Child Observation/Get to Know You Log

Name: Bailey Doran

The purpose of the assessment log is to tune into the 2 students, so you can create appropriate learning experiences and
assessments that maximize their learning during the one-week segment for this course. This type of observation is key for
good teaching and learning and is important for all students. The log is an example of a running record. It has a specific
focus, with comments based on observation, so that a pattern of learning style, strengths and weaknesses can be seen for
curriculum planning. This type of information is needed for all children in a classroom, so that curriculum planning can be
tailored to individual needs. For observation: Chose the 2 contents you chose on using during your 5-day learning segment
for this course. Language Arts is a preferred content with one other content of your choice. See additional headings below to
understand how to create your log. Headings below must be used do not include the examples in your running log and
include only your log, not these instructions. You must observe the students once a week during the weeks you are in the
school. Days each week may vary. Ideally, chose the content you are going to teach for your learning segment. But other
contents may inform you as well as to the development and learning needs and style of that child. If because of COVID you
are teaching online, please complete the Alternative Ways you observed. (For additional guidance, refer to page 12-14 in
the resource; Guidance for developing and selecting quality assessments in the Elementary Classroom, RIDE)

Austintown Elementary School: Kindergarten

Observation/Get to Know You Log

Alternative Ways I Got to Know My 2 Students- Describe any ways you got to know your 2 students other than observations.

- Other than my observations, I was able to get to know my two students by engaging in conversation with
them about things outside of school (number of siblings, pets, favorite hobbies, favorite toys/games,
books, movies, places, etc.) I also shared this information about myself, so students had the opportunity
to get to know who I am and what my favorite things are. I also observed them during their playtime to see
how they behave socially, with their peers.

Child Day of the Content: Strengths/Weaknesses Additional Thoughts

Week Name the content area and state only what you observed (hear and i.e.: observed learning style,
with DATE see) S/E). You may now add some
(chose 1 or 2 personal interpretation here
days per week
depending on
days in the field

Observation 1
Child #1 Monday ELA: Focus on writing words and phrases beginning The student enjoys
1/23/23: with the “k” sound. contributing to class
Strengths: conversations and wants to
- He gave examples of words with this sound., learn more about the
which some were above his grade level. subject before moving on to
- He named students in the class who have this the next. Thinking above
sound appear in their name (aware of peers and and beyond.
the sounds in their names). - He was helper of
Weaknesses: the day today and
- The student did not display any weaknesses was very excited.
throughout this lesson.

ELA: Focus on writing words and phrases beginning She seems to zone out and
with the “k” sound. miss key information. She is
Strengths: a newer 5-year-old and
- She gave an example of a word with a “k” sound started Kindergarten early.
Child #2 Monday which was her pets name. She quietly sat and
1/23/23: She was also new to the
listened to the teacher and class give examples. school in November which
Weaknesses: puts her at a disadvantage
- She started playing with another student’s hair from her peers.
during instruction time on the carpet and was
whisper singing.
 Observation 2
Child #1 Thursday Math: students worked on building base 10 blocks to The student is very excited
1/26/23: equal 20. to get called on and
Strengths: sometimes forgets to raise
- He remained focused and eager to learn during his hand. He does this
the lesson. because he is excited to
- He raises hand and tries to answer every move onto the next thing
question/prompt the teacher says. and is very confident in his
Weaknesses: learning.
- He did not give other students a chance to answer
the question before shouting out the answer.

Math: students worked on building base 10 blocks to

equal 20.
Strengths: She was quiet and listened
- She listens during instruction and is quiet and with to instruction as well as her
the help of a peer, she was able to understand the peers.
Child #2 lesson.
Thursday
1/26/23: Weaknesses:
During instruction, it is hard to tell if she is paying attention
to teacher/peer examples or if she is zoning out. She tends
to look around the room during this time.

Observation 3
Child #1 Monday ELA: Haggerty: reviewing letters and their sounds, He enjoys learning and
1/30/23: segmenting tricky words. looks forward to
segmenting longer words
Strengths: than everyone else. He is
- During this lesson, he was very eager to get his very proud of his learning
own word to segment and asked for the “hardest and his accomplishments.
word ever” to try to break apart.
Weaknesses:
- He looks around the room and talks to peers
during instruction time (bored with instruction
because it is too easy??).

ELA: Haggerty: reviewing letters and their sounds,

segmenting tricky words.
Strengths:
- She can identify letters and their sounds when She was on task and was
shown a letter. She also did a good job of quiet during the times her
Child #2 Monday segmenting her word and even used her fingers to peers were speaking and
1/30/23: help her. (Utilizes resources). raised her hand to talk.

Observation 4
Child #1 Thursday Math: Simple Solutions math workbook- adding and When he finished his work,
2/2/23: counting he took out a dry erase
Strengths: board and began drawing
- He works ahead of the teacher and the class and pictures, waiting for the rest
 finished early with every answer correct. of the class to finish.
- When MT and I came around to check work, he
was very thrilled to have gotten a double star on
his paper (means student went above and beyond
on work)

Weaknesses:
- Did not display any weaknesses other than
behaviorally (poking at student next to him when
he was finished.

Math: Simple Solutions math workbook- adding and

counting
Strengths:
- Looks at other students’ workbooks at her table She does this during most
and copies their answers from the questions. lessons, typically when
Child #2 Thursday Tends to look to others to see what they are doing working on math and with
2/2/23: before she starts. numbers.

Observation 5
Child #1 Monday ELA: Haggerty block (segmenting phonemes in words)
2/6/23: Strengths: He is a very excited learner
- He gave great, beyond grade level examples of and is very engaged
rhyming words during Haggerty. He was eager to throughout the lesson when
share his ideas and asked questions (curious). it involves him. He becomes
Weaknesses: bored when he is not
- When it was not his turn to speak, he became off speaking/contributing to the
task and was spinning around on the carpet. He lesson.
began distracting other students around him.
- When segmenting his word, he did it very fast, so
the teacher was unable to hear every sound
(eager to get answers faster than everyone else)

ELA: Haggerty block (segmenting phonemes in words)

Strengths:
- Can correctly segment phonemes in words given.
- She remains quiet and respectful to others during
Monday the lesson.
Child #2
2/6/23: Weaknesses:
- No weaknesses were observed during this lesson.

Observation 6
Child #1 Thursday Math: Giving examples of circles and spheres (2D and During this lesson, the
2/9/23: 3D objects). student engaged in beyond
Strengths: age-appropriate
- The student understands the concept of spheres conversations with teacher
as 3D and circles as flat, 2D figures. and his peers.
- He understands the concept at a deeper level than
his peers and talks in great details with accurate
information. He asks questions to get clarity and
expands his knowledge beyond the curriculum.
Weaknesses:
- There were no weaknesses displayed in the
lesson.
 Math: Giving examples of circles and spheres (2D and
3D objects).
Strengths:
- Was quiet and respectful during the lesson. The student tends to zone
Thursday Weaknesses: out during whole group
2/9/23: - Was unable to identify circles and spheres, getting lessons and focuses on
Child #2 them confused with each other (said an orange is other students’ behaviors
a circle). and tendencies.

Observation 7
Child #1 Monday ELA: /S/ and /Z/ sounds and words that end with “S” He remains on task when
2/13/23: that sounds like “Z”. the lesson is concerning
Strengths: him (when he is
- He remained on target throughout the lesson as speaking/called on) but
he was able to correctly place words in the correct when his peers are
column /S/ and /Z/ sounds at the ending of words. answering questions, he
He understood the meaning of the assignment and talks or lays down looking
went above and beyond to talk about his own at objects around room.
examples of words that end in “S” that sound like a
“Z.”
Weaknesses:
- After the instructions were given, he crawled under
the table and was off task at first. He needed to be
redirected a couple times to start the assignment.

ELA: /S/ and /Z/ sounds and words that end with “S”
that sounds like “Z”.
Strengths:
Requires assistance with
- Displayed a respectful attitude during instruction
writing and with formation of
(sat quietly with pencil in hand)
letters. She tends to
Weaknesses:
struggle with this concept.
Monday - Writes letters backwards and too big to fit in
Child #2 designated lines on the paper.
2/13/23:

Observation 8
Child #1 Thursday Math: Shapes and their qualities (grouping) He gets very excited and
2/14/23: Strengths: prides himself on doing a
- The student was able to describe attributes of the good job/getting answers
different shapes and was also able to identify correct.
qualities of shapes that are like one another
(number of sides, corners) and thoroughly
understands what shapes 3D and what shapes are
2D.
Weaknesses:
- Was off task today and talked through instruction
time. Needed to be redirected multiple times. Lost
2 points on Classroom Dojo.

Math: Shapes and their qualities (grouping)

Strengths:
- Was able to identify some qualities of shapes and
understood which ones flat and which ones were She was proud of herself
Thursday 3D. when she got an answer
Child #2
2/14/23: Weaknesses:
 - Started to drift off task by talking and playing with correct.
other students’ hair. Needed to be redirected a
handful of times and lost a Dojo on Classroom
Dojo.

Observation 9
Child #1 Thursday Math: Math Centers (focus on patterns and adding) After losing a Classroom
2/23/23: Strengths: Dojo, he got back on task
- He did great with centers and works with peers and his behavior improved
cooperatively to play the centers games. for the remainder of the
Weaknesses: day.
- He gets bored and zones out throughout the
lesson. Was playing with his toy from play time
that he brought from home while the lesson was
going on. Lost a point on Classroom Dojo.

Math: Math Centers (focus on patterns and adding)

Strengths:
- She plays well with other students, and they help
Thursday her when she needs it.
2/23/23: - Displayed a positive attitude and was respectful
during instruction time.
Weaknesses:
- At the beginning of the centers, the student was
throwing game pieces at another student and lost
a Classroom Dojo.

Observation 10
Child #1 Monday ELA: Haggerty block (letter sounds and segmenting He is very proud of himself
2/27/23: phonemes in words) for all his accomplishments
Strengths: and looks forward to
- The student was able to successfully segment a sharing his ideas with the
challenging word (“stretching”) with no problems. teacher and his peers.
He asks for harder words and is always up for a
challenge.
Weaknesses:
- No weaknesses were demonstrated.

ELA: Haggerty block (letter sounds and segmenting

phonemes in words)
Strengths: She sat quietly on the
Monday - The student demonstrated good segmenting skills carpet and was respectful
Child #2 while her peers were
2/27/23: and used her fingers to help her break apart the
sounds in the word given to her. talking.
Weaknesses:
- After this lesson was over, the students returned to
their seat to complete a worksheet where the
student began scribbling all over.

Observation 11
Child #1
Thursday Math: Simple Solutions workbook with a focus on
3/2/23: adding/subtracting
Strengths:
- Works ahead while doing Simple Solutions and
talks about real examples of each problem in the
 workbook.
Weaknesses:
- No weaknesses were displayed during this lesson.

Math: Simple Solutions workbook with a focus on

adding/subtracting
Strengths:
Child #2 - Even though her numbers were backwards, she
Thursday had the correct number and was able to verbally When I walked around, I
3/2/23: give the answers to some of the problems. noticed she was drawing on
Weaknesses: her Simple Solutions book
- During time working in the Simple Solutions book, while MT was giving
she wrote her numbers backwards and did not instructions/ doing the
correct them after being told to do so by teacher. problems with the students.
She needed to be
redirected a couple times
but did well when I stood by
her giving her extra
assistance.

Observation 12
Child #1 Monday ELA: Reading focus (Amplify Kit stories) When the student finished
3/13/23: Strengths: his morning work, he asked
- Read the story out loud to his peers at his table a student who sits next to
and finished all the stories in the book before him (who was also done) if
morning work was over (he also finished his they wanted to read their
morning work early) book together. Both
Weaknesses: students finished the book
- No weaknesses were observed during this lesson. and were talking about it.

ELA: Reading focus (Amplify Kit stories) She was on task and
Strengths: listened quietly to her peers
- Her peers read her the story and she was able to read the story and was able
Child #2 Monday
answer questions I asked her correctly when I sat to demonstrate
3/13/23:
at their table. She is comprehending, she is just comprehension of certain
unable to read. aspects within the text.
Weaknesses:
- The student is unable to read at grade level and
struggles with unfamiliar words.

Observation 13
Child #1 Thursday Math: St. Patrick’s Day addition equations with pots of He remained on task during
3/16/23: gold and coins manipulatives (individual lesson) instructions but became
Strengths: bored when students were
- Student was playing the game correctly and was transitioning to the stations
able to sit quietly during instruction time. because he did not get
picked for the St. Patrick’s
Weaknesses: Day station first but
- After instructions, the student displayed knowledge eventually rotated there.
of understanding the assignment but was very off
task and needed to be redirected multiple times.

Math: St. Patrick’s Day addition equations with pots of Does not understand the
gold and coins manipulatives (individual lesson) concept of numbers being
Strengths:
 Thursday - The student played the game with a peer and larger/smaller than other
Child #2 3/16/23: understood the concept of adding more to a numbers.
number.
Weaknesses:
- During this lesson, the student demonstrated she
was unable to focus and began coloring The student needed
(scribbling) all over the paper. redirected a number of
times.

Observation 14
Child #1 Monday ELA: Haggerty lesson- introducing “Th” sound. He is always willing to help
3/20/23: Strengths: his peers and is kind
- Gave examples of student’s names with “th” towards them if they are
sound in them. Also discussed real examples and struggling.
is very aware of this sound. He listed examples of
this sound in the beginning and ends of words.
Weaknesses:
- No weaknesses were observed during this lesson.

ELA: Haggerty lesson- introducing “Th” sound.

Strengths:
- The student was able to name a word with the “th” The word the student
Child #2 Monday thought of was a nonsense
sound at the beginning.
3/20/23: word, but she still
Weaknesses:
- Could not think of a real word starting with “Th.” understood what was being
asked.