Classroom Observation Sheet:

Teacher:
What signal(s) did the teacher employ to acquire the student’s attention?

How did the students respond?

What different forms of active participation did the teacher use to engage the
students? (Thumbs up/down, slates, talk to neighbor, think about, list, draw, write,
look at, summarize, underline, note sheets, raise your hand, etc..)

Describe what you observed the first 5-10 minutes

Teacher actions

Student actions and involvement

Time on task %. (# Count the number of students in the class!)________

Every few minutes 3-5, count how many students are “off” task.
Maybe they are in their desk, talking to off topic to neighbors, playing with toys
etc…

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

Add up the total counted number of students off task

Divide by the number of times you took data
Subtract that number from the total number of students in the
class.
And then divide by the number of students in the class.

Total time on task %_________ should be above 90%

NOTES:
Think of 1 thing you observed today which you would like to implement into
your classroom, and write down how and when you will begin using it in your
class.