Reflection Questions: Ms. Solomon 5th Grade Classroom

1. In Theories of Classroom Management, you learned about four different management styles: Authoritative, Behavior, Instructional, and Social-Emotional. What management style did you see the different teachers exhibit? Note the specific style and describe in two or three sentences for each teacher the evidence you saw that brought you to that conclusion. How effective were these styles and why?

2. After spending time in the classroom, what management style do you plan to adopt in your future classroom and why? Please reflect on your decision by connecting it to the classroom you observed for this field experience. Why do you think the particular style you choose would work for you in the classroom you observed? Please give specific examples. Why do you think your chose management style would work in your future classroom?

3. In the courses Techniques of Classroom Management and Developing a Respectful Learning Environment, you learned the best way to address most behavioral disruptions in a classroom is to create an environment where the problematic behavior doesn’t occur in the first place. What did the teacher do to effectively create such an environment in this classroom?

4. What kinds of expectations did the teacher hold for their students? How did this show up in the classroom and how did the teacher maintain those expectations over the length of the class? What will you do in your future classroom to maintain high expectations?

5. The Texas Administrative Code requires that 100% of your time in the classroom must involve active engagement with students during instructional activities. Describe the specific ways you interacted with students across all five hours in the classroom. What specific activities did you participate in with students and how did they respond? Please make sure your response details specific examples AND shows clearly how you were actively involved with students the entire time you were in the classroom.