Name Nicholas Shabrack

Observation Date 10/31/14

Observation Time 11 AM

Experience C-5 (Due October 27)

(C-5) Objective: To observe teacher doing a read aloud with students.
Directions: Observe teacher sharing a read aloud with students.
1. How did the teacher determine the book to read during the read aloud?
She chose a mystery book to read out loud because they are discussing different genres this unit.
She read The Mystery of the Stolen Statue: The Third Grade Detectives.

2. What did the teacher do during the read aloud to engage students? How did the students react?
She read with different voices. She also had them draw the scene as she was reading the story.
The students were do excited to hear her characters and I asked them about drawing. One of the
students said it helps her to imagine what is really happening in the story.

3. Describe the behaviors the teacher exhibited during the read aloud.
She was excited and ready to read. She made the story come to life. She enjoyed the story and
so did the students.

4. What types of extension activities did the teacher incorporate either before, during, or
after the read aloud? How did the students react?
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During the story she asked the students to predict what was going to happen. She started an
anchor chart for predicting and then started one for what really happened after they were done.
The students compared their first thoughts to their final reaction of the story. They students
participated more and discussed their own findings.