Overview

Teacher:

Casey Fleming

Session Date:

February 23, 2015

Grade Level:

4th grade

Number of Students:

20 students

Unit:

Football

Previous Learned Skills:

Football Defense

Facility:

Blacktop

Required Equipment:

Scarves
Poly spots
Footballs

Systematic Observation 1: Time Analysis

Total number of intervals: 111

Total number of activity intervals: 44 , equating to 660 seconds or 11 minutes

dedicated to activity.
Total number of instructional intervals: 35, equating to 525 seconds or 8.45

minutes dedicated to instruction.

Total number of management intervals: 32 tallies equating to 480 seconds or 8
minutes dedicated management.

While conducting Mr. Flemings time analysis, I observed that he used his time
wisely. Mr. Casey does a very good job getting the student active as soon as possible once
the class is under control. Out of the 27:45 minute lesson, 11 minutes were dedicated
toward the football defense activity. Mr. Casey should be able to minimize his amount of
time managing the class, which will give more time for kids to be active. About half of

his time was spent keeping the students actively engaged in activity. For instructions, Mr.
Flemings should keep the instructions simple. With a lot of positions to remember, the
students seemed to be confused with the activity and had lots of questions to ask. A
recommendation would be for students to wear pennies, then it would be easier to
identify who is on each team. It was a little tricky to explain/ demonstrate the defensive
drill with the poly- spots. During the activity, the defensive player was having success
pulling the flag before the activity. The lower skilled students in this activity had a great
deal of questions or they had to be monitored to make sure they were doing the drill
correct. Once the students were in their groups practicing the drill, Mr. Casey was able to
walk around and help the groups. He did a good job giving feedback and complements to
the students who were doing the correct drill. I recommend that he try persuading his
students to be more actively involved by motivating or challenging the students. Students
love incentives. Also, to help with management, I recommend Mr. Fleming to have his
student pick up all the equipment while conducting a countdown system to get the
students moving faster during the transitions.
Systematic Observation 2: Teacher Movement
Casey started the lesson introducing the instant activity of sharks and minnows. Casey
did a good job getting the kids into activity and he was able to walk around the perimeter
and watch all the kids be active. The next activity Casey introduced was football defense
to the class. It was a little tricky to explain/ demonstrate the defensive drill with all the
poly- spots. Once the students were in their groups practicing the drill, Mr. Casey was
able to walk around to all the groups and assist any of the students who had questions or
needed a demonstration. I recommend when students are engaging in a skilled activity,

Mr. Fleming continues to remind students of the COTS while being active in the lesson.
The students must like having Mr. Casey watch and walk around the class. This can be
helpful to students when they need corrective feedback and Mr. Casey is there to help
them.