January 15-17, 2019 - Classroom Observation
On January 15-17, 2019 my agenda in the Philippines was classroom observation accompanied by a cooperating teacher, Ms. Elijah Louise O. Tanay. Class observations begin with taking part in teaching and learning activities at USANT which starts from the morning ceremony, which is at 7:20 a.m. And then class observations which are hours for ma’am Elijah to teach. The following is a schedule of class observations within 3 days:
Time Class
07:00 - 07:20 a.m. Ceremony
07:20 - 08:20 a.m. Garnet class
08:20 - 09:20 a.m. Aquamarine class
10:40 - 11:40 a.m. Jade class
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Gold class
02:00 - 03:00 p.m. Acacia class
04:00 - 05:00 p.m. Guijo class
The observation activities during class observations began with observing the way my cooperating teacher taught, the stages of teaching that started from the last greeting after that were prayer together before beginning the lesson and prayer before ending the class for rest, followed by checking the attendance, then checking the assigments of they have yesterday, recall the yesterday's lesson, then introduce the new lesson, and ask a question and give activity about new materials.
The description of class observations starts from January 15, 2019 to January 17, 2019, the class for the first observation is the Garnet class which is grade 9. For this class Miss Elijah starts by checking student attendance. After that, he checked the assignment yesterday with the first method students exchanged paper answers to other students then some students wrote answers on the board and for students who did not work would be 10 pesos and not grades. After that, he recorded student scores in his daily journal. After everything was finished Ms. Elijah repeated the material yesterday by asking a few questions to students. After that, Elijah's mother explained the new material with a two-way communication method so that student activity could increase. After that, Elijah's mother wrote a number of questions about the material that had just been explained and finally Elijah's mother gave an assignment to do at home. Learning activities ended with a prayer.
The second observation was in the Aquamarine class where the Aquamarine class was grade 10, the learning activities in the Aquamarine class began with Mrs. Elijah delivering greetings, then checking the student attendance. After that the representatives of the two students came to the front of the class to convey motivation to the theme and explained the meaning of the quotes, the aim was for students to be motivated in learning activities that lasted a long time, starting at 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After an explanation of motivation, Ms. Elijah checks the homework with the student paper system exchanged to other students before correction, then Ms. Elijah reads the answers and the students correct the assignments belonging to the theme. After that, Ibu Eljah repeated yesterday's material and gave several questions to test students' memories and to increase the level of activity of students in the class. After that Ms. Elijah explained the new material and students were given homework for the material just explained, the class activities ended with a prayer.
For further observations in the Jade class which is grade 9, class activities in Jade class are the same as in Garnet class because they are grade 9.
Furthermore, observing in grade 9 Gold class, this class is slightly different because Gold class is a superior class in grade 9, students are given material that is higher in difficulty than other classes in grade 9. And the facilities obtained by students are equipped with air-conditioned classrooms. , projector, free laptop, free WIFI and printer. Class activities start from greetings, check student attendance, then students are asked to provide motivation to other friends in front of the class, after checking the assignments, here there is a little difference with other classes, namely the assignment system to students has a more difficult level than other classes. Students are given descriptive assignments so that when checking assignments students are asked to explain the questions and answers given by Ms. Elijah, they complete the answers to the assignments given creatively, some students make power points for the media when they explain the assignments, some use written media namely with pictures and writing using manila paper. After checking the pr, Elijah noted the score obtained by the students and immediately explained the new material because the students were considered to understand the material yesterday. This was measured by giving home assignments to explain, After explaining the new material, Elijah made a mini quiz to test how students understood new material, then is the assignment of homework and class ended with a joint prayer led by one of the students.
Next is Observation in the Grade 9 Acasia class, in this class I feel most happy because students are always enthusiastic in participating in classroom learning activities, they are active, creative, and smart. The stages of the learning process are the same as the other classes in grade 9, the only difference is the lively classroom atmosphere because of the enthusiasm of the students. For the last observation is observation in the grade 9 Guijo class, the learning activities are the same as the other classes in grade 9.
