Week 2 Reflection

    For week 2, I first and foremost learned about different observation techniques. I learned that observation is more than just watching and theres is multiple ways to do so. We observe, as teachers, to see what the child is learning, plan lessons accordingly, to write and record, and so much more. There is roughly about six different types of recording observations that teachers can conduct. I have outlined the 6 different types with their definitions below. 

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       I would use different observation techniques in my classroom as to which type would fit each individual student best. For instance, if I am trying to understand why a child is behaving a certain way in my classroom, I would use an event sampling approach to gather more information in a single event. 

    We also learned about different types of rubrics this week and how to make one of our own. When developing an analytic rubric in class, I think I struggled most with the set up. For me, it was hard to think about how many boxes to make and the main areas of concern. When I got to the actual content of what I wanted, it was easy to do the layout because you can start with what you absolutely want the child to do, like "Has no grammatical errors". After you define that, you can go down the rubric and say something like "Has few grammatical errors", and so on. So, I liked that it was sort of a pattern. In the future, I would like to make an organized list of topics, content, then write all the descriptors. Afterwards, I would transfer all of the information to craft the rubric; I think doing it all at once was overwhelming.