Organization of teaching materials/ equipment, teacher resources/ curriculum materials, students personal possessions, equipment, administrative papers, time

and other items Ms. Johnson has two desks which are both located at the front of the classroom. Her resources include Houghton Mifflin Harcourts Math Expressions Teacher Edition volume 1 and volume 2 textbooks. She uses a lot of websites as resources to get worksheets for the students journals. Some websites that she uses are Rocks Discovery Website and ixl.com for mathematics. I found Ms. Johnsons organization of teaching materials to be sort of scattered on her desk. However, I was amazed that Ms. Johnson was still able to find materials immediately when she needed them. She also had a plethora of websites that she used for different topics in Science and Mathematics, which I found to be extremely important and effective. Students personal possessions are kept at the back of the classroom. At the beginning of the day, the students will take their journals and school supplies out of their book bags. On the back of each childs seat is a seat sack. The seat sack holds the childrens journals and books so that the table will not become overcrowded. Each child also has personal supplies. These school supplies include a journal for each subject, a homework folder, pencil pouch, pencils, glue/glue stick, scissors, erasers, etc. I liked the idea of the students having seat sacks, so this way there wouldnt be too much movement out of seats happening in the classroom. The teachers equipment includes the overhead lamp, the laptop and printers. There are about 5 laptops in the classroom and 4 printers. She also uses the smartboard throughout every lesson. Ms. Johnson also has a paper cutter that she uses on a daily basis. A telephone is in the classroom as well. Administrative papers are kept in the file cabinet of the classroom. Ms. Johnsons schedule for the week includes teaching mathematics and science to one of her classes from 8:10 a.m. to 10:31 a.m. The classes are then exchanged, and she teaches the other third

grade class mathematics until 11:25 a.m. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. and does not end until 12:05 p.m. The students then proceed to go to related arts (music, gym, computer, art, etc) from 12:10 p.m. to 12:55p.m. Ms. Johnson then teaches mathematics and science to the class until the end of the day. During the times when the students are in related arts, Ms. Johnson has a planning period and meetings to attend. After viewing her schedule, I thought it was planned out well so that Ms. Johnson had time to reflect on the lesson that she just finished teaching to a class. Arrangement of the classroom, including instructional space, teacher space, and student space The arrangement of the classroom is organized so that the teacher and the students can function and learn effectively. Even though there is not a lot of space to move around in the classroom, Ms. Johnson is still able to walk around and monitor the classroom. The instructional space is at the front of the classroom. The space includes the smart board and the dry erase board mounted behind the smart board. On the dry erase board are the curriculum standards, vocabulary words, and an outline of a lesson plan. The outline shows the different sections included in the lesson plan. To the right of the board is the teachers laptop and overhead lamp. The overhead lamp is used to display worksheets and other materials on the smart board. The teacher space includes two desks, the supply cabinet, the file cabinet, the school materials, the laptops and the printers. Both of the desks are located at the front of the room. The larger desk has all of the worksheets, resources and materials that the teacher may use throughout the lesson. The smaller desk is occupied by her laptop and overhead lamp. Both desks are positioned in such a way that Ms. Johnson still has space to walk around and the students have space to come answer questions at the board. The laptops and printers are only for the teachers use. The students are not allowed near either of the desks or the laptops and printers unless they

are instructed by Ms. Johnson. Even though the school materials are for the children to use, they need permission to get supplies from the teacher. The student space mainly includes three areas in the classroom. These three areas are the round tables, the book bag and text book section and the library section. Each student has an assigned seat which is accompanied with a seat sack. The tables are all facing the smartboard. In the morning, the students put their book bags at the back of the classroom. The students do not go to their book bags throughout the day unless they have the teachers permission. The library section has books for the students to read. The section is mainly for the students; however, just like every other area in the classroom, the students need Ms. Johnsons permission to go to the library. Overall, I believe that the instructional, teacher and student spaces were set up this particular way for a reason. The students are allowed to be more engaged in the lesson. Based on the arrangement of the classroom, I could definitely tell that the class was student-centered. Behavior management procedures including discipline, entering/exiting the class, student movement out of their seats, etc The classroom expectations, classroom behavioral consequences and conduct grade computation can be found in two areas of the classroom. They are posted at the front of the classroom above the board and on the bulletin board in the classroom. Ms. Johnson has implemented a disciplinary system that involves the students moving their name card. There are three different sections where the card can be placed: green blue and yellow. When the students name card is in the green section, he/she is having a good day with no behavioral issues. Blue shows that there have been some behavioral problems and yellow shows that the student has misbehaved throughout the entire day.

Another system that Ms. Johnson implements at the end of every day is the use of green, red and blue stickers. The stickers are a part of the disciplinary system used in the classroom. She puts the stickers in the students homework folders, so that the parents or guardians of the students will know how their childs behavior was at school that specific day. The parents are supposed to sign the homework folder, showing that they have seen the note or sticker that Ms. Johnson placed in the childs folder. When entering and exiting the classroom, students are to follow a procedure. They have to clean up their working area, push their chairs in and line up by the door. Their book bags are left in the classroom when changing classes. In order to move out of their seat, the students have to raise their hands and receive permission from Ms. Johnson. They are sometimes allowed to go to the bathroom, but if some students take advantage of the opportunity, then Ms. Johnson will revoke the privilege. After learning about the behavior management system in the class, I found it to be effective. Students were very aware of the consequences, if they misbehaved. The disciplinary system helped to keep the class in order and manageable. Any other systems/ procedures used in the classroom Other systems are implemented throughout the classroom. Ms. Johnson likes to involve the class and make sure they are actively participating in the lesson. She may call a student to the board to work out a math problem. The student will then be able to choose the next person for the next problem. As a positive reinforcement, the class and Ms. Johnson sing the Good Job song when one of the students answers a question correctly. The other systems seem to be very encouraging for the students. They truly enjoy the Good Job song. I found this as a motivation for some students to want to do well in class.