Name: Jess Williams Class: TCH 306.

03 Semester: Spring 2014

You will observe for at least five hours. During this time, you are expected to reflect on your
experiences. Think about the literacy used within the class, strategies used, and any Aha
moments worth keeping. Log the experience on the Observation Log. You will write the clinical
date, time, subject, and then a quick synthesis about your experiences.
Questions to consider:
What was the class doing?
What diversity did you see among the learners?
What was the teacher doing? How did he or she deliver the instruction?
What forms of literacy did you see?
What texts were used during instruction?
If you taught the lesson, what would you do the same? Differently?
Clinical Observation Log
Date, Time, Subject Experience/Aha Moments
3/20/14

8:40-9:30am

6
th
Grade Social Studies
-Every student had a laptop. They did their study guides on them and
looked up answers while the teacher was asking questions.
-The teacher was walking around the classroom the entire time
monitoring the students.
-There were text books on everyones desks but only a couple of the
students used them to look up answers.
-The teacher was also using the Smart Board to show maps of the
countries the class was talking about.
-There was several history books displayed around the room as well as a
couple of bulletin boards with students artwork of a historical events on
the board.
-I think in my classroom I would use the Smart Board for the students to
use during presentations or classroom discussions.
ah ha Moments:
-I really thought it was interesting how the teacher used the smart board
with the students. He played a review game with them and the students
were very into it and paying attention.
-Every single student was not playing around on their computer during
class time. I thought that was very interesting because there were about
twenty students in the classroom and everyone was paying attention.
-The classroom was very simple, allowed students to get work done.
-Teacher had a tough love attitude. Maybe thats why students were well
behaved throughout the class.


3/20/14

9:35-10:30am

6
th
grade Science
-The class had the choice to watch a movie clip on Mythology or to work
on their project in class.
-There was one deaf student. There was a sign language person in front of
the class.
-The teacher watched the video with the students and made comments
about it.
-The students used their laptops and classroom resource books to
research their project.
-The classroom was filled with fun peace signs and quotes.
-If I taught the class, I would try to fill the room with less distracting items.
It was my first time in the room but I spent a good amount of time looking
around at all the different decorations that were around the room. This
could be very distracting for new students or students with dyslexia.
ah ha Moment:
-The teacher gave the students choices on what to do for the class period.
Personally, it would be hard for me to not have everything planned, so
giving the students choices would be difficult. All the students had a class
discussion and decided reasonably what they wanted to do. It was very
organized and allowed the students to feel in control.
-The



4/10/14

8:00-8:35am

6
th
grade Band
-The class didnt make that much noise when they walked in the
classroom.

-There was one classroom board with rules and events on it.
-The teacher was very serious about the work but had fun with the
students.
-There were several different diverse students in the class.
-The only text books used in the classroom was the music books.
-If I taught the class, I would use better classroom management. Several
of the students were talking loudly while the teacher was talking to other
students and that allowed for a lot of distraction.

ah ha moments:
As a former band student, I thought that the students were extremely
well behaved for the most part. The teacher had to stop a couple of times
to interrupt the class but not as much as I remember growing up. I also
wonder what the band teacher does when a deaf or blind student is in
band.



4/10/14

8:40-9:30am

5
th
& 6
th
grade Language
Arts


-There was one blind student in the class. The teacher provided the
student with a braille form of the book he was assigned to read.
-Students had a choice to read their assigned text or to finish a paper they
were doing.
-At the beginning of class, the teacher told the students about a stabbing
that occurred in a different state. The students asked questions about it
and the teacher reassured them that they were safe at Metcalf.
-The teacher was very honest with the students and allowed them to ask
whatever questions they wanted.
-If I taught the class, I would try to do the same as this teacher did with
handling horrible current events. The teacher allowed the class to have a
safe space and talk about the topic without judgment.
ah ha moment:
Something I will always remember from that class is how the teacher
talked to the students about the stabbing. I thought that it was extremely
professional and well handled. As a teacher, I dont know how
comfortable I would feel talking to students about that because I wouldnt
want to scare them or give them the wrong impression. The way she
handled it allowed the students to feel like adults and safe to talk to her
about their feelings. Also, the room was very simple and down to the
point. It allowed students not to spend a lot of time looking around.
-The room was cluttered with things. Allowed the students to spend way
to much time looking around at the room instead of the teacher or paying
attention. I thought the room looked really nice but was super overdone
and not science related.

4/15/14

8:50-9:30am

7
th
Grade Humanities
-There were several tables around the room. There were about 3 students
to a table.
-Every student had their own computer.
-The teacher gave the students a choice between doing their homework
or finishing a paper.
-The students talked with their tables while working. There was a relaxed
atmosphere while everyone was doing their work.
-The teacher was very friendly. While the students did their work, the
teacher would walk about and ask them questions regarding what they
were working on.
-If I taught this class, I would keep the table set up. I thought that the
groups of different tables was nice for the students so that they could
have people to work with as well as talk to.

ah ha moments:
-Teacher giving students choices, allowed the students to feel in charge.
-Teacher had good walking around time. Allowed the students to ask
questions and get one on one help.
-Class had a lot of work time, allowed for students to have a quiet time to
work on their projects. I thought this was a well-organized time.