Rachael Parrish Due: 3/26 Dr. Miller- ELED 3226 Clinical- Observation of Language Arts Lesson Observation Instructional Lesson Classroom: Ms. S Observer: Rachael Parrish Grade: 4 th Date: 2/23/15 Curriculum Area: Time: 9:30 am What I notice Thoughts, Questions, Connections to Methods Classes Ms. S begins the writers workshop by allowing students to read their entries from the day before Ms. S draws names from a cup and “invites” students to read their entries Students absolutely LOVE the chance to get to read- they do not necessarily read what they wrote from the day before, but they have the choice to choose what to read, or not read Ms. S reads an article on John Henry to the students and shows them an anchor chart on folk tales Then, Ms. S plays The Ballad of John Henry on YouTube through the SmartBoard Students are each given a copy of the lyrics to follow along and sing along to After students learn about John Henry, they I was happy to see Writer’s Workshop within this classroom and I have been to several classrooms that do not practice writers workshop Writers workshop was definitely more student centered and the kids looked forward to not only sharing but also to Writer’s Workshop I like how my CT was able to relate their writing to what they were learning about folktales A lot of the students told me that they like writing specific types of writing in their daybooks and they were mostly all introduced to them at some point Letting students all have the chance to develop what piece of writing they want to, but asking each student to try to learn new styles of writing was very refreshing to watch I noticed that the
Rachael ParrishDue: 3/26Dr. Miller- ELED 3226Clinical-
Observation of Language Arts LessonObservation Instructional
LessonClassroom: Ms. SObserver: Rachael Parrish
Grade: 4th Date: 2/23/15
Curriculum Area:Time: 9:30 am
What I noticeThoughts, Questions, Connections to Methods
Classes
Ms. S begins the writers workshop by allowing students to read
their entries from the day before Ms. S draws names from a cup and
invites students to read their entries Students absolutely LOVE the
chance to get to read- they do not necessarily read what they wrote
from the day before, but they have the choice to choose what to
read, or not read Ms. S reads an article on John Henry to the
students and shows them an anchor chart on folk tales Then, Ms. S
plays The Ballad of John Henry on YouTube through the SmartBoard
Students are each given a copy of the lyrics to follow along and
sing along to After students learn about John Henry, they connect
it to exaggerations and how these tie into folk tales Students then
get the chance to write a folktale or exaggeration in their
daybooks The students go back to their desks or go get a clipboard
and go to their assigned spot in the room to have some time to
write in their daybooks All students have to try to write a
folktale or exaggeration and then they have the choice to develop
it or finish writing from another day
I was happy to see Writers Workshop within this classroom and I
have been to several classrooms that do not practice writers
workshop Writers workshop was definitely more student centered and
the kids looked forward to not only sharing but also to Writers
Workshop I like how my CT was able to relate their writing to what
they were learning about folktales A lot of the students told me
that they like writing specific types of writing in their daybooks
and they were mostly all introduced to them at some point Letting
students all have the chance to develop what piece of writing they
want to, but asking each student to try to learn new styles of
writing was very refreshing to watch I noticed that the students
were all very respectful of other kids sharing their writing and
this tied into creating a classroom community which we have read
about in Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi I wonder what steps my
CT has taken to set up Writers Workshop within the classroom, if
the whole school does Writers Workshop, and if my CT was the one to
initiate Writers Workshop, what were some of her first steps in
introducing it to students?
