Reem Hashim Observation #1 Maryam School

Second period 23 students grade 4.2

Strengths Needs improvement

Tr uses her voice well, has
intonation and uses gestures.
Tr seems to be enjoying herself
When she moved into an activity,
she made sure that the sts were
listening to the instructions, not
allowing them to open the boxes
until she completed the instructions.
Tr walks around to make sure work is
getting done, but she is not focused
on learning.
Use of bottle caps as counters.
Uses a reward system well.
Tr is writing and solving on the
board, when she gives turns to sts, it
is one by one.
When groups are large, there are
always sts that are not involved.
When 2 sts were called to the front
of the class, only one of them did
any talking, why was the second one
there? ( to read the question, but
there is not true benefit or active
learning happening here)

Competency Observations
Professionalism: Tr was in the class on time.

Planning for A lesson plan had been completed.

learning:

Implementing and The activities are 1:1 and remain teacher centered.
managing learning:

Monitoring and Not done with focus on ability to solve, she was
assessment: looking to see if the group was finished.

Questioning is of the closed end variety.

Students are asked to explain steps of solving, but it is mechanical and tr does not
ask any challenging questions.

Observed st: Mahra Saeed. 35 minutes into the lesson she has had 0 minutes of
active learning. Even during the group activity she was watching and listening from
a distance while others used the manipulatives.
While solving the problems tr stood above her but did not even mention the fact
that she was solving question 6 when she had been asked to solve 4,5 and 8.
The bell rang and the lesson was over before Tr ended her lesson, then she asked
the sts what they had understood.
Timed st spent 3:19 in active learning.