminar class. Students are gathering information for their final senior project. They It is independent work. Lighty was monitoring The students were working on A Modest Proposal assignment. were supposed toMr. create their own version. Students were engaged in this activity because of the ridiculousness of the text. This class is similar to my 3rd I have a majority of the students in this class. They were working on the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. It was interesting looking at how some my today. students whogreat give seeing me trouble in another classroom. Ms. Teryn did aon good Today I went into the student runof cafe It was the students cooking serving and waiting tables. saw a few ofsame my students working. food was great I think that the process was empowering We are Iteaching the lesson today. MyThe lesson plan did not and go as well as I would have hoped. It is nice tofor see how Ms. Gellerafter chunked the information. The way she presented the information made so muchhis more MR. Benn teaches Ms. Geller in the same classroom. His class is freshman. When I observed class theyCollins were participating in aKite discussion about rules. I am nother sure the wider context of the lesson, the Ms. is teaching the Runner. I enjoyed watching atof the beginning of class getting the but class settled.need According to her this is her most difficult class. She used the narrative strategy. She would Senior to complete a senior project in order to graduate. I sat inpositive on this class to see how student's create and design projects that tie together their tech area with an academic class. It was interesting seeing the students were using a computer program to increase Spanish skills. I enjoyed the incorporation of games and learning. Most of the students were interested in the activity. students are researching Spanish myths and fairy tales. They are creating a PowerPoint describing the tale. There lots of independent work. Today is Ms. Geller was teaching the topic that I will be teaching tomorrow. It was nice to see how she presented the information and broke designing up the class. She gave me some ideas on the how to teach the Vietnamese Students were continuing their power points. it seems like project is almost done. theConstitution, class was in the library. it is nice see how other teachers classrooms in the classroom off task today the class was to learning the techniques of handle hair dying. the teacher wanted to theand students to students. be able to picture the finished product before they and even started working. In orderroom. to do there that, the students had to complete I was wandering around campus today stumbled upon the music was only a few students inside the room, however it was great seeing students music. the Iclass was learning a piece practicing. I watched automotive class happen today. it wasmaking really interesting. talked with students aboutand what they were doing in class. I have always wanted more about cars. had The to students were seniors and This was a math class. I observed forto a learn period where students complete a worksheet in were class.working Most ofto the students were with the worksheet. The class was having lookingtrouble at WWII and the major battles that took place and how that impacted military history. Much of the lesson involved reading the textbook and talking about what experience it said. I had the opportunity to watch and grade senior seminars. It was a great watching the seniors present theirdown information. The It lead teacher was great atstudents setting expectations forof the students. It was an easy I love going to the cafe. is incredible to me that run every part the restaurant. Today I had lunch and watched the front of the house work. I got to talk with the students and the chef about the cafe. Ms. Coleman has been absent for several weeks. There has been a long term sub in her stead. I finally It is so observed sub to see how the to class was doing with her. I had observed this classnotes whenwith Su Pat here. The As part of the an interview, I needed observe several teachers lessons and compare the was person interviewing me. I observed 2 is classes on class. block schedule. The first was a the social studies class. The positives I observed automotive, which a longer Today they started out in shop, but moved to the library to research and sign-up for their in certification. It Iwas aaway complicated process andMr. I was glad that I did not to be Students were finishing 1984 class. What took from this class was Lighty's subtle use ofhave humor. He uses it in appropriate places to engage students. Students finishing reading and has completing a reading Ms. Coleman just returned from an extended absence. It is were nice to see her back. She strong management skills that mix with strong care for each student. Students were creating posters about Hitlerto today. You could I observed Ms. Geller teaching how to set up a debate. Her simple directions and modeling teach vocab was incredible. I am going to steal this lesson for tomorrow to teach the same thing. Mr. Benn's class was talking about the 1960s today in class. It was interesting seeing what the freshman are learning, because a we covered some of this material during Vietnam Mr. Benn used the book and she was teaching demo lesson about annotations. It was our great seeing unit. her teach. I really appreciated her ways to get students to help participate in last the lesson. She read a poem and had different students read The students had to summarize the ten chapters of 1984 in 140 characters or less. At first the her students thought that it would be easy, but the takes up being rigorous and theIstudents really enjoyed it. I liked I again watched her present the lesson that ended I was presenting. The thing that noticed that I did differently was how she lead discussion. She is good handling with students. II did will see use his some of directions her talk on Doug was giving a test this period. So at I did not getdifficult to see topics to much of her his teaching. clear for a mistake he noticed in Ben's his test. It was learn were that he had high forabout his students, because I was very impressed with DTP. Thealso students flooding himexpectations with questions the topic. You could tell that they were in an me environment that welcomed questions to and inquiry. He also had them on a travel Doug and Ben brought to the cafe to see how it compared PCTA's cafe. I most say it is working nice seeing students about they a are doing. That true both PCTA and were Davies. plumbingwho was care working onwhat installing bathroom sinkis when I wasat there. there four stations. each station had to meet a set objectives before given materials to move to the next of the project. when I was inof observing the class they was were spilt into two sections. one section was instep the classroom working on book work about wiring. The class was out in the lab hooking up things to the the main power box. I wish I showed a movie clip of other roots.half andof led discussions and different intervals. I think that discussions were important it made sure students weregoing connecting the movie Ms. Gellerbecause was teaching the lesson that I was to teach the next with day.class. It was focused on how to teach constructive the debate had model in a practice debate and had thesome other of The culinary arguments and bakeryin classes wereformat. makingShe food for students the next days parents night. It was great seeing my last students creating things would eaten and displayed to parents. My day of teaching. Ms. that Geller andbe I both had our classes doing oral debates. The thing that impressed me most is how she is able to multitask and facilitate a debate and grade it at the same time. That is something that

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