Expert answer:Share with your group, the procedures, rules, rewards systems, observations, and weekly planner from the previous topic assignments.In a chart or diagram, compare the similarities and differences between the various elements from each group member.In 250-500 words, describe the common classroom strategies that the group members determine are appropriate to promote positive teacher and student interactions and based on research.Use 2-3 scholarly resources.Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.Attached below will be alot of documents from the various group members that will contain all of the information.
ech525_weeklyplanner.docx
ech525_wk_2_assignment.docx
ech525_wk_1_assignment_part_1.docx
ech525_week_3_assignment.docx
ech525_assignment_1_part_2.docx
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ECH-525 Weekly Planner
Transition
Content
Area:
Transition
Time
7:458:00
AM
8:008:30
AM
8:308: 40
Content
Area:
8:40-
Transition
Content
Area:
Transition
Content
Area:
9:30
9:309:40
9:4010:20
10:2010:30
10:30
–
11:15
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Put away coats
and backpacks
Instructional
Activity: Breakfast,
Do Now
Standard:
Listening,
Speaking, Reading
and Writing Skills
6.B – provide an
oral, pictorial, or
written response
to a text
Put away coats
and backpacks
Instructional
Activity:
Breakfast, Do Now
Standard:
Listening,
Speaking, Reading
and Writing Skills
6.B – provide an
oral, pictorial, or
written response
to a text
Put away coats
and backpacks
Instructional
Activity: Breakfast,
Do Now
Standard:
Listening,
Speaking, Reading
and Writing Skills
6.B – provide an
oral, pictorial, or
written response
to a text
Put away coats
and backpacks
Instructional
Activity: Breakfast,
Do Now
Standard:
Listening,
Speaking, Reading
and Writing Skills
6.B – provide an
oral, pictorial, or
written response
to a text
Put away coats
and backpacks
Instructional
Activity: Breakfast,
Do Now
Standard:
Listening,
Speaking, Reading
and Writing Skills
6.B – provide an
oral, pictorial, or
written response
to a text
Shake hands
Instructional
Activity:
Shared/Guided
Reading
Standard:
Language Skills
2.D- demonstrate
print awareness
Shake hands
Instructional
Activity:
Shared/Guided
Reading
Standard:
Language Skills
2.D- demonstrate
print awareness
Shake hands
Instructional
Activity:
Shared/Guided
Reading
Standard:
Language Skills
2.D- demonstrate
print awareness
Shake hands
Instructional
Activity:
Shared/Guided
Reading
Standard:
Language Skills
2.D- demonstrate
print awareness
Shake hands
Instructional
Activity:
Shared/Guided
Reading
Standard:
Language Skills
2.D- demonstrate
print awareness
Sing a song
Instructional
Activity: Centers
Sing a song
Instructional
Activity: Centers
Sing a song
Instructional
Activity: Centers
Sing a song
Instructional
Activity: Centers
Sing a song
Instructional
Activity: Centers
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Outside
Play
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Outside
Play
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Outside
Play
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Outside
Play
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Outside
Play
Standard: ELA
Knowledge and
Skills 1.D work
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Transition
Lunch
Transition
11:15
–
11:30
11:30
–
12:15
12:1512:30
Content
Area:
Transition
Content
Area:
Transition
Content
Area:
12:301:15
1:151:30
1:302:00
2:002:15
2:152:45
Transition
2:45 –
3:00
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Clean up, wash
hands get ready
for lunch
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Clean up, wash
hands get ready
for lunch
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Clean up, wash
hands get ready
for lunch
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Clean up, wash
hands get ready
for lunch
collaboratively
with others by
following agreedupon rules for
discussion,
including taking
turns.
Clean up, wash
hands get ready
for lunch
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Math
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Math
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Math
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Math
Restroom break,
Water break
Instructional
Activity: Math
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A count
forward and
backward to at
least 20 with and
without objects;
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A count
forward and
backward to at
least 20 with and
without objects;
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A count
forward and
backward to at
least 20 with and
without objects;
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A count
forward and
backward to at
least 20 with and
without objects;
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A count
forward and
backward to at
least 20 with and
without objects;
Dance
Instructional
Activity: Art
Dance
Instructional
Activity: Art
Dance
Instructional
Activity: Art
Dance
Instructional
Activity: Art
Dance
Instructional
Activity: Art
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A create
artworks using a
variety of lines,
shapes, colors,
textures, and
forms.
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A create
artworks using a
variety of lines,
shapes, colors,
textures, and
forms.
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A create
artworks using a
variety of lines,
shapes, colors,
textures, and
forms.
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A create
artworks using a
variety of lines,
shapes, colors,
textures, and
forms.
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 2.A create
artworks using a
variety of lines,
shapes, colors,
textures, and
forms.
Exercise
Instructional
Activity: Social
Studies
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 4.A use
terms, including
over, under, near,
far, left, and right,
to describe
relative location.
Get backpacks,
get ready to go
home
Exercise
Instructional
Activity: Social
Studies
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 4.A use
terms, including
over, under, near,
far, left, and right,
to describe
relative location.
Get backpacks,
get ready to go
home
Exercise
Instructional
Activity: Social
Studies
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 4.A use
terms, including
over, under, near,
far, left, and right,
to describe
relative location.
Get backpacks,
get ready to go
home
Exercise
Instructional
Activity: Social
Studies
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 4.A use
terms, including
over, under, near,
far, left, and right,
to describe
relative location.
Get backpacks,
get ready to go
home
Exercise
Instructional
Activity: Social
Studies
Standard:
Knowledge and
Skills 4.A use
terms, including
over, under, near,
far, left, and right,
to describe
relative location.
Get backpacks,
get ready to go
home
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Running head: Classroom Dynamics
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Classroom Dynamics
Ashley N. Nunez
Grand Canyon University
ECH-525
November 21, 2017
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2
Classroom Dynamics
Classroom dynamics are interactions between students and teachers. They are extremely
important because they can help students feel comfortable learning and communicating with other
students and the classroom teacher. Good classroom dynamics consist of the engagement of
everyone inside the classroom, working together to create a harmonious environment that is
conducive to learning and teaching (Omatsu, 2014).
Inside Mrs. Long’s third grade classroom, located in central Pennsylvania, in a Title I
school building, I was able to observe the classroom dynamics in relation to student’s behavior.
While inside the classroom I saw teacher interactions with the students, diverse learners, the
ethnicity within the classroom as well as the age and gender of the students. There are twenty-one
eight and nine-year-old students inside Mrs. Long’s class that I observed for an average of six
hours on two separate ocations (Long, 2017).
Mrs. Long has a total of thirteen male students and eight female students (Long, 2017). Of
these collective twenty-one students six of those have parents that are serving in the military and
are stationed in at the local military base in the community. The other twelve students live in a
community where sixty-five percent of the population is living in poverty, and out of the two
different types of poverty- those students are affected by generational poverty. Mrs. Long
explained to me that generational poverty generational poverty affects those who are born into
poverty with at least two generations before them that have also lived in poverty (Long, 2017).
While observing, I was able to see Mrs. Long work with students in small group settings,
large group settings, and with students one-on-one. Mrs. Long has one ELL learner, four students
who are pulled out for reading intervention twice a week and three students who are pulled out for
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math intervention once a week. Out of the twenty-one students in her classroom, Mrs. Long has
eight that are currently on Behavior Intervention Plans. Mrs. Long said that BIPs “is a plan that is
designed to reward positive behaviors and teach the wanted behaviors while also teaching the
unwanted behaviors” (Long, 2017).
I was curious about how difficult it was to have eight students who are using the BIP and
if it interrupted her teaching lessons. “At first it can be a difficult process for the student to become
acclimated to, however once they are used to the classroom, my rules and the schedule, they are
able to ask for breaks when they need them, and I am able to identify most of my students trigger
behavior before it escalates” (Long, 2017). Mrs. Long also went on to explain that “their Behavior
Plans are unique to them, they are built so they are rewarded with what motivates that specific
student” (Long, 2017).
While observing in Mrs. Long’s classroom, I was able to experience first hand some of the
behaviors, teacher/student interactions and student/student interactions. For example, Mrs. Long
was showing the class how to write a persuasive essay. She was providing many examples on the
Smartboard as she wrote down why she should leave early on every other Friday to the Principle
of the school. As she was writing her persuasive essay, the students were encouraging Mrs. Long
with adjectives and phrases that she should use to persuade the Principle to allow Mrs. Long to
leave early.
The students were excited and eager to help Mrs. Long to be able to get off early, as they
know how hard she works. After Mrs. Long was finished with her persuasive essay to the Principle,
Mrs. Long then told the students that she wanted them to write her a letter. She gave them two
different scenarios to write about, one being to write in pen at school or if you get out of line,
should you be able to get back in your spot or should you go to the back of the line? She wanted
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them to choose which one they wanted to write about and then persuade her in their writing. Most
students, from the reaction of the crown, were very passionate about having to go to the end of the
line if you step out of line. They were all to eager to write Mrs. Long a persuasive essay about that!
As Mrs. Long is walking around the classroom, I am noticing one student who seems to be
doing everything they can to get out of writing. Mrs. Long walks over and asks this student to pull
out their writing book and to begin their assignment. As I am watching this, the student takes out
the writing book and throws it on the ground. They then pick up their pencil and break it in half
and throw the pieces on the floor and in a very angry tone yell that they will not be writing that
“stupid” essay. I watch Mrs. Long calmly walk over to the student’s desk and pull out a green
folder. She opens up the folder and with her purple pen begins marking on the sheet. This upsets
the student even further who then kicks their chair over. Mrs. Long makes her way back over to
the student’s desk and bends down to the student’s level and whispers something that I couldn’t
make out.
As I am watching Mrs. Long and the student’s interactions- I am also taking note of the
rest of the classroom. How are the students reacting to this distraction? Are they bothered by it?
Do they stop working to watch? I was shocked. Not one student was looking up from their work,
they were all writing feverishly and ignoring what was happening in the corner of the room. My
attention back to Mrs. Long, whatever she whispered into the student’s ear worked, because they
were not sitting in their upright chair, with a whole pencil and their writing book open.
I have learned over my time observing in other classrooms that maintaining focused
attention in the classroom is imperative for a successful learning environment (Clarke, November
2016). The loss of instructional time, or distractions due to off task behavior is quite the challenge,
however Mrs. Long handled the distraction with ease and grace (Bradley, 2014). She didn’t let it
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upset her, affect her or her classroom. I guess being an educator for eighteen years, she has learned
strategies to aid in every situation that could possibly arise.
Overall, my time observing in Mrs. Long’s classroom on the demographics, student
behavior, teacher/student interaction were very educational and inspiring. Mrs. Long showed me
that being an educator with, so many diverse learners are not easy, yet it is manageable. When I
am in my own classroom, I will be more than happy to mirror the strategies, techniques and grace
Mrs. Long showed me while I was observing her classroom dynamics.
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References
Bradley, C. (2014). Decreasing Off-Task Behaviors in an Elementary Classroom . Masters of
Arts in Education Action Research Papers, Paper 47.
Clarke, M. (November 2016). Managing Classroom Dynamics . Oxford University Press.
Long, T. (2017, November 21). Oberservation Interview; ECH525 . (A. Nunez, Interviewer)
Omatsu, G. (2014). Understanding Classroom Dynamics. CSUN Journal.
Instructor Loring,
I will be completing my practicum hours in a third-grade classroom. The ages of the students are
between eight and nine years old.
Thank youAshley N. Nunez
Running head: Academic Play, Classroom Schedule, and Transitions
Academic Play, Classroom Schedule, and Transitions
Ashley Nunez
Grand Canyon University ECH-525
November 29, 2017
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Running head: Academic Play, Classroom Schedule, and Transitions
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Academic Play, Classroom Schedule, and Transitions
Routines and schedules are important for students because they help them transition from one activity to
another during the day. Schedules and routines provide students security and eliminates some anxiety of not
knowing what is coming next. When schedules are consistent, students can learn patterns and once the pattern is
set, the student is able to inter (Tanya L. Eckert, 2008). For example, I was observing in Mrs. Long’s third grade
classroom every transition they had the students knew exactly what routine and activity that they were to do next.
The routines that Mrs. Long has set up in her classroom has created routines that take the guess work on a daily
basis. Rather her schedule has created a smooth routine for herself and her students that make for a harmonious
community.
Observation
I was able to overserve many transitions in the classroom that started at the beginning of the day. The
students came into the classroom at the beginning of the school day, putting away their belongings. They made
their lunch choice and began eating their breakfast, while beginning their morning work and waiting on the
morning announcements. Mrs. Long did not have to remind any student of this, as they all were performing all of
this on their own, as they knew the routine. The students also knew that after the morning announcements was
the time that they started to line up for specials. As the students transitioned to specials, I was able to stay behind
and take note of the classroom, and the schedules Mrs. Long had posted in the room. At the front of the classroom,
Mrs. Long has a large interchangeable schedule that she is able to change. She changes the specials on which ever
cycle day they are on. The schedule is in written in large bold black font that every student can see from any
corner of the room. It has a fun, funky background that is appealing to the eye as well.
As the students were transitioning back from specials, they stop by the restrooms from a bathroom and
water break before heading back to the classroom. Once back inside the classroom, Mrs. Long begins Language
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Arts. She instructs the students to pull out their Journals and to begin writing about what they did over their
Thanksgiving break. When students are given the opportunity to free write allows students that personal and
emotional aspects of “self”. Free writing fosters uninhibited thoughts, because students know that they are not
going to be graded. They also know that there are no rules for their writing such as grammar, punctuation and
spelling, so they are “free” to write how they feel, what they feel and when they feel it (Joseph Defazio, 2010).
After the students completed their journal entrees, it was time to begin the “Daily Five”. This is a literacy program
that is used in Pennsylvania that helps students develop their reading, writing, literacy, working independency
and with their peers. The five components of the Daily Five consist of reading to self, reading to someone else,
listening to reading, word work and writing (Boushey, 2006). Each station has a form of one of these activities
on them, and each station had a group of students. Mrs. Long also was working with a small group of students,
and the students rotated in a rotation of fifth teen minutes.
Conclusion
Overall, my time observing in Mrs. Long’s third grade classroom was a very positive experience. I felt
that Mrs. Long created a very well organized and supportive learning environment for her students. I noticed
throughout the day that her schedule that she had created helped the students transition easily after each activity
and the visual schedule that was displayed in the classroom was a great tool for the students to reference if they
needed any reminders. As for the behaviors and reminders in Mrs. Long’s class, I felt that she did a great job at
redirecting her students with positive reinforcement instead of using negative comments or energy. Mrs. Longs
classroom has a very positive energy and always feels very welcoming anytime I come in to observe. The students
are always engaged and smiling, happy to be in the classroom with a teacher that is happy and excited to have
them as her students.
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Running head: Academic Play, Classroom Schedule, and Transitions
ECH-525 Weekly Planner
Transition
Time
Monday
8:25
Doors Open
Instructional
Activity:
Specials/Library
looking for a book
Standard:
AL.1.2.A: Explore
and ask questions
to seek meaningful
information about
a range of topics
and ideas.
Doors Open
Instructional
Activity:
Specials/Art
painting a picture
Standard:
91.V2.E: Use
imagination and
creativity to
express self
through works of
art
Doors Open
Instructional
Activity:
Specials/P.E.
Playing games
Standard:
10.12.D:
Distinguish
between healthy
and unhealthy
behaviors
10.42.B: Exhibit
stamina, balance,
strength and agility
Doors Open
Instructional
Activity:
Specials/Music
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