Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Student Count
In our classroom we have 24 Kindergarten students. I don't know what most classrooms have, but I feel like that is a bit ridiculous. The teachers are required to have individual testing sessions with a lot of these students and I feel that is near impossible with 24 little bundles of energy moving around and making noises. There is just too much going on in the classroom for our teacher to be with one student while the other 23 are just doing whatever pops into their heads. I feel as if this might be the most difficult task as I become a teacher.
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That is a crazy number of students for a kindergarten classroom! The classroom I am in has 16 students and it is hard to make sure they are all on track and doing that they are suppose to do. It is a good thing that you are there to help out your CT with this. I feel like having good behavior management is crucial to ensuring that the students are all working and doing what is told.
ReplyDeleteI have had many primary teachers say that they spend a week or three just on behaviors so the students get into the routines and know what is expected.
My classroom has 18 students and I feel like that's almost too many sometimes! We have a lot of students with behavioral problems and some students with austism so I think that's a factor in why we have less students than most other classrooms. I do think that classroom management plays a huge part when you have so many students. My CT uses Dojo, which is an online resource for teachers. Dojo lets you give points to each student when they are on task and it also lets you share photos and videos with parents via text message. My students react amazingly to Dojo!
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ReplyDeleteMy classroom also has 24 students, and its really hard to keep them all focused. The teacher does a very nice job of incorporating physical activity breaks in her daily classroom routines. Which can help the students' abilities to focus and stay on task.
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