Yesterday was my first day doing service-learning in the first grade classrooms at East Meadows Elementary. All of the first grade teachers were doing bench marking so I wasn't able to fully observe how a normal classroom was run but I still got a taste of it. One at a time I gave the students a pretest on their sight words. While doing this I was still able to observe some of the classroom's activity and the learning theory that I noticed being used the most was cognitivism. The teacher started her lesson with a hook that got the students super excited for the day. They started to talk and the teacher had to have them settle down again so she could continue with the lesson. When she continued her lesson, I noticed that she repeated a lot of what she said in various ways so that each child was given an opportunity to comprehend and understand it.
I thought it was nice that she repeated much of what she said. The teacher did it casually in a way that the students wouldn't get annoyed with the repetition but they would still be able to take away the most important objective from the lesson. She also addressed different developmental levels by rewording things when students had questions. She was always sure to clarify and never belittled a student for not understanding. When I left, the class had started doing an activity that addressed the kinesthetic learning style of some kids. Overall, it was an enjoyable first day and I can't wait to go back next week.
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