Southwest Walkthrough Form

Teacher: Subject: 4th grade Math TWIP Date: 10/18 Time: 11:30- Comments
11:50
Focus on Curriculum Math Lesson in Spanish
Objective/Focus for Lesson:
Kid-friendly? Yes ☐No ☐ Evident to the students? Yes ☐No ☐
On target for grade-level standards? Yes ☐ No ☐ Comments: ________________________

Focus on Classroom Environment:

☐Detailed class schedule What I saw
☐Evidence of effective routines and procedures - students and teacher working on the problem on the board together
☐Room arrangement is conductive to learning - students then tried one on their own
☐Current focus walls ☐x Literacy ☐x Math ☐Other: _________ - Most of the class was whole class instruction
☐Chunked word walls - Using chart to compare numbers
☐Visuals to support learners (i.e., word walls, charts) - All students working
☐Models/exemplars of quality student work - took care of any management issues right away
☐Scoring rubrics displayed/provided
- Moved on to a word problem in spanish
☐Current student work displays with writing and standards posted
- reviews i can all the time

Instructional Method
☐Whole Group
☐Small Group
☐Paired/Partner Work
☐Centers/Independent Work
Focus on Instruction
Class Engagement/Time on Task Suggestions
☐Highly engaged – Most students are authentically engaged. - Might be a good idea to have the students answer the I can question at the
☐Well managed – Students are willingly compliant.
end of class for a formative assessment
☐Not engaged – Many students are not participating.
☐Dysfunctional – Many students actively reject task. - Add one Hot question that is a higher level than apply?

Teacher’s interaction with students reflect warmth, encouragement, and enthusiasm Reflection
Yes ☐ No ☐ Comment:
Focus on Instructional Practices/Strategies Good lesson. Mostly her and the board. Basic teaching of number value and
☐Mini-Lesson with explicit language
comparing the word problems. She has strong management skills. She slowly worked
☐Modeling the questions up to a stronger level but i felt she fell just short of the questioning. It
☐Building concepts and oral vocabulary was so crazy to try and follow a lesson in spanish. I know very little spanish and had to
☐Distributive summarizing really pay attention to try and see what was going on and follow the students. the
☐Opportunities for practice students knew exactly what was being said and exactly what they were doing. I really
☐Hands-on experiences liked how she kept referring to the i can statements on the board and it helped the
☐Informal assessment(s) students stay up with the learning targets.
☐Cues/questions/graphic organizers
☐Evidence of writing across the curriculum
☐Evidence of stamina building
Focus on Level of Student Work
☐x Remembering: Recalling information
☐x Comprehending: Understanding information
☐x Applying: Using information in a new way
☐Analyzing*: Breaking down information
☐Evaluating*: Making judgments and justifying positions
☐Creating*: Putting information together in new ways *Higher Order Thinking