In our teaching careers, we’ve likely had the opportunity to observe “really successful classrooms” and “less successful classrooms.” Please respond to both prompts below.

1. Picture the “really successful” classroom and jot down some observations you had - sights, sounds, feelings. What were both teacher(s) and students doing in those successful classrooms?
2. What about the “less successful” classrooms? What were teacher(s) and students doing? What were the challenges you observed? 

This activity may contain sensitive information. Please refrain from using names or any other identifying information when responding to this forum. If you are having difficulty doing so, please know that you can always use examples from your own classroom. We've all had our own successes and challenges with classroom management, after all!