Student:

Anne Marie Warren

Date: 3-17-15

School: Eastern Montgomery Elem

Grade/Subject: 2nd/Math/Large Group

Cooperating Teacher: Susan Stade

University Supervisor: Carol Geller

Observer: Carol Geller

Student Teacher Signature:
University Supervisor Signature:
2nd Observation:
Teacher Behavior: Anne Marie was energetic and very much in control of the classroom situation. She
was positive, yet firm in her expectations of student behaviors. She was very respectful of all the
students and really seemed to enjoy working with this age group. This is a very challenging group of
students to work with and Anne Marie was able to handle them very successfully.
Behavior Management: I think most individuals would be exhausted at the end of a lesson working with
this particular group of students. Anne Marie was always on the move and stopping periodically (every
couple of minutes) to get students back on task. She used twinkle fingers, she thanked students for
raising their hands, she asked students to raise their hands without calling out, she asked students to
put their hands on their heads in order to maintain their attention. She continually kept bringing
students back to her lesson and did a super job of redirecting students. She gave explicit instructions,
such as erase your board, put caps on your markers, and put your pencil in your hand and on your head
if youre ready. She then would hand out papers for the next task. Students who had their hands on
their head got a paper. She waited and then asked, My friends who werent ready and dont have a
paper, are you ready now? Excellent!! My favorite was, Ill pick someone who is sitting quietly. Right
now its slim pickins. She had great rapport with students.
Teaching Strategies: Anne Marie was reviewing some basic math concepts such as twice as many and
half as many. She drew circles on the board and put dots in one and asked students how many dots
would go in the circle next to it if there were twice as many. That was excellent, it allowed them to see
and understand the meaning of the word. Also, she drew a circle with dots and th en put a line through it
to demonstrate . Students used white boards and could draw their example of twice and half.
Anne Marie then implemented a lesson on symmetry. One student in the class had a start on her shirt
and Anne Marie had her come to the front of the room so she could demonstrate what symmetry would
be if they could put a line through the middle of her shirt. That was great; using a student in the class as
an example. She used the Smart Board with many different examples of what would be symmetrical and
what wouldnt be symmetrical. She then handed out shapes and asked students to fold them in half.
She repeatedly asked students to say the work symmetry, and then would ask them to define it. Good
teaching! Her transition was excellent, she asked students to put away their boards and erasers and
then went over their homework assignment. Nice Job!

3rd Observation: Reading Group

Anne Marie was working with a small reading group. She supplied them with arrows to help them keep
their place while reading. That is such a good idea. The students took turns reading aloud and Anne
Marie would stop and ask questions regarding the meaning of the story or its characters. She did a nice
job of asking vocabulary questions. What does that mean? For example, students were asked to
define groan but defined the word grown. She then helped students define each word so they
would understand the difference. She incorporated ed endings in the words such as shrugged and
provided them with the reason the extra g was added before the ed. Students were then asked to
write a sentence about the story. Anne Marie started their sentence with Duck_________________
and they were asked to finish the sentence. She closely monitored each students sentence for errors
and provided corrective feedback.
Overall, a good lesson as Anne Marie incorporated reading aloud, defining vocabulary words, story
comprehension, written expression, and word endings. Great Job!