Elementary Education Formal Observation Form

Junior/Senior Intern

Student: Autumn Fields Observer: Marcia Davis Grade: K

Date: November 8, 2017 Time: 10:15 Subject: SS and Art: Seasons

1. Classroom Climate/Culture - Student Behavior

YES NO
Intern communicates and maintains standards for appropriate classroom behavior.
Intern anticipates and acts on potential classroom disruptions.
Intern maintains positive classroom climate.
Intern responds to student behaviors appropriately.
Comments:
She needed to remind the students of small group expectations
She reminded students to raise a hand
She had a great rapport with the students in her group

2. Instruction - Instructional Time

Intern has materials, supplies, and equipment ready at the start of the lesson or activity.
Intern gets class started quickly.
Intern uses available time for learning and keeps students on task.
Comments:
She quickly began the class by gently calling each student individually
Her materials were well prepared and organized
There was a high level of time on task

3. Instruction - Instructional Planning and Presentation

Intern establishes links with prior learning and experiences.
Intern arranges learning activities to support standards.
Intern appropriately uses a variety of teaching styles.
Comments:
This activity was linked to prior instruction about the seasons
This lesson integrated literacy, social studies, and the arts.

Actual lesson:
T: What is one thing you like about summer?
S: Belly slide season?
T: What is your favorite
Lots of talking at once
T: Raise your hand if you have heard of seasons
T: Tell me one
S: Spring
S: Summer
S: Winter
S: Fall
T: Each year there are 4 seasons
T: We are going to read a book about it
 T: What are the seasons?
S: Winter, spring, summer, and fall
She read the book
T: Today we are going to do an art activity
T: You are going to choose a season
T: We are going to trace a hand first
T: If you want, you can use a stencil
T: What part of the tree is it going to be?
S: Trunk
S: I am already done tracing
T: Now, why are we going to use brown
S: Tree trunk
T: We are going to use cotton swabs to paint
T: Lillian, what season are you going to use
S: Fall
T: What colors?
S: Yellow, orange, red and green
T: What season?
S: Spring
T: What colors?
T: Blooming?
T: What season?
S: Green
T: Do you remember the seasons?
S: Winter, Spring Summer, and Fall
T: Which season?
S: Winter
T: Do you remember which colors in the book?
S: Blue, white
S: Want green?
T: Blue for ice and white for snow and a little green
S: I want fall
T: I need green, yellow, red and orange
T: You can do dots or long strokes
S: Icicles

4. Instruction - Instructional Monitoring

Intern circulates to check performance and monitor progress.
Intern varies level of questioning.
Intern ensures that all students have the opportunity to participate.
Comments:
She moved from student to student to ask questions
Every student had a chance to choose a season and paint a corresponding picture

5. Impact on Student Learning - Facilitating Instruction

Intern establishes clear outcomes for learning.
Intern communicates learning outcomes to students.
Intern adjusts lesson based on student responses/ongoing assessment.
 Intern connects learning outcomes to the NCSCOS.
Comments:
She had clear outcomes for this lesson
They were aligned with the NCSCOS

6. Evaluation/Assessment - Instructional Feedback

Intern provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth.
Intern affirms correct oral responses appropriately and moves on.
Intern provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue,
or allowing more time.
Comments:
She provided feedback on the students responses

Strengths: Areas on which to focus:

She had spent a great deal of time preparing her She needed to state the expectations at the
instruction. beginning of the lesson.
Her materials were very well organized. She could ask some more differentiated questions
She focused the students with introductory trying to get more thoughtful responses about the
questions. seasons.
She read the book clearly.
She did a great job having the students start on
the trunks and ask each student which season
was their favorite.
She then was able to carefully give out the
appropriate colors.
She had great conversations with each student.
She encouraged creativity and individuality.
She was able to having meaningful conversations
with each student.
This lesson integrated literacy, social studies, and
the arts.
It was well done!

Were the learning outcomes for the students met? YES NO

Did the interns/student teachers classroom management support the learning outcomes?
She utilized appropriate management strategies for this lesson.

Was the Teaching Behavior Focus goal achieved?

Meeting Needs of Learners She did a great job differentiating the instruction in terms of the arts but not in terms of
level of questioning
Fostering Student Engage through Discussion The students had a great conversation about the seasons during
the read aloud.
Time Management She had a high level of time on task.
Student Intern Signature:___Autumn Fields (electronic signature)______ Date: 11/15/17_______

Mentor Teacher Signature:___________________________________ Date:______________

University Supervisor Signature: Marcia Davis (Electronic Signature) Date: November 13, 2017