post 22

Analysis

In the book Classroom Spaces that Work by Marlynn K. Clayton she touches on different topics about how classrooms should fit the student. She speaks on that classroom environment and the setup has a big effect on a way students learn.  She focuses on the scale of the classroom and how the set up should appeal the student more than the teacher because they are going to be the one that is going to be affected. On my travel to Overbrook Elementary School to Mrs. Richardson c 2^nd grade classroom I notice that the desk were small enough to fit your basic 2^nd grader. They had little desk and little chairs to accompany them. Marlynn states in her book the classroom should support students’ developmental needs: emotional, social, cognitive, and physical. (Clayton,13) Knowing this information I looked around NR classroom and I noticed that all these things are supported. The desk was put together in a group of five and the students were able to discuss things and to interact with one another.  The classroom was very spacious so the students had plenty of room to walk around and to get around.  In her book she also breaks up the different age groups for the different students and a overall set up of how a classroom should look for that age. She also gives different traits of how the students act at that age. In the second grade students are generally 6-7 at this age students are bossy, sloppy, like new ideas, are visual learners, they are socially enthusiastic and have lots of friends.  Marlynn believes that at this age the spaces of the classroom should be spacious and enough space for the students to grow. In NR class she had a lot of things that Marlynn believed were perfect for six year olds. She had smart board which is a step up from your basic chalk board. When she put her picture book on the smart board you can see the students so enthuse and so into the reading. When it was time for the students to read on their own with the smart board they didn’t seem too involved or interested. At this age students learn better visually and having the smart board is a big advantage to hold on to the student s attention and for the students to learn more. She had a big carpet set up at the reading section enough space for students to get comfortable and able to read how they pleased as long as they were reading. With these different sections in the classroom it seems as if the students were more involved then I saw any other classroom.