Mr Turner Reflection

I briefly noticed that Mrs. Turner wrote “be for” on the board the sentence would originally say “What are you going to be for Halloween?” She then erased the two words and wrote “do on” because of cultural differences in the classroom of the fact that not everybody celebrates Halloween. That way the question is open to every student in the classroom to answer. I think very important to not just assume that everyone comes from the same background and religion. Each student shares what they are going to do on Halloween. Mrs. Turner told the students that are trick-or treating that they shouldn’t go by themselves and that they should go with a “grown up”. Also Mrs. Turner didn’t just automatically say “mom or dad” and

“parents”. Mainly because

I saw the connection and understanding of Mrs. Turner. Towards the end of the observation I had a problem about how the centers were taking care of towards the end. A student in the arts and crafts center didn’t quite follow the directions that Mrs. Turner wanted for the pumpkin activity. I feel as though maybe the student had a disability and needed assistance from an adult. I’m not sure how the student usually acts during centers, but Mrs. Turner seemed a bit harsh. Personally if I was in her kindergarten class as a student, I would be feeling very uncomfortable and under pressure. Mainly because some students may not have the full potential to complete the activity exactly like hers. Maybe the student was trying his hardest to draw a pumpkin, but couldn’t fully succeed. Though Mrs. Turner told one of the students in the centers to help him out but other student didn’t really help only make the situation worse. Mrs. Turner could’ve tried to try to make the situation better by encouraging the student instead of bringing the student down. I feel as though the centers would absolutely be handled differently if Mrs. B was present. For the simple fact Mrs. Turner had to multitask all throughout center time making it quite