Observation
Instructional Lesson
Classroom: Module 9
Grade: 3rd
Curriculum Area: Science
What I notice
Teacher gave students a passage
about the Earth with questions.
Students had 10 minutes to read
the passage with a partner.
Teacher asked students to give
her a thumbs up when they were
done with the passage and ready
to go over the questions.
Teacher read the questions and
had students fill in the blanks.
Teacher then gave the students
instructions on the next
assignment. This assignment was
a group presentation. Students
had to research a planet and put
together a google slides power
point.
Teacher put students in groups.
Teacher assistant assigned
groups, group captains and
problem solvers.
Teacher gave students a rubric of
what had to be in the PowerPoint.
She also went through the rubric
and told them what needed to be
included in the PowerPoint.
Students then had 20 minutes to
work. Students researched using
Kiddle and worked on creating
their PowerPoint.
Students seemed to struggle with
typing. Students also got
distracted with the little details
when creating the PowerPoints.
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Observer: Ann-Kathrin Duemmler
Date:3/20/17
Time: 1:40-2:40
Thoughts, Questions, Connections to
Methods Classes
I thought it was cool how she had
each group look up a different
planet and then have each group
present to the class. This way it
wasnt just her teaching but the
students were teaching their
peers.
I was surprised by the fact that
the students had a hard time
typing. I never thought about
that knowing how to use a
computer and typing a two
different skills.
I wonder how the presentations
went, I was with a different teach
so I didnt get to see the
presentations.
One question I have is how much
time would you give the students
to look up the information? Most
of the students in the 20 minutes
created their title page and
answered one of the questions.
I thought it was really interesting
that she had them fill in the
blanks while she read the
questions. This allowed for them
to go over the questions in a
short amount of time.
Her lesson that day was not in
the 5E lesson plan format since
the students were looking up
information on their own.
However, it could be one of the
Es of a multiple-day lesson.
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