Classroom Observation Maria and I were going to observe a social studies class in a kindergarten class that combined their lesson with a first grade lesson. We were supposed to arrive at 2pm. When I arrived at 1.50pm, Maria was waiting outside the school and informed me that she had already gone in and had been told there would be a fire drill in a few minutes. We waited for the fire drill to finish and then went into class. At this point it was around 2:10, so the teachers were a little behind. When we entered the room it was empty, obviously we had kicked the students away from the fire drill. This gave us time to look around. The kindergarten room was brightly decorated with lots of student posters and artwork. The children were working on colors because there was a strip above the board that listed the colors and the things we could see in that color. The students' desks were arranged in two rows, side by side and facing each other. There were about twelve seats in each group, so there were about 24 students in the class. Apparently, the class had just returned from a trip to the school library when the fire drill went off, so they still had their library books with them when they came in. The students were asked to take their seats and did so in silence. Everyone's eyes...