week 7

What are the procedures the teacher uses to make everything run smoothly in the class?

The teacher that I have been over seeing has been teaching 2nd grade at the same school for about 20 years. She is incredibly good at getting the kids attention and making sure they stay on track. There are several things she does that I think help the keep the classroom running smoothly. First, I think that the way she has the tables set up in the classroom helps everything go smoothly through out the day. She has the tables set up in groups of 6 or less and together they all form a U shape so that when she is at the front of the classroom, she can easily see each child and each child can easily see her. I also think that helps the children focus on the front of the classroom. 

The teacher also created a card station where each student has their own card with their name on it, if they are doing good through out the day they get to put a sticker on the card, if they are not being good through out the day they have to pull their card which prevents them from getting a sticker that day. She also has a classroom helper who comes in to the classroom each day to help the students that are behind on assignments get caught up so that the teacher can focus on what is currently being worked on in the classroom. 

I typically get to her classroom around 10 AM so I don't know what they do at the very beginning of class but, when I get there the teacher has all of the students sitting on the floor at the front of the classroom. She explains to them what assignments they should do once they go back to their seats. Before she sends them back to their seats she will write each thing she explained on the board numbered 1-3 so that they can refer to the board if they forget what they should be doing.