Observation

Student Observation

Classroom: Observer: Hannah Harper

Grade: 4th Date: 3/20/18
Curriculum Area: Social Studies Time: 1:15 pm

What I notice Thoughts, Questions, Connections to Methods

Classes

- Student started off on the carpet - I liked how the students first learned
- Power point about Guatemala about Guatemala before the teacher
- Students wrote information in folder showed them the picture
- Some of the information was population - Teacher kept students engaged by calling
size, religions, location, foods, holidays on them to make observations of the
- Students have been going over different picture
countries - How much more could you go in depth if
- Shows picture of a family from you had more time for social studies?
Guatemala with different foods in front
of them
- Calls on students to say what they
observe
- Points out that one of the people in the
picture that looks like a child of the
family is actually a worker
- Students were shocked that the little girl
was a worker
- Students wrote a reflection of the picture
Questions to Consider in Your Reflection:

 Do you think the teacher you observed established and communicated learning goals, tracked
student progress throughout the lesson, and celebrated success? Explain.
 Do you think the teacher was effective at managing the classroom during science instruction?
Explain.
 Do you think the teacher helped students effectively interact with new science concepts and/or
processes? If so, how? If not, why do you think that?
 Do you think the teacher helped students deepen their understanding of new science concepts
and/or processes? Explain.
 Do you think the teacher effectively engaged the students? Explain.
 Do you think the lesson you observed was an inquiry lesson? Explain.
 What aspects of the lesson that you observed would you change? Keep? Explain.