Education 1100 Site Visit Notes

Student Name: Abigail Wright Date/Site Visit

Number: 2/27/17

School: Blackhawk Middle School Grade

Level/Subject: 6th Math

Using the space provided below, briefly summarize todays

classroom experience.
Standard 4- Learning Environment
Identify the Illinois
Professional Teaching
Standard(s) targeted
in todays
experience.

During a very difficult unit, many of the students felt

discouraged and started to feel unmotivated to
Identify the activities
that occurred today,
understand the material. After many did not do well on
which addressed the the test, I had to reteach the aspects of the unit they
teaching standards did not understand. Instead of reminding them that
identified above. they have to relearn something, I tried to use
Then describe what encouraging language to promote positive learning. I
you learned.
know from personal experience how difficult it is to
know you didnt do as well as others in the class did,
so I tried to teach the students self-motivation by
setting goals as they moved down the worksheet.
Also, I told the students that once they understand
this material they will be able to grow to understand
even more difficult problems.
After giving the students a pep-talk I saw that they
seemed much more eager to learn the material. They
Describe the impact
of the performance
did not seem as discouraged, and they ended up
activities on student helping out the others who were struggling. They were
learning. very happy as a group when they got to the end of the
worksheet and it was all correct.
Not only did they accomplish their goal of
understanding the material, they were able to help
Describe any
additional activities
each other figure out any problems they had, and they
of significance that answered each others questions. I was not as
occurred today. involved past the instruction in the beginning of the
class; I was able to sit back and watch them work
together on the worksheet.
 How can helping another student in class encourage a
General comments positive learning environment?
and observations
including at least one
emerging question.