Challenges of a 5th Grade Classroom: Concerns of a New Teacher

Name: Psychology 3302 – Spring 2022 – Final Exam – Must be typed, and is due Friday, May 13, 2022. Imagine that you are a new fifth grade teacher. It is August 2022 and you have finished your first week of the 22/23 term. Your Teacher/Mentor has asked you to share any concerns you have about your class. You prepared the following notes for your meeting with the mentor regarding some students and situations that concern you. Felipe M. Felipe’s record indicates that he repeated the third grade, and with a mid September birthday, is about 18 months older than any other student in the class. He’s a big boy, at least a head taller than the other boys. Neither his record nor your observation of him in class contains any negative behav