Today in Mr. I’s class we reviewed the study guide for the test the students have on Friday. I walked around the room helping students. Some students were very interested in working and others were not interested at all. I felt that he gave them a lot of time to work on the guide and the students were not that interested in filing it out. However, when they went over the guide as a class the students knew quite a few of the answers.
The atmosphere in the class is very relaxed. Mr. I lets students know when they are out of line, but he also has fun with the students and they laugh a lot! I really like that aspect of his teaching style. This class is a 9th grade World Geography class, and my other class is an 11th grade U.S. History class. The maturity levels betwee the two classes are amazing. The 11th graders are much more engaged and they actually do the work outside of class. The 9th graders seem to need a lot of encouragement and disipline. I am not quite sure while there is so much difference? I believe there is more than just the grade levels, but I cannot quite put my finger on what it is . . .? My goal for the remainer of the block will be to analyse the differences between the two classes and try to figure out while the tones of the two classes are different?
