Thursday, May 8, 2014

Bianca CO 3



            For my last observation I wanted to observe another Alexandra Ramos class. I really enjoyed her teaching style and how the students reacted in her lower level class. I choose to sit in on her reading class for the upper level students, this morning.
            The class began with a continuation of the previous lesson where they were talking about the peer-led discussion projects. The students seemed hesitant and a bit intimidated about the project but Alexandra ensured the students that they would succeed. She provided them with a rubric to follow loosely and the students seemed to be more at ease. This took up most of the time of class because the students kept asking questions about their expectations from the presentation.
            The last portion of the class was dedicated to reading an article out loud. Similar to the ones the peer-led discussions would be based on or similar to. This article was called- the secret to likability by Pam Holloway. Ms. Ramos read the article out loud, pausing briefly to check comprehension of the material. She asked questions about the paragraph or about a complex word and asked the class to try and define it.

            After reading the article the class broke up into pair and were asked to discuss their favorite qualities based on the article for about 10 min then Ms. Ramos called on a few students to explain their favorite parts out loud to the class.

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