PROMPT 1

Living in Providence I was not so shocked to see the type of neighborhood that surrounds the elementary school that I was placed in. This school is close to a highway and to its right stands a liquor store. The neighborhood is very loud because it is part of a main street. As I walked towards the red blocked building I noticed that the school only had two floors and was not as big as other elementary schools in Providence. The building had a small parking lot located in front of the building where only about ten cars fit and a large blue dumpster that they have. At first I was confused which door was the main door because they all seemed to look like side doors.

As I walked through the hallways I saw many signs that where in English and in Spanish, most of the signs had rules of the building and others just had class pictures. I was so nervous to walk into the class because I did not know what to expect. I was welcomed by Ms. Klaire who introduced me to the students; they all greeted me in a very kind way. As I stood waiting to be instructed, I looked around the classroom and I noticed that the classroom was split up into different sections. Such as a library section, a science section with plants they are growing, and they had posters of the words they were focusing that week. The students each had their individual desks but they were put together in groups of four or six.

As I got to meet the students they all seemed very nice and were excited to have me there. These students are taught to value respect, it shows a lot by the way they greeted me and four out of their five class rules have to do with showing respect. Their first rule says to stay in your seat and work quietly, the second one says to raise your hand and wait quietly, the third one says to keep your hands feet and objects to yourself, and the fourth one says one person talks at a time while others listen. Another way that they also showed their good manner to respect was that a few students walked up to me and asked kindly if they could ask me a question and as I answered yes they asked if I was really pregnant, children and their curiosity but the way they asked was very nice.

This school feels like all the teachers have good communication with each other and they share things that they all appear to do. It seems like they share ideas because I noticed that they all have their students in two lines when walking out of the class; one with boys and the other with girls. They all also have the students place their finger in front of their mouth to show that they are quiet and ready to walk out. The teachers all seem to know each other very well which to me is a great thing.