April 7th 2nd Observation at Davis

On April 7 I came to Davis Elementary for my second time.  This time I got to meet Mrs. Johnston and actually observe her class.  We decided that arriving at 10:40 would be good because that is when the class is getting out of special areas.  When I walked in her room I noticed it was very colorful with lots of posters and wall decorations.  She had an area in the back with couches where the students could read.  There was a smartboard in the front and 3 Apple computers in the back of the room.  She was also one of the few iPad classrooms at Davis so I was very excited!  Each student had a personal iPad for their use.  I was curious to see some of the educational apps and how much they actually used them versus doing other activities on paper or in the textbook.  At 10:40 they are doing math so there were math problems and converstions on the smartboard.  They were learning about the "gallon man" and doing conversions of gallons, quarts, pints, and cups.  After this was over Mrs. Johnston handed out a worksheet to test what they had just learned.  I was in the back observing and 2 students were sent to me so I could work with them on the problems.  I was glad Mrs. Johnston got me involved on my first day.