Meeting K Rob

Last week, my fellow active observer and I, first met our cooperating teacher K. K is a very charismatic lady, with a wealth of knowledge she is more than happy to share so much so she gave use each several examples of her projects that she does with students each year, along with tips on how to present the lessons and things that may go wrong.

Pictured above are the numerous examples, lesson plans and rubrics K was so nice to share with us.

September 28th,

Today was our first day interacting with the students at Greenlawn. On a typical Wednesday our cooperating teacher, K Rob, teaches three classes in the two hour frame we are at Greenlawn. Today one of her fifth grade classes was continuing work with oil pastels, the second grade class (shown here) were beginning a painting, and the fourth grade class was continuing with a city-scape they had previously worked on. As it was our first day observing the dynamic of K's classroom I thought it would be helpful to record her teaching style and reflect upon it in this blog. Before reading my thoughts please view the following video.

Day 1 demo with 2nd grade

I really enjoy K's teaching style because she encompasses many different aspects of the project in its relation to other context without overwhelming students. As you can see she has introduced the project through referencing a former project. She then incorporates some art history and references several artists. She then finishes with a simple yet informative demo, that allows students to understand their task without pushing them to mimic hers.