Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences

Elementary Education Program

Formal Observation Reflection

Directions: Complete the reflection questions and submit your response to your observer prior to having a post-
conference to discuss the observation. If a conference is held immediately after the observation you will submit
your responses to the observer the following day via email.

Name: Addison Yancey Date:11/27/17

1. To what extent were learning outcomes appropriate and achievable to your students?
The learning outcomes were appropriate for the learning goals we had in place.
2. How effective were your instructional strategies? What changes would you make in
your instructional approaches if you taught this lesson again? Why?
I liked how the book, Chrysanthemum, tied into our class puzzle about names. I would
use the same instructional strategies again because based on the responses we got
from our students, the goal of the lesson was met.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of your oral and written communication with students.
(Consider how well you communicated learning objectives, clarity of directions, use of standard English, quality of
questions and effectiveness of discussion techniques.)
I think we could have done a better job of asking more students for their response to
the M&M questionnaire. Due to time, we were only able to get to 4 or 5 students.
4. Evaluate the level of student engagement in your lesson . (Consider how you presented the
content/skills, the activities and assignments for students, grouping of students, and structure and pacing of the
lesson.)
Our students were very engaged in the lesson. They loved seeing the puzzle piece
come together and we had multiple students raise their hand to answer the read aloud
questions.
5. How effectively did you use instructional materials, resources, and/or technology?
I liked having the read aloud in the form of a video. It was nice because the students
saw the book as a movie so were more engaged. We stopped frequently to ask
comprehension questions.
6. To what extent were your assessment strategies effective? What changes would you
make in your assessment approach if you taught this lesson again? Why?
Our class discussion after making the puzzle was very good. If we had been teaching
an upper grade, I would have had the students journal their responses.
7. To what extent was your feedback to students accurate, substantive, constructive,
specific, and/or timely?
Our feedback to students was immediate because it was a classroom discussion as
well as constructive because we talked openly about times students names had been
made fun of.
8. To what extent did the classroom management and environment contribute to student
learning? (Consider your classroom procedures, your use of physical space, and the students conduct.)
The use of the give me 5 tool was powerful in getting the students attention. We kept
the students at their seat until it was their turn to tape their puzzle piece which was a
good decision to keep the class under control.
9. Did you make modifications to your lesson plan during the lesson? If so, what were
they and what motivated these changes?
I would try to think of an engage hook that ties more in with the topic of the lesson.
10. Was your Teaching Behavior Focus goal met?
Yes, our Teaching Behavior Focus goal was met.