Bloom's Taxonomy of Questions Observation

When I observed my class I notice a lot of different things. It was hard to observe for the Bloom's Taxonomy issues because she was giving instructions on writing their pen pal letters and it is something they have been doing the whole year so they are expected to understand what needs to be done. But it seems that their pen pal letters were not at the level they were needing to be for writing grades. The teacher made a new rubric for them that was meant to be a lot clearer. She ended up going over all the aspects of the new rubric and showing that what is expected for a third grader and what is not expected. After that she split them up into two groups and there was another teacher there to help for the activity and the two different groups worked on writing the ideal paragraph for them to be writing and they worked together to do all the brainstorming and coming together to write the paragraphs. This was meant to help them visually see what was expected.
While I was observing though I did notice a lot of things that I thought would be important to address with my fellow bloggers. :) I noticed that a lot of times the students do not really pay attention to the directions if someone else is doing something else. A lot of times they will say something like "Lauren doesn't have her paper with her!" In a way to tatal-tail and then while they are doing it the miss the instructions or disrupt the class. But the problem with this is the teacher does not really do anything about it and just ignores it but I think it is important to address these issues in the class so that the students know it is not appropriate. I have noticed a lot that the teacher needs to do a better job of managing her class and make sure that the students are being respectful and appropriate.
Back to the Bloom's Taxonomy of Questions I did find that in the category of KNOWLEDGE: the teacher handed out the new writing rubric so every student would see it and have it. In the category of COMPREHENSION: It was hard to see if the class was comprehending, they go off in groups and do what they are told but do not really know why it seems. In the category of APPLICATION: they have worked on pen-pals all year long so they should know and understand what to be doing and what is expected of them. In the category of ANALYSIS: they brainstormed ideas on what makes a good paragraph and then they were sent to go write their own paragraphs. In the category of SYNTHESIS: they do try to build newer and stronger patterns when it comes to their pen pal writings--incorporating the new things on the rubric. And finally in the category of EVALUATION: the teacher will be using the new rubric to grade their writing and see if the students got the idea of it.

Lesson Clarity

I feel like my teacher is very good about making her lessons clear to the class. She always calls them to their front carpet and the kids know that the front carpet is for information and the back carpet is for sharing. She has taught them well so that they know what to expect and how to behave. When the class is at the front carpet she makes sure not to start talking until everyone is quiet and is paying attention to her. She always introduces the lesson and the idea of the lesson and with this she may give a few examples if needed. What I like most is that she has the class repeat it after her so that she knows they are all listening and paying attention. What I think is important that I like that she does is she lets the class ask questions after she has had them repeat it so that there is no confusion after when it is time to work. I feel that my teacher is very strong when it comes to teaching and telling a lesson. And I also like to see that she has the class trained well so they know what to do when being told something new. :)