Last teaching observation

On December 14th, I attended my last observation hours at St. Helen's and was with the new 3rd grade teacher. This teacher was fresh out of college so it was interesting to see someone who was just a few years older than me . I did not feel as if this teacher was very engaging and this was a little troublesome to me because I would of thought that a new teacher would be energetic and excited about her first class. The teacher used definitions straight from the book and asked them in order. I felt as if the kids knew the answers because they remembered the order and not necessarily what the definition was. If I were to change this, I would mix up the definitions to make sure the kids had a true grasp of the material. What  I did like about her lessons is that she would have some of the kids "teach" the lesson. It was fun to see how some of the students explained the math concepts and I feel as if sometimes they related to this better than actually listening to the teacher. If the student was way off track with teaching she would intervene to make sure that the students understood.