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    Lily Dashiell observed a junior world history class at Kent Island High School taught by Mrs. Phelps. She noticed differences between Mrs. Phelps' class periods, with the first period being calm and focused while the fourth period before a holiday break was restless. Mrs. Phelps had strong personal bonds with her students and clear classroom rules with some flexibility. Students felt comfortable sharing with Mrs. Phelps and seemed to enjoy learning through lectures, notes, games and exit tickets. The classroom had more diversity than the overall school population and included a student with autism fully integrated.

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    Lily Dashiell observed a junior world history class at Kent Island High School taught by Mrs. Phelps. She noticed differences between Mrs. Phelps' class periods, with the first period being calm and focused while the fourth period before a holiday break was restless. Mrs. Phelps had strong personal bonds with her students and clear classroom rules with some flexibility. Students felt comfortable sharing with Mrs. Phelps and seemed to enjoy learning through lectures, notes, games and exit tickets. The classroom had more diversity than the overall school population and included a student with autism fully integrated.

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    Lily Dashiell observed a junior world history class at Kent Island High School taught by Mrs. Phelps. She noticed differences between Mrs. Phelps' class periods, with the first period being calm and focused while the fourth period before a holiday break was restless. Mrs. Phelps had strong personal bonds with her students and clear classroom rules with some flexibility. Students felt comfortable sharing with Mrs. Phelps and seemed to enjoy learning through lectures, notes, games and exit tickets. The classroom had more diversity than the overall school population and included a student with autism fully integrated.

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    Lily Dashiell observed a junior world history class at Kent Island High School taught by Mrs. Phelps. She noticed differences between Mrs. Phelps' class periods, with the first period being calm and focused while the fourth period before a holiday break was restless. Mrs. Phelps had strong personal bonds with her students and clear classroom rules with some flexibility. Students felt comfortable sharing with Mrs. Phelps and seemed to enjoy learning through lectures, notes, games and exit tickets. The classroom had more diversity than the overall school population and included a student with autism fully integrated.

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    Lily Dashiell

    Field Observation Journal


    PSC-220
    December 6,2022

    This is the third field observation I have participated in and each time I have experienced

    something different. For this time around I wanted to strictly stay with one teacher and really

    understand how she deals with each class as the day goes on. I observed Mrs. Phelps junior

    world history classes at Kent Island High School. The first thing I want to speak about is the

    differences between her classes. While they are all the same class, being taught the same

    material, as the day progresses I noticed the clear change in how she handles her classes. The

    first period class was very calm and quiet. They seemed ready to learn or at least too tired to

    say anything otherwise. They were patient and other than maybe one or two otherliers there

    were really no difficulties in the classroom. Everyone was respectful and did their work. This

    was entirely different when it came to her fourth period class. They were obviously done with the

    day and ready to go home. It was difficult to keep their attention and even more difficult to get

    them to quietly work individually on their assignments. Obviously observing a classroom right

    before a major holiday and break from school is going to be interesting. The students were

    simply ready to be done with school for a little bit. I think my cooperating teacher handled it well

    though, she made it clear that she wouldn't tolerate people being disrespectful but still allowed

    them to have fun and show their excitement for break. One of the major things I noticed about

    my teacher is that she clearly has formed a very strong personal bond with her students. They

    all really seem to care about her and respect her. They were very concerned when she was out

    sick for a day. I found it to be really heartwarming that she was able to create such an amazing

    environment within her classroom over such a short period of time. The teacher also has really

    good classroom management. There are clear rules that need to be followed but there's also a

    level of leniency that allows for the students to prove themselves to her and gain more

    responsibilities. She has a snack box that the students are allowed to go to whenever they like,
    and she also has a variety of fidgets for them if they need. I noticed several times that the

    students felt comfortable sharing personal things with their teacher and even explaining why

    they were having a bad day. I was overall really impressed with the level of care Mrs.Phelps has

    put into her classroom. Mrs. Phelps teaching during the days I was there was somewhat

    underwhelming to observe simply because it was mostly lecture style and note taking. However

    the students seemed to enjoy it and were able to participate in learning tasks and exit tickets

    effectively, so it seems she knows what her students like. She also allowed them to participate

    in games like Kahoot that the students really enjoyed and were able to show their knowledge

    through. I was surprised with the level of diversity in her classrooms. When I went to Kent Island

    the school was a high majority of white students and very few minorities. However I was really

    glad to see a major shift in this. There were many students of color in her classroom. She also

    explained to me there was a student with autism in her class that was able to fully function

    within a standard classroom setting. Overall I found the entire experience to be incredibly

    enlightening and just really enjoyable.

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