Liberal Studies Observation Notes Template

General Information
CSUDH Course: LBS-400

Candidate Name: Penny Miller

District: IUSD
Lesson Details
Grade: K-1

School: Clyde Woodworth Elem.

Subject of this Lesson:

Mathematics

Teacher: Ms. Okonkwo

Topic of Lesson: Counting Objects (1-10)

Lesson Objectives: Count, recognize, represent and order objects up to 10

Room Arrangement: Spacious and has colorful

learning charts on wall

Student Grouping / Seating: 6 students, 3 adults.

2 students to 1 adult, based on their levels.

What did the teacher do throughout the lesson?

Instruction
What did the students do throughout the lesson?

The teacher kept the students engaged and involved.

She used manipulatives, as well as music and visual
charts to further explain the concept to the students.
She consistently checked for understanding, giving
feedback and praise to the students.

Students were very involved and interested in

counting with the manipulatives.
The students took turns counting and then each
student had to count with a partner. For example,
they counted the manipulatives one by one while
placing them in a container as they said the
numbers (10 manipulatives).

How did the teacher support the

needs of English Learners?

Diverse Students Needs

The teacher utilized her bilingual aid, who repeats after her in Spanish.
She also had a lot of pictures, visuals and charts for support.

How did the teacher support the

needs of students with special
needs?

The teacher has a book for each child in which the accommodation and
modifications are written.

How did the teacher support the

needs of high achieving students?

The teacher differentiated her instruction and gave the high achieving
students work thats on their level.

Details:
Tapping prior knowledge.
The teacher first tapped their
knowledge about counting before
introducing the lesson.

Additional Reflections
Connection to Course Objectives:

Significance:

That made it easier for the students

to grasp the concept of counting

Students became more

comfortable with counting.

Questions/Comments
None.

Penny Miller
LBS 400
Name of School:
School Address:
Lead Teacher:
Grade Level:
Number of Students:
School Principal:
Subject:

Clyde Woodworth Elementary School

3200w104 Street, Inglewood Ca. 90303
Ms. Okonkwo
K-1 Special Education
10
Mrs. Young
Classroom Presentation with students:

After a total of six hours of observation in Ms. Okonkwo classroom I then had the opportunity to
stand in front of the class as the teacher and present a lesson to her students. I open up with a learning tape
that begins with the good morning song. As the song played each student goes around, one at a time, shaking
other students hands. When finished I called one student up to identify the alphabets then played the
alphabet song for all the students to sing along with one voice. This fosters student to participation. Students
in this class like to try. If they are correct, I praise them. If they are wrong, I still praise them for trying and
nicely show/tells them how to do it correctly. I use the same strategy, for the days of the week and the
months of the year with different students. I personally handmade 10 green soda bottles, each labeled with a
number (1to 10) I use these bottles and it corresponding tape, to teach her students basic subtraction. A
student comes up and counts the green bottles then the student takes one away, and I ask students how many
is left. I used ten different color ribbons for the students to recognize their color, I taught colors concepts
with a fun song stating black, black, is the color I see, who has black then each student will hold up their
color black and say Me! Me! Me! Then I will play the song the world is a rainbow as the students sing along
and wave their rainbow in the air. I also had music for different farm animals, with visuals to go with it. As
the music played, the students make the animal sound and then at the end of the song the students got up and
interact with the other students by shaking each other hands and saying how do you do?
When my lesson was completed I song the time to stop now and good bye song. I thank Ms. Okonkwo for
giving me the opportunity to observe her in the classroom along with giving me the opportunity to perform a
lesson in front of her students.