Classroom Context Description

Brookdale Elementary school is located in Orangeburg S.C. It serves 350 students. The majority of these students are African American. For the past four years Brookdale has implemented single gender classroom for grades 4th-6th. Mr. Hodgess is a fourth grade teacher who I have been assigned to this year for field experience. He has been an educator for 10 years. He has been doing singled gender instruction for 4 years. His all boys classroom is composed of 21 African American males. His girls classroom is composed of 21 African American females and 1 Indian female who is an ESOL student. According to the most recent academic school report card Brookdale Elementary is a school that performance fails to meet the standards for progress toward the 2020 SC Performance Vision.

Mr. Hodges 4th Grade Classroom

Mr.Hodges bulletin board. Student work is located on the left, and the classroom rules are located on the right.

The Smart board is located at the front center of the classroom. The classroom television is located in the top right hand corner.

The standards the students will be covering are located on the black board.

Mr. Hodges desk. Located in the back right hand corner of the classroom.

The classroom word wall is located on the over the classroom computer lab.

Classroom bookshelf

Mr. Hodges working one on one with students.

Ladies at work! Their writing essays on what they would do if they were millionaires.