UCLA Center X Teacher Education Program

MS/SS Observation Form

Novice/Apprentice/Resident Teacher Date

Observer School/Class

TPE 1: Pedagogical Skills Observer Commentary
Elementary Core Practices
Opening move
Questioning and responding
Secondary Core Practices
Engaging students in rigorous content
High Level Tasks, Concept Maps
Engaging students in discourse
Learning Cycle ?s, Think-Pair-Share
Providing Equitable Access to Content
Form. Assessment, Word Bank/Wall
Developing a positive classroom ecology
Opening/Closing Rout, Comm Circle

TPE 2: Monitoring Student Learning
Checking for understanding
Asking & answering relevant questions
Other
TPE 3: Use of Assessments
Use of criteria/rubric
Taking formal assessment
Completing projects
Student presentations
Other
TPE 4: Making Content Accessible
Accessing prior knowledge
Referencing lived experiences
Scaffolding
Other
TPE 5: Student Engagement
Student participation
Culturally relevant materials
Other
TPE 6: Developmentally Appropriate
Differentiation
Use of media & technology
Other
TPE 7: Teaching English Learners
SDAIE methodology
Academic vocabulary
Other
TPE 8: Learning About Students
Community building activities
Other
TPE 9: Instructional Planning
Lesson plans
Agenda communicated to students
Other
TPE 10: Instructional Time
Starting and ending class
Transitions
Other
TPE 11: Social Environment
Inviting and clean; safe
Student work displayed
Caring environment
Other
TPE 12: Professional, Legal, & Ethical
Classroom management
Teacher speech: clear, pace, warm, tone

TPE 13: Professional Growth
TEP portfolio
Daily reflections

Observation Focus:



Lauren Daus and Jose Ortiz May 5, 2014

Darlene Lee UCLACS/P2 Hist 8


Observations/Commentary/Scripting

Good things

Cinco de Mayo- why is it celebrated here in the US more than in
Mexico?

Today something is due something about the ultimatum
sandwich

Raise your hand if you actually finished your ultimatum?

Does anyone want to share your ultimatum?
Authors chair
I didnt print it out thats okay, you can read it off the computer

If you didnt get to finish your ultimatum, you can finish typing it and
you can turn it in on Wednesday

If you have any questions or need help, you can email us we wont
have any time to work on it.. You didnt need to print it because you
shared it with us on google drive, right?
A couple people share their ultimatums
Jeremiah

One thing we didnt do was ask questions so does anyone have any
questions?

We re gong to transition
Before we learn more about Texas, we are going to go over some
vocabulary- get out your notebooks

Anyone need lined paper for their C notes?

Mr. Ortiz is going to pass out some paper, if you need it, raise your
hand

Im going to give you 10 more seconds to set up your notes

And time is up

Review one of the words is this okay?

Ambition
So can I get a raise of hands, what does the word ambition mean
again?
A goal anyone else? Arturo- you want more you keep going to
your goals
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How much have students
done with these words
before?

How might you use
students to
type/contribute to
facilitating or recording
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Observations/Commentary/Scripting

We havent gone over this word before counter narrative anyone know what a narrative is? Someone
is telling something what are they saying? A story okay, so a narrative is a story that someone tells,
so a counter narrative is a story told from another point of view.

Today we are going to learn about a counter narrative about Mexicans who lived in Texas
Questions so far?
Topic? For now, just Vocabulary

Oppression- does anyone know what oppression means? Something sad. Something that is sad
insecurity greed or insecurityokay anyone want to add for oppression? When someone dies bad
feelings not good.Jason, isnt it when you like, when someone does something bad to others to
intimidate them or something

Who is the person that is doing something bad? The oppressor- so as we have been learning in Manifest
Destiny- three little pigs- Wolf is the White Americans Three pigs- Native Americans

Mr. Ortiz is slow so that was something that I did to oppress Mr. Ortiz.. Im sorry, you are not
slowall the time

When you get hit and you get a mark on your skin
Lynching its like when someone is put to death- hang someone especially
Usually that happens when people think that someone did something bad
Why would a person get lynched
Slaves run away- were they actually doing something bad
They still do that in some places like in Mexico or Brazil and a robber gets lynched
A person can get lynched for different types of reasons- When we think back to Civil War and
Reconstructions, African Americans got lynched because they didnt like Black Americans

Mr. Ortiz and I are going to pass out this worksheet. WE are going to learn more about these words right
here.

Everyone has a piece of paper? Yes To give you a little more visual representation of Texas movie
Trailer from The Alamo

What kind of place is it is it like a house

Like when I went to city walk you take a little car in the back.. like Halloween

So we are going to learn more about the Alamo
Lets go over the worksheet for a little bit.
You are going to try to figure out what the director is trying to tell you?

How were the Mexicans portrayed and how were the Americans portrayed?

In the beginning of the class..
Can I get your attention please? Im going to rap! Just kidding!

French were fighting against the Mexicans but that wasnt during this war We just wanted to share
more about Cinco De Mayo how the African Americans and Mexican Americans come togetherso
this is between the Mexicans and the Americans
False hope!
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Maybe some examples of
narrative and counter
narratives? Wolf & Three
pigs?

















Is there an essential
question or big idea you
could reconnect to tie this
all together?




















What kinds of scaffolds
could you use to help
students fill in this
worksheet?

What do the students
already know about the
Alamo and the Revolution?
Do they have much
context?


I was just trying to get your attention
Raise your hand if you need more time?

One more minute!
What is this director trying to tell you?
Why the war was started? Which war? The war between the Mexicans and the French
Emily
The director was trying to say that there was only 100 Americans and like thousands of Mexicans
Why do you think the Director would try to tell you this?
He wants you to see that the Mexicans were overpowered or the Americans?
What would you say about it instead?

After learning about the Reconstruction how the African Americans were treated and how Native
Americans were treated and Mexican Americans What would you say instead?

The Americans had no chance
Why?
Because there were like thousands of Mexicans and hundreds of Americans

Were there any survivors?
Yes, there were survivors on the Mexican Side

How did the Mexican Government respond to the Americans?
What were the laws that were broken?
Didnt want to learn Spanish
Didnt want to change their religion, pledge allegiance to Mexico, didnt want to give up slaves- changed
slaves to servants.

What did the Mexican government do when the Americans didnt follow their rules They closed Texas
to the Americans control immigration
Kicking them out
Isaac mentioned the army, or military

So they sent troops to texas to enforce these laws

Remember you should be writing this down

If you didnt get this, you can copy from a neighbor

The Alamo used to be a mission because the Spanish built missions in Texas
Tha Alamo had about 180 Texan volunteers- no soldiers- volunteers who wanted to fight against the
Mexicans the people who were in Texas fought against the Mexicans.
Americans occupied the Alamo- because the Americans were in the Alamo, the Mexicans were not in the
Alamo

How long did the war last?

The President of Mexico was President Santa Ana- he sent 6000 Mexican troops to order the Texans to
Surrender- to fight to kill them to tell them to giveup?

To answer your question, Jason, it lasted 12 days the Mexicans because the Americans were taking
over the Alamo.. part of Mexico where is the Alamo again? Which state? Texas! It was a home base?
ITs a really important place, especially for America
The final battle lasted 90 minutes- there were no survivors.
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Quickly, with your partner who do you think won the war?

Thumbs up if you think the Americans won Thumbs down if you think the Mexicans won.
We are going to figure it out

Today we are going to learn about the Tejan@s- there is an @ sign to show that it represents both female
and male Tejanos the story is not really told in history the Tejanos- Texans of Mexican Descent.
Mexicans who lived in Texas and they were called Tejan@s- as early as 1833.

We are going to move on- there is some talking- so that means youre done, right? A little review
these are the areas that the United States took over

WE are going to focus on Texas this was actually Texas this area the Mexicans owned but when
the Americans won the war they expanded their territory This is the Rio Grande

The Tejanos until the mid 1800s they were living in central and south texas

Wait, so they won they only had like 100.
And we are learning about expansion so the Mexicans actually moved West with the Whites

Who were the people who were first living in the Americans and Texas? Pilgrims before them
Indigenous people- Native Americans

Messed up Mexicans, people of color displaced the Native Americans decided to go with the
Whites and displace the Native Americans

With the places that the Mexicans took over, they created cattle and sheep ranches
Cattle are cows
Sheep are sheep

Tejano land owners followed these rules
So oppression is like domination- yeah, like domination or to stay in control.

Do you want the lights on or off

Connecting what you learned about reconstruction era, civil war even the Irish the Tejanos actually
were lynched by White Americans and they were discriminated against
What does discrimination mean?
Segregation?
Political Exclusion

So what do you all think? What do you think about all these things here?

Thumbs up if you think this is all fair thumbs down if you think, Heck no! this is not fair

After learning all of this going back to our unit question- can ambition be justified?
Why? Why do you think?
Yes! If you have a goal- you can prove your goal? I can justify if I want to be a vet can the ambition of
the White Americans be justified?
Americans are cool- they can do all this because its their ambition?
Can ambition be justified? It depends on what your goals are- help people out succeed in life That
can be justified, but I dont think it can be justified if you are doing all this all the stories that are
hidden from you in traditional schools

Questions/Suggestions



Which war? This is a bit
confusing- which wars are
you talking about? What is
the difference between a
battle and a war?














































What are some strategies
that would allow you check
if students are getting
what you are teaching in
the powerpoint?






Tejan@s mobilized with others against mistreatment or oppression
Some even became political leaders
Tejan@s learned both Spanish and English- they had to?
It was one of the laws because they became bilingual they were able to write autobiographies, stories
about themselves poems
With these autobiographies, narratives, short stories, poems.. they were able to share their stories with the
community

Today you are going to be able to write your own poem
So right now you are going to get to do a writing reflection think of a time when you felt oppressed or
mistreated or silenced

What happened how did you respond to this mistreatment- if you could go back, how would you
change things/
For now, this is just a writing reflection this is like pre-writing for your poem- to help you write your
poem.

Tough because these are experiences you dont want to remember take the time to reflect write
downwork individually and stay quiet, please 5-7 minutes
Not a poem yet


Debrief:
Lauren and Jose discussed how to assess what students were learning and if they were learning.
We discussed strategies for increasing participation- both in amount and the number of different
people who speak up. We also talked about scaffolding for writing in the worksheet and for the
reflection writing. Jose and Lauren are working on the transitions and setting the context for the
historical events they are teaching- using the essential question or other big ideas to connect
from one lesson to the next.

Questions from Kim:
What was the homework completion rate?
What was students prior knowledge of the Battle of the Alamo before they watched the movie?
Was there enough information found in the trailer to adequately answer the questions found in The Alamo worksheet?
How could Google Earth and or Google Maps be integrated into this lesson?
Why was the word, Tejano not introduced in the beginning of the lesson?
Calculate how much time was used to conduct direct instruction and lecture. How can this be modified/broken down for our SpEd
students?
How can you ensure that students understood what a Tejano was?
What was the purpose of students writing about a time when a student felt oppressed, silenced, or mistreated? How can this be more
directly connected to the overall theme of Manifest Destiny?

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Where should they write
this? What kinds of
scaffolds might help
students get started more
easily?