Pub. 5 2015-2016 Issue 1

16 12-- minute observation 9/21/15 Monday, September 21, 2015 9:28 AM Classroom observation focus: Best Practice Principles Effective Yes/No Evidence Feedback Clear content objective Written/explained y Beautiful! Clear Classroom Management Strategy Instruction y Small group instruction---- going so well! Kids have clear goals of what to do in their small group rotations. Interesting Texts? To y Small group work. You have a nice variety of things they are workingon. Engagement Principles y Autonomy, collaboration, strategy instruction, building concepts. TOTALLY engaging!!! :D Writing----Formative Assessment to direct and guide instruction y Every activity had a written assessment piece. Fabulous! Relevant student activities y All of the center activities related to each other and your goals. (see images on page 17) Evidence of Student Learning y Students are responsible for their learning!! LOVE IT!! CORI Evidence: E.Q.s, Relevant and connecting activities Other: Your class is AMAZING!!!! Your centers are fabulous. Not too hard; not too easy. Just right. The letter tiles are awesome! Your small group instruction is fabulous. Love how you let them write on the table. So fun!! They LOVE that! If you havetime this week, go see Mr. C teach reading strategies in his literacy class. It’s amazing. I can helpwith your class if you need me to. Just 15 minutes will be enough time for you to see howexplicit he is when he teaches. It’s awesome. CONTINUED FROM PAGE15