Brian_CO3

This morning I observed Vicky Ledbetter's reading class. She was very kind and took the time to explain to me what she had been doing with the class. She informed me that this was a very low level 1 class, and she had modified some of the lessons to make them easier. The class opened with a quiz, but before she began, Vicky took the time to write - and clearly pronounce while she was writing - the date as well as what the class would be covering today. After the quiz, the students moved on to answering comprehension questions about a passage they had read the day before. Following this, the class worked on pronouns for the remainder of the time. Vicky kept the students involved, asking them to read the bullet points from a powerpoint she prepared. Throughout the class, she had to repeatedly ask one student to pay attention and put his phone away. This student seemed to be struggling more than most, and the teacher often went over to help him personally. This obviously seemed like a good idea, but I wondered, like I have in other classes, how much different a small class like this one is from a large class that we may find ourselves teaching.