The document provides information about classroom resources and their uses. It includes three checklists to inventory classroom furniture, displays, and teaching aids. Checklist A lists common furniture like desks, bookshelves, and lockers. Checklist B covers displays such as the class program, rules, and bulletin boards. Checklist C lists teaching aids like globes, charts, books, and the blackboard. The document instructs the reader to observe how their mentor teacher uses the classroom resources during class activities to identify their various purposes.
The document provides information about classroom resources and their uses. It includes three checklists to inventory classroom furniture, displays, and teaching aids. Checklist A lists common furniture like desks, bookshelves, and lockers. Checklist B covers displays such as the class program, rules, and bulletin boards. Checklist C lists teaching aids like globes, charts, books, and the blackboard. The document instructs the reader to observe how their mentor teacher uses the classroom resources during class activities to identify their various purposes.
The document provides information about classroom resources and their uses. It includes three checklists to inventory classroom furniture, displays, and teaching aids. Checklist A lists common furniture like desks, bookshelves, and lockers. Checklist B covers displays such as the class program, rules, and bulletin boards. Checklist C lists teaching aids like globes, charts, books, and the blackboard. The document instructs the reader to observe how their mentor teacher uses the classroom resources during class activities to identify their various purposes.
The document provides information about classroom resources and their uses. It includes three checklists to inventory classroom furniture, displays, and teaching aids. Checklist A lists common furniture like desks, bookshelves, and lockers. Checklist B covers displays such as the class program, rules, and bulletin boards. Checklist C lists teaching aids like globes, charts, books, and the blackboard. The document instructs the reader to observe how their mentor teacher uses the classroom resources during class activities to identify their various purposes.
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5.1 EXPOSURE Noting the Physical Features and Resources of the Classroom
One of the first things your Mentor Teacher will surely give you is an orientation tour of his/her classroom. This will cover everything available and what surrounds your room. While you metally note the details being shown and explained to you, you may use the simple Classroom Resources Checklist to keep tag of them. Fill-up these checklists before you move on to the next experiential task.
1. Learners’ desks a. Armchairs ____________ ___________________________________ Where you can rest your arms while you sit. b. Two-seater desks 15 ____________ ___________________________________ Where 2 pupils sharing a desk. 2. Bookshelves ____________ 1 ___________________________________ Provide a sense of organization of books. 3. Activity table ____________ 3 ___________________________________ 4. Teacher’s table 1 ____________ Where pupils can do their projects. ___________________________________ 5. Teacher’s cabinet 1 ____________ Located at the back of the classroom. ___________________________________ 6. Student lockers 30 ____________ Storage of learning materials or outputs. ___________________________________ 7. Others: ____________ ___________________________________ For storing clothing or other personal items. ___________________
1. Class Program ____________ ___________________________________
2. Class list ____________ ___________________________________ 3. Honor Roll ____________ ___________________________________ 4. Attendance ____________ ___________________________________ 5. Rules/Standards ____________ ___________________________________ 6. Group Assignment ____________ ___________________________________ 7. Bulletin Boards for New ____________ ___________________________________ or Current Lesson ____________ ___________________________________
To know who are present and absent 3 Grade/Year:___________ Room No:____ This is a list 4 Area: ____sq.m. 100 of who_____m Length: are 50 the honors. 50 Width: ______m It is for checking who attended the class. 30 No. of Students:__________ 15 Males: ___________ 15 Females: __________ Located at the side of the classroom wall. These are outputs by group Teaching Aids Check when Description/Location To know what is the next lesson to be discuss. available
1. Radio Cassette Completed outputs of a pupil.
____________ ___________________________________ 2. Audio Tapes ____________ ___________________________________ 3. Globes/Maps ____________ ✓ ___________________________________ Use for lesson that needs globe or map. 4. Models ____________ ___________________________________ 5. Math Kits ____________ ___________________________________ ✓ Located at the learning material cabinet. 6. Charts ____________ ___________________________________ 7. Flannel Board ____________ ___________________________________ 8. Computer ____________ ___________________________________ 9. LCD ____________ ___________________________________ 10. Story Books/Trade ____________ ___________________________________ Books ____________ ___________________________________ 11. Reference Books ____________ ___________________________________ 12. Picture Files ____________ ✓ ___________________________________ Use when there is a lesson that needs a picture. 13. Blackboard ____________ ___________________________________ ✓ It is use when teacher give notes. 14. Others: ____________ ___________________________________ ___________________
5.2 PARTICIPATION Identifying the Purposes of the Physical Resources of the Classroom 40 Study the contents of the three checklists you have completed. A. Your first checklist is one the pieces of furniture found in your classroom. Can you sense some issues regarding the kind of desks/chairs used by the learners? How are they arranged? Do learners have freedom of movement? _________________________________________________________________________ Their chairs and desks were arranged by groups, to have a space where the teacher _________________________________________________________________________ needs to walk in sides, front and back. And yes, they have freedom in their movement. _________________________________________________________________________
Make a sketch of how the students’ chairs/desks are arranged inside the room. Are they in rows or in groups?
B. As you observe class activities during the week, how are the classroom displays used by your Mentor Teacher? They may not all be available but take note how each was used during the week? 41
Displays When was it used? How was it used?
1. Class Program 2. Class list When the students enroll It is use for checking who are officially enrolled and for grading.
3. Honor Roll At the end of grading period It use for solving their grade at the end of a period. Then announcing who are the honors.
4. Attendance Before class starts It is use when checking who
are the present and who are the absentees.
5. Rules/Standards 1st day of school It use when telling your pupils
your rules inside the classroom.
6. Group Assignment After some lessons were It use for sharing ideas as a discussed group and discuss it together.
7. Bulletin Boards for New Every school days It is use for posting new or Current Lesson (Weekdays) lessons for the pupils to be aware and updated.
8. Best Student Works When giving projects It is use when collecting
student works and choosing the best output.
9. Art Works When having art events It use when doing art outputs and posting it when having art events.
10. Finished Projects When the teacher like to It is use for school events like assigned projects culminating activities.
11. Science Experiments If they have science lab Following safety procedure in Being Undertaken doing experiments.
12. Others
5.3 IDENTIFICATION Considering Issues and Concerns in the Use of the Classroom Resources
1. With the present arrangement of the students’ chairs/desks, can they move freely to 42 another way to arrange them? Give your perform their activities? Can you suggest reasons for this? ______________________________________________________________________ Yes, they can move freely because the arrangement of their chairs and desks were ______________________________________________________________________ by group that it gives so much space for performing their activities and for the ______________________________________________________________________ teacher to walk around. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
2. Which of the displays are regularly used? For what purposes are they utilized in the classroom? Are they all useful? ______________________________________________________________________ Attendance. Its purpose is to check who are absent and present in the class. Yes, ______________________________________________________________________ they were all useful in classroom because they help the teacher in teaching and ______________________________________________________________________ learning process. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
3. Which of the displays do you think are useful to and appreciated by the learners? Why? ______________________________________________________________________ Bulletin Boards for New or Current Lesson. Yes this is useful and appreciated by the ______________________________________________________________________ learners, because they are being aware and updated of the next or new lessons. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
4. This time, pay attention to the teaching aids available in the room. Which ones are quite useful for teaching? ______________________________________________________________________ Blackboard. Because it allow teachers to maintain greater control of their classrooms ______________________________________________________________________ by providing a place to notice and monitor disruptive students. The use of ______________________________________________________________________ chalkboards also requires classroom lights to be on, which holds students' attention ______________________________________________________________________ and helps teachers more closely monitor student behavior. ______________________________________________________________________
5. What are some concerns you have observed in the use of classroom resources? Do the teachers and the students have easy access to the classroom resources? What happens if there is difficulty in getting them? ______________________________________________________________________ Yes, they have easy access to the classroom resources. If there is difficulty in getting ______________________________________________________________________ them, the teacher will experience difficulty in searching for a reference when she’s ______________________________________________________________________ going to discuss a certain lesson. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
5.4 INTERNALIZATION Setting Guidelines for Creating a Conducive Learning Environment
Give suggestions on what resources should be available in a classroom and how they should be 43 arranged in order to make the classroom more conducive to learning.
1. Students’ Desks/Chairs ______________________________________________________________________ Desks and chairs should arrange by group, to have a space where the teacher ______________________________________________________________________ needs to walk in sides, front and back. And have freedom in their movement. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
2. Classroom Displays ______________________________________________________________________ Your display should be informative, yet easy for the students to understand. Use ______________________________________________________________________ keywords and diagrams to get the message across effectively and concisely. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
3. Teaching Resources ______________________________________________________________________ Teaching resources are clearly written and designed in a way that makes them easy ______________________________________________________________________ to understand and use. They incorporate deliberate learning supports that help ______________________________________________________________________ learners understand key concepts. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
5.5 DISSEMINATION Showing on Ideal Arrangement for my Classroom
Now that you have gained insights on what a classroom needs to become a venue for learning, see if you can sketch the classroom you would want to have in the future. Show how you want the pieces of furniture, especially the learners’ desks arranged. Indicate the classroom resources you would want to have inside the classroom. Use figures for your sketch and label them.
