5th Observation

On one of my last observations I returned to Mrs. Smith's 8th grade English 1 class.  They had just begun reading the tradgedy Romeo and Juliet.  First they read aloud "O, Romeo, O, Like, Wow!" and then they had to do a background knowledge chart.  Mrs. Smith gave notes on Romeo and Juliet, and there was a timeline of William Shakespeare's life on the smartboard.  After they learned about theatre and Shakespeare's life the class read the prologue and the first scene.  When Mrs. Smith's English 1 class was over I went to Ms. Hoffek's 6th grade advanced science class.  She always has a warm up, essential question and standard on the board so the class knows what the objectives are for the day.  Class began with the warm up/reinforcement to refresh the student's minds after the long 3 day weekend.  Some independent work was assigned in the book and lastly there was a Brain Pop about the Earth's Atmosphere on the smartboard followed by a quiz.  One thing I have noticed about Ms. Hoffek is that she has excellent classroom management.  Her students are well behaved and do a good job of transitioning from one activity to the next.  I hope when I become a teacher I will have good classroom management!