SLO/MiniObservation-Artifact

Practice

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3/22/2017
1st Grade Math
Rotationsofshapes
Studentsworkingonrotationsofshapes:Icancomposeashapewith2Dshapes
Wholegroupminilesson
Brainpopvideoonmathvocabulary-teachersittingonfloorwithstudents
Partneractivitywithhand-howcanyouflip,turnorslideyourhand?
Quickandconciseminilesson
Activitystationsinintentionalgroups--??yes!
Strengths
Partnersarekneetoknee-facingeachother-engagingstudentsinlearning
Allstudentsparticipating-puttingresponsibilityonstudents
Guidedthemtothecorrectanswerbypointingtothetargetvocabword
Studentsatthewrongstation(location)-guidedhimbypointingtoassignedgroups
Usingalladultsintheroomeffectively
Learningenvironmentwascollaborativeandengaging
Studentteacher-usingthemathvocabatherminigroup-goodmentoring
Re-focusingofsomestudentsatsomestations
AreasofGrowth
Turnandtalk-maybeabittoolong-somestudentsweregettingofftask
Somestudentsatcomposingshapesstationswerealittleconfused-butstudentsused
peerstohelpout

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Greatuseoftransitions
Highengagement
Studentsareresponsiblefortheirownlearning
Useofacademicvocabulary
Movingfromteachertostudenttomoreclassdialogue

Reflectivequestion
Howcanyoumakethestudentsdotheheavyliftingandpassingthatresponsibilityontothestudents?

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Special Edu. - Interventions

ReadingInterventions
Studentsworkingonreadingskills
Startedwithalphabetchart-usingfingers-sayletter,sound,word

Strengths
Recognizingcorrectanswers
Makingsuretoacknowledgegoodconnectionsstudentsmade
Engagedtheminconversations

AreasofGrowth
Startedlate-isscheduleflexibleenough?
Isthealphabetchartaneffectivestrategytodoeverytime?
Anywaythatyoucanfocusonjusttheareasthattheystrugglein?
Jeremiahwasgettingoff-taskloosingengagement
Whatweretheplans?
Seemedalittleallover-transitionsseemedofffromonethingtoanother
Studentsseemedtoberunningtheintervention
Whatwasthegoaloftheintervention?
Shedidalotofthework,givingthemthewordstheydidntknow
Thecoloring-whatwasthegoal
Studentsgotdistractedwithcountdown-somethingshebroughtup

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groupingwasgood
Interventionstartedlate-20minslate-whathappenedtootherinterventionsonschedule-
howisthattimerecaptured
Focusonlessonwasnotclear-wasitnetherlandsorsightwordoftheweek
Mannerwithstudentsiseffective-theyrespondwelltodirections
Wouldliketoseeobjectivestoseefutureplanswiththestudents

Reflectivequestion
howwouldintentionalplanninghelpwiththeeffectivenessoftheinterventionsinthefuture.

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Title I - Interventions
KindergartenReadingInterventions
Studentsworkingonreadingskills
Startedoffwithgoingoverexpectationsofwhatareaderlookslike
Strengths
Goingthroughexpectations
Positivereinforcement
Especiallywhenstudentsusedastrategy
Askingstudentstoexplaintheirthinking
 Theydidsomeself-reflection-whattheydidyesterdayvstoday
Runningrecordsasstudentsarereading-assessment
Engagingtheminexpressingtheiropinions
INTENTIONALPLANNING
Transitionsweresmooth
Re-focusingthosestudentsnotcooperating
Weaknesses

Reflectivequestion:
Howcanyousharetheeffectivenessofyourintentionalitieswithothers?

3/23/2017
AVMR - Special Ed
AVMRAssessment
Studentistakinganassessment
Countingbysingles
Strengths
Demeanorwithstudentsmakesherfeelcomfortabletomakemistakes
Softspoken
Thankyou
Self-correctiononbehalfofstudent
Meetsneedsofstudents
Visualaidetohelpwithcounting
Useofassessment
Whatdoyoudowiththeresults-nextsteps?
Struggledwithcountingbackwardsandbefore(confusedwithafter)
AreasofGrowth
Maybehavingawhiteboardandmarkertohelpwithvisuals-dontknowtheexpectationfor
AVMR

Feedback
Assessmentgiveninarisk-takingquietenvironment

Reflectivequestion

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Title I Interventions
5thgradeintervention-math
Studentsstartingwithcountingbysingles-tossingaballbackandforth
Transition-smooth
Countingby10s-whatnumberchanges?-tenths
Countingby100s-whatnumberchanges?-hundreds
Studentsusingatooltowriteouttheirnumberswithadryerasemarker
Add100sandstudentswouldre-writetheirnumbers

Strengths
Useofmanipulatives
Waitingforallstudentstobeontask/caughtup
Takingturnsamongststudentstohelpassesseachone,notcopyingfromeachother
Guidedthemtothecorrectanswer-dowehaveanyhundreds?Questioningtechniques
Onceto1,000sheremindedthemtheyarestillcountingby100s(1,0341,134)
Switchedtoadd10snowtotheircurrentnumber-studentsalittleconfusedbutstillguided
themPATIENCE
Whydidwemovethe10groupsof10intothehundreds
Whenstudentsgotthewronganswer-explainedthecorrectanswerandwhy(seeabove
with10,10s)
Rephrasedquestiontohelpstudentsout
TPR-useofballEngagementinlearning
Meetingneedsofstudents
Studentexpresseditwouldbehardwithoutthechartsoteacherreassuredtheywouldstop
tohelpherout

AreasofGrowth
Couldshehavewrittenthenumbertheystartedwithontheboardsotheycouldreferenceit?
Askformorediscussionbetweenthetwo

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Askformorediscussionbetweenthetwo
Havethestudentstaketheroleoftheteachertoaidindiscussion
Manipulativeswereeffective

Reflectivequestion
Youwerethedriverofthelesson,whatcanyoudototransfersomeofthatresponsibilitytothestudents?

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Special Education
1stGradeELA
Rhymingwords-matchingwordsthatrhyme
Positivereinforcement(environment)-cultureforlearning
Enthusiasm
Encouraginghimtotakerisks
Encouragingself-correction
Breakingitdownsohecanfigureoutwhatwordhehad-engagementinlearning
Askinghimwhathedidtohelphim-self-reflection/metacognition-Questionsand
Discussion/Assessment
Therewasapurpose!(intentionalplanning)findingwordsthatrhyme
Findthewords-readthem-writethem
Goingovertheschedule-communication
Maybetoomanychoices

Strengths
Engagementinlearning/cultureforlearning

Feedback
Goodwaittimewithyam
Encouraginghimtotakerisks-makingmistakesisokay
Guidedhimtothecorrectanswer
Knowhimwell-telldadtomakehimyamspositiverelations
Givinghimchoice

Reflectivequestion
Howcanyouencourageallyourstudentstorisktake?

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5th Grade
5thGradeDual-Math
Wholeclasslesson
GalleryWalk
Commentingonstudentworkwithfeedback(glows/grows)
Allstudentswereworkingtogether(collaboration)
 Self-sufficient
Groupswere7-8students
Maybealittlebig,notallvoiceswereheard/couldbeheard
Somedisagreement-workeditout
Goodquestioning-makesthestudentsthinkandreallyreflect
Guidesthemtowardstherightanswernotjusttellsthemwhatisexpected
Questionsguidedtowardsstudentsmakingconnections(multiplicationanddivisionin
fractions)
Groupdecidedtohavesomeonewhohasntparticipatedbetheonewhopresents
Encouraging
Givingthemapurpose-numbertalks-cultureforlearning
Correctingeachother-environment

Strengths
Buildingrelationships
Checkinginwithstudents-facilitating
Givingresponsibilitytothemtotakeon
Studentfacilitatedlearningenvironment

AreasofGrowth
Smallergroups?
Moreinvolvementofco-teacher-knowthelesson

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Student-facilitatedenvironment

Reflectivequestion
Whatmorecanyoudotogetthosequietonestalkingandmoreinvolved?

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Speech
Speechintervention
Twostudents-readabook,explainingathestory
Sequencing
Characteranalysis
Shesspeakinginspanish
Onestudentrepliesinspanish
Theotherinenglish
Gooduseofquestionstogetthemengaged
DOK#1onlythough
Usetexttogobackandhelpwithansweringquestions
Guidingthem
Gavestudentstheteacherpowertoaskquestions
Didntcorrectgrammartonotputfocusonit,correcteditforthem
Elzorilloquererdosdonasqueria
Correctedbehavior-manners
Studentdidso
Keptthemontrack
Modeledresearchskills-whenstudentswerentgettingtheanswer

Strengths
Demeanour-calm
Guidesthemtowardstheanswer
Givesthemequalattention

AreasofGrowth
Encouragethestudentstousethelanguage(getthembackontrack)-didsoattheend!

Feedback
Howdoyougetthemtodomoreoftheheavylifting?
Whyweretheynotdoingthewriting?

Reflectivequestion
Question

4/20/2017
1st Grade - Dual
LanguageWorkshop
Studentscameintohandintheirpawsitives
Carpetgatheringminilesson
CausayEfectolesson-Ifyougiveamouseacookiebook
Arethebookschosenforthemordotheyhavethefreedomtochoosethem?
Teacherwrites4causes,studentsneedtocomeupwith4effects
Studentsaresittingaroundfocusedandengaged
Teacherusingthelanguage
Demeanorwasverycalm
Howlongistheminilessonsupposetobe?
Lessonseemedtobeintentionallyplanned-assistantteacherhelpingout

Strengths
Teacherdemeanourisverycalm
Transitions
Gettingtheattentionofthegroup
Usingtheacademiclanguage
Kidsusingtheacademiclanguage(cintaadhesiva)duetoenvironmentcreated

AreasofGrowth
Wasitspanishtime?
Teacherusingspanish
Somestudentsrespondingorusingenglish

Feedback
Givenfeedback

Reflectivequestion
Question

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