Camryn Constance

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CHILD DATE/ Strengths/Weaknesses ADDITIONAL

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Child T- 2/1 L.A- READING COMPREHENSION
 The teacher has the student verbally
1(IEP) share his answers and the teacher writes
it on his paper in highlighter. The student
then traces what the teacher wrote.
There could be smoother
Observation Strengths: The student was able to give the transitions between
1 correct answer the majority of the time and activities because the
understood the reading. students seemed to become
very off topic and loud once
Weaknesses: The student had a hard time staying each activity was
on task when he was tracing the sentences written completed.
by the teacher.
The teacher could do
MATH- MONEY something to acknowledge
 Working hands on with coins when the student is on task
and learning each coin’s worth. and does complete work
Title teacher is in the classroom such as a sticker.
working with the student.
Just recently diagnosed with
Strengths: The student was able to separate the a learning disability and is
coins correctly according to size and physical in the process of getting an
appearance. IEP. Sits closest to the
teacher’s desk to make it
Weaknesses: The student struggled with the easier to assist the student.
worth of each coin.

M-2/7 L.A- PHONICS/READING

 The students worked on phonics
Observation and reading in small groups Very off task and
2 with the teacher. The students uninterested in the lesson.
were asked to read the story
Didn’t have the best day
together then talk about it as a
behavior wise and was out
whole group.
of his seat multiple times.
What could I do to try to
Strengths: The student was able to follow
keep him on track?
directions in small group.
Behavior chart, stickers,
rewards?
Weaknesses: The student gets pulled out of the
classroom by a title teacher for some time then
joins back with the class. He is off task and had a Cannot count past 15 so
 hard time following directions and staying accommodations had to be
focused made and he was only given
nickels and pennies.
MATH- WORTH OF COINS
 The teacher focused more on
the worth of each coin by
displaying visuals on the board.
The students completed
morning work as well as a
worksheet together to learn
about the value of a penny,
dime, and nickel.

Strengths: The student was able to identify the

worth of the penny and dime with little to no help.

Weaknesses: Very off topic throughout the

lesson and was out of his seats many times.

Th.- L.A- PHONICS WALL, JOURNALING,

2/10 WRITING PROMPT
Observation  The teacher started the lesson
3 by going over the phonics wall
which they do daily. Then they
were given a writing prompt
and asked to work on it in their
journals as the teacher was
conducting small group in the
front of the room.
The teacher wrote his answer
to the prompt for him, he
traced it. Although, it took a
while to complete because he
was out of his chair multiple
times and knocked his chair
over many times too, he did
complete it successfully.

Strengths: The student created his own idea as to
what he wanted to write in his journal to answer
the writing prompt.
Weaknesses: The student had a hard time
following along with the phonics wall as well as
staying on task.
MATH- COUNTING MONEY
 Today the teacher taught the
concept of counting the money
now that the students are
familiar with the coins and their
worth. We worked on
worksheets where the students
had to write the worth of each
coin above the coin displayed
and then count the money.
As a whole class, the concept
of money is hard for them so
the teacher said we will be
covering the concept again.
At the end of the lesson, the
teacher played “Around the
World” with the students
using large paper coins she
has. The students face each
other one on one and
whoever identifies the coin
first gets to move on. The
kids love this game and it is
something I would really like
to do in my own classroom!

Strengths: The student did very well grasp the

concept of counting on but did need to use the
 number line on his desk. He was able to identify
each coin but did need some help counting on.

Weakness: Today, the student had to keep being

reminded to try first and then ask for help. He
seemed like he did not want to do work and just
wanted to get the answers. When he did do his
work, he was successful on it.
M- 2/14 L.A- VOWELS

 Today the focus was identifying

vowel patterns in words. The
teacher introduced a sheet of
vocabulary words that the
Observation students were asked to break
4 down on their phoneme sheet.
Strengths: The student was able to break down
some words on the phoneme sheet based on the
vowel patterns in the words.
Weaknesses: Today the student had no interest in
the lesson and did not want to apply himself at all
to the work we were doing.
MATH- ADDING/SUBTRACTION REVIEW
 Today the teacher went over
adding and subtraction to
prepare the students for a test.
She went over the rules of
addition as well as subtraction.
A worksheet was done as a
whole class and then one was
completed individually and
turned in.
The teacher tried to keep the
student engaged and paying
attention by calling out his
name and telling him to sit up
in a good learner’s position.
When he would, the would
be playing with something in
his desk until the title teacher
entered the room and worked
with him so he had no choice
but to focus. Brainstorming
other ways that would keep
him on task during whole
group instruction...
 A reward
system
 A chart
 Keeping
track of the
times he is
out of his
seat or not
paying
attention.

Strengths: The student was able to solve some

addition and subtraction problems with little help
once the title teacher came into the room to work
with him.

Weaknesses: The student was not engaged at all

and did not ask questions either. He had his head
down on his desk for the majority of the time.
T- 2/22 L.A- SMALL GROUP/ WRITING PROMPTS
 The teacher gave the students
another writing prompt about 2- Today I talked to the teacher
2-22 to complete in their journal on ways I can help this
Observation while she conducted small
5 student stay on task.
group in the front of the Together we came up with a
classroom. plan that after every
completed assignment, every
Strengths: The student asked for help today time he asks for help and is
which is pretty uncommon. The teacher was more on task, he will receive a
 than happy to help and told him how proud of him sticker on the chart I create
she was for asking for help instead of being off for him. If this does not
task at his desk. work, we will talk again to
come up with a further action
Weaknesses: After his work was completed, to take to resolve this issue.
things took a turn and he began to talk to
neighbors while they were working and being
disruptive. The teacher praised the
student when he asked for
MATH- REVIEW OF MONEY help in hopes that he would
 Today the teacher wanted to do continue to, but he did not for
a review of money because not the rest of the lesson.
all of the student’s had
completely grasped the concept.
She started with a game of
Around the World and then did
a worksheet with them. One the
completed together the other
was to be completed
individually. At the end, she
played a game where half the
class lined up on one side of the
room and then the other half of
the class lined up on another.
Whichever student added the
coins correctly first got to stay
and the other student went to the
back of the line.

Strengths: When reviewing money, the student

did identify each coin correctly. He was confused
by the dime and nickel but then realized his
mistake.

Weaknesses: As far as behavior, the student

continued to act out especially during small
group, he had a very hard time following
directions and it came to the point of the teacher
threatening to call home.

T-3/1 L.A- READ A POEM AND ANALYZED IT

 Today in language arts the
teacher used the projector to
show the students a poem.
Observation Using the popsicle sticks, the
6 teacher would randomly select With the help of the title
students to read the poem out teacher, the student is able to
loud. As a group, the teacher get the one on one help that
talked about the meaning of the he needs without the whole
poem and discussed it with the class instruction being
class. Afterwards, the students affected.
received their own poem and
used different colors to The title teacher uses a pull-
 highlight different vowel out method during language
patterns. arts where the student is in
the classroom from some
Strengths: The student was strong in identifying time then goes to her
words that consist of vowel teams. classroom to work one on
one with the student.
Weaknesses: The student struggled identifying
silent e and the title teacher did need to work with Before moving on to time,
him one on one in her classroom because he was the teacher wanted to make
very distracted in the whole group setting. sure that the students
understood money.
MATH- INTRODUCTION TO TIME
 Today the teacher introduced
time to the students. She used
her plastic clock to introduce
the hour hand and the minute
hand to the students. After
whole class instruction, a work
sheet was done together and
explained thoroughly.

Strengths: Today the student was able to grasp

the concept that the larger hand is the minute hand
and the shorter hand is the hour hand.

Weaknesses: The student was not able to identify

times when working as a class, but the title
teacher was working one on one with him and
giving more of an in-depth explanation.

T-3/3 L.A- BREAKING DOWN WORDS AND

IDENTIFYING VOWEL PATTERNS
 Today the focus was on open,
closed, silent e vowel patterns.
There are many posters
The students were asked to
Observation around the classroom to help
identify each type of vowel
7 the students recognize vowel
pattern in a list of words that
teams as well as a huge
was given to them and write it
phonics wall in the classroom
in the correct column. Students
that they children have a
were to also mark the different
song for that is sang daily.
vowel patterns in the words.
using colored pencils. Closed-
red, open- green, and silent e-
yellow.
The teacher mentioned to the
Strengths: The student is familiar with the types class that in the following
of vowel. Patterns from previous lessons but still weeks they would be creating
has some trouble identifying them on his own. their own clocks and learning
The teacher or I work with him on his worksheet more about time. Time is still
until he goes to title. He can say the types of a new concept to most of the
vowel patterns verbally. class.

Weaknesses: The student has trouble showing the

vowel patterns when it is on paper but can say For the most part, the student
 them verbally for the most part. He receives was engaged in this lesson
assistance when completing the phoneme chart. and putting forth effort to
learn. for the majority of the
MATH- TELLING TIME class the student was sitting
 The teacher works on telling in a learning position and
time and being able to read a only had to be reminded by
clock. She starts with reviewing the teacher once or twice.
the meaning of each hand on the
clock as well. As showing
examples of times and how the
students are supposed to read
the clock. They do a few
worksheets from their McGraw
Hill math notebook, one
together and one individually.

Strengths: The student is able to read time when

it is on a piece of paper for example written like
3:10. He is able to understand the hour and minute
hand. He was on task during this lesson and only
put his head down once which is very good.

Weaknesses: The student struggles with telling

time on the clock using the hands as well positing
the hands to read a specific time.

Child 2 T- 1/31 L.A- READING COMPREHENSION

 Each small group is reading a
different book based on its
reading level. Today, the focus
It was clear that there were
Observation 1 was a comprehension packet
some moments where the
based on the book each student
student became frustrated
was reading. They were to use
when she had to look for the
context clues, identify rhyming
answer. The teacher gave her
words, and find answers
positive words of
throughout the chapter.
encouragement and it seemed
to help for a little while then
Strengths: The student was very strong and she went back to getting
confident in this area. She quickly identified frustrated.
rhyming words and similar vowel patterns.

Weaknesses: The student was somewhat talkative

This student can quickly
during independent work and had a habit of
identify the names and worth
answering for the teacher when another student
of each coin and needed to be
would ask a question. She also gave up pretty
challenged more. She did
easily when she did not find the answer in the
enjoy getting to work with
book immediately.
the coin’s hands on.
MATH- MONEY
 The focus of this lesson was to
have the students work with
 pennies, nickels, dimes, and
introduce the quarter to them.
Each student received a bag of
coins and were about to identify
physical characteristics of each
coin to tell them apart and were
also told about the worth of
each one.

Strengths: The student shared the ways that she

can tell which coin which to other struggling
students is which was very helpful. For example,
for the dime she told the class it’s the smallest but
it worth the most besides the quarter. For the
penny she said it’s the only brown one!!

Weaknesses: This child struggles with not being

in charge. She likes to help others and to speak
out to the class. This can be in a very good thing
but in this specific moment, the teacher did not
want her to and she was asked many times to
focus on her own work.

Th.-2/10 L.A- PHONICS WALL, JOURNALING,

WRITING PROMPT
 The teacher started the lesson
by going over the phonics wall
which they do daily. Then they
were given a writing prompt
and asked to work on it in their
journals as the teacher was
Observation 2 conducting small group in the
front of the room.
Strength: The student is very smart and
outspoken. She was one of the first students
completed with the writing prompt and used
correct capitalization as well as punctuation with
little to no spelling errors.
This student loves to learn!
She is so passionate and
confident in herself. If she
could, she would run the
classroom.
The teacher has her do her
work from small group to
keep her busy. Once the
high-level learners are done
with that, they have options
to work on more morning
work or to read from their
bag of books.

Weaknesses: Due to the characteristics of this The teacher is very aware of

student, it leads to a lot of free time. There are
many times the student is out of her seat or talking
to a friend because she has completed her work.
MATH- COUNTING MONEY
 Today the teacher taught the
concept of counting the money
now that the students are
familiar with the coins and their
worth. We worked on
worksheets where the students
had to write the worth of each
coin above the coin displayed
the fact that this student has
the correct answer, so the
teacher tends not to call on
her often and calls on the
lower level students.
However, a second-grade
child does not understand
that, and it makes her upset. I
believe the teacher should
have a one on one
conversation with her and
explain the situation to
prevent her getting upset. She
 and then count the money. does get called on
sometimes, but not as often
Strength: She is very eager to answer all of the as she wants to.
questions during instruction as well as when going
over the worksheets.

Weaknesses: When this child does not get called

on a lot to answer the questions, she tends to get
upset and down on herself.

Th.-2/17 L.A- PHONICS/VOWEL TEAMS

 Today the focus was identifying
vowel patterns in words. The
teacher introduced a sheet of
vocabulary words that the
students were asked to break
down on their phoneme sheet.
Observation 3
Strengths: The student had a very good day and
controlled her emotions. She was very on task and
was able to identify all of the vowel teams and fill
out her worksheet correctly. Due to her behavior
she was picked to read a story to the class at the
end of the day.
Weaknesses: The student was out of her seat a
few times without raising her hand and was asked
to stop talking a few times during independent
work time.
MATH- ADDITION/SUBTRACTION
REVIEW
 Today the teacher went over
adding and subtraction to
prepare the students for a test.
She went over the rules of
addition as well as subtraction.
A worksheet was done as a
whole class and then one was
completed individually and
turned in.
This classroom follows the
exact routine every single
day. Math in the morning,
then language arts which
consists of reading/writing,
small groups, and work
based on the reading.
Due to the number of low
learners, the teacher usually
teaches the same content for
about a week or so. For the.
high level learners, there is
side work to be done when
they complete the work
given to them. After all of
the work is done, they are
able to take out their bag of
books and read quietly at
their desk.
Sometimes the teacher does
allow them to read with a
partner while she has a
small group in front of the
classroom.

Strengths: Again, she had a great day and

participated greatly throughout the lesson without
getting upset.

Weaknesses: During this review, she did forget

some things and had many questions. There were
times she would get out of her seat without raising
her hand.

M-2/22 L.A- SMALL GROUP/ WRITING PROMPTS

 The teacher gave the students
 another writing prompt about 2-
Observation 4 2-22 to complete in their journal
while she conducted small In every classroom there are
group in the front of the going to be high- and low-
classroom. level learners. In this case,
there is no in between so a lot
Strengths: The student exceeded the expectations of times the high-level
and wrote more than was asked. She is a very learners lose interest in the
strong writer and used the correct punctuation as lesson. Today the student
well as capitalization. There were only a few showed interest in the lessons
misspellings throughout and were an easy fix. except for math. It was too
easy for her which is why I
Weaknesses: The student had a hard time getting believe she acted out by
started on her writing. She was unsure how to blurting. However, a lot of
start her journal. The teacher guided her by kids in the class needed this
brainstorming a few ideas with her. review because it was
beneficial to them,
MATH- REVIEW OF MONEY
 Today the teacher wanted to do
a review of money because not
all of the student’s had
completely grasped the concept.
She started with a game of
Around the World and then did
a worksheet with them. One the
completed together the other
was to be completed
individually. At the end, she
played a game where half the
class lined up on one side of the
room and then the other half of
the class lined up on another.
Whichever student added the
coins correctly first got to stay
and the other student went to the
back of the line.

Strengths: From the introductory lesson, the

student caught on very quickly in identifying the
different coins and their worth. Due to her
addition skills, she had no problem counting on
with the coins and adding up the total worth of the
coins.

Weaknesses: The student blurted answers

multiple times instead of letting other students try
to get the answer on their own. She was asked a
few times to stop and then she followed directions
afterwards. She was also pretty hyper during this
lesson.

T-3/1 L.A- READ A POEM AND ANALYZED IT

 Today in language arts the
teacher used the projector to
 show the students a poem.
Using the popsicle sticks, the
teacher would randomly select
students to read the poem out
loud. As a group, the teacher
talked about the meaning of the
Observation 5 poem and discussed it with the
class. Afterwards, the students
received their own poem and
used different colors to
highlight different vowel
patterns.
This student went to the
school counselor to help her
process her emotions in a
better way. She was given
cards that have different
strategies that will help her
calm down when she is
angry. When she gets mad or
frustrated, she cries. Looking
forward to seeing if the
strategies help her!

Strengths: This student correctly completed her

work and then went on to her finish her work
from small groups without disturbing others. She
was very on task today.
Weaknesses: When the students name did not get
picked from the popsicle stick jar, she completely
shut down and was trying to hide her tears even
after the teacher had multiple talks with her.
The teacher has posters in the
front of the classroom on the
board that give students tips
and tricks as to. how to tell
time. During the lesson I
noticed a few students
referencing it when they
needed help.

MATH- INTRODUCTION TO TIME

 Today the teacher introduced
time to the students. She used
her plastic clock to introduce
the hour hand and the minute
hand to the students. After
whole class instruction, a work
sheet was done together and
explained thoroughly.

Strengths: This student was somewhat familiar

with telling time and did very well with being able
to read the clocks. She was engaged throughout
the lesson.

Weaknesses: She got confused when she was told

a time and had to move the hands to the correct
places.

T-3/15 L.A- BIOGRAPHIES

 Today we learned about
biographies and their
importance. We watched a
video on what a biography is
and then we read one about Dr.
Seuss. The students answered
Observation 6 comprehension questions and
then made their very own
flipbook about the life of Dr.
Seuss.
The student showed. very
little interest in the math
lesson today but loved the
language arts lesson. I
believe she was not
engaged in the math lesson
because she already knows
 Strengths: Participated a lot during the lesson and and understands the
had many questions throughout. content. For her
specifically, the review was
Weaknesses: This student tends to work ahead on not necessary but for the
her work which sometimes leads to her rest of the class it was in
completely work incorrectly. During this lesson their best interest.
she ended up working ahead on her flipbook and
had to redo it since it was completed before we
could go over it.
For students who already
grasped the concept, I feel
MATH- REVISITED MONEY
should receive more
 Today we started the lesson off challenging work to grow
with a review of money and their brain and will be more
played “Around the World.” engaged throughout the
After baggies of coins were lesson.
passed out and the students
were given a certain amount of
money to make with the coins.
As a class we completed a
worksheet and discussed it.

Strengths: The student excelled in the game

“Around the World” and was able to add the value
of the coins up in her head very well. She also did
the worksheet correctly.

Weaknesses: She was very unengaged in this

lesson because she does well with this content.
She had an unhappy expression on her face
throughout the lesson and was not interested in
participating.

M-3/21 L.A- PHONICS/VOWEL TEAMS/ SILENT E

 Today a title teacher came into
the classroom and did a mini
lesson on vowel teams and
silent e’s in words. Afterwards
the students were given a list of
words as well as a chart and
they had to place it in the
correct column. The columns
were open, closed, and silent e.
Observation 7
The students were familiar with
this because they work on these
daily.
Strengths: After completing her work, the student
asked the teacher if she could help a classmate
(who is a low-level learner). She moved her seat
to his desk and did her best to explain how to
complete the worksheet and she also helped him
with placing a few words in the correct column.
Weaknesses: Today she was very emotional and
I think it was very beneficial
to allow the students to make
their own clocks so they can
physically move the hour
clock and minute clock. They
did so well with it and
understood the concept a lot
better. I will be turning
content into hands on
activities as much as possible
because it was very effective
for this class.
The teacher started using
popsicle sticks with the
children’s name on it to make
it more of a fair/random
selection when calling on
students.
did cry a few times during the day. The teacher Note to self: When calling
did call home to try and figure out if something is students’ parents, talk to the
going on. parent in a way that shows
you are on the same side as
them and want the best for
MATH- TELLING TIME their child instead of blaming
and pointing fingers. It is
 The lesson started off by the
much easier to come up with
students making their own
a solution!
clocks and writing minute/hour
hand on the hands of the clock.
They were able to decorate it
and then use it as the teacher
gave them specific times. After
the teacher used her own clock
and the students had to tell the
time as a class.

Strengths: This child exceeds expectations at

telling time. She also raised her hand to answer all
of the questions and was eager to share.

Weaknesses: The student blurted out the answer

on a few occasions and the teacher told her she
was no longer aloud to share her answers after
being warned a few times.