McMinn County Planning Information Record For Observation

Teacher Name: Ms. Gloria Blair  

Date: 2012-2013

Grade Level:  2nd Grade  

Subject:  Reading, Math, English, Spelling, Science, and Social Studies    

Goals:

Aligned to State Standards

To teach each student to the best of my ability.

Objectives:

Posted

To introduce my students to a magical place called learning in the classroom.

Materials:

kindness, caring, enthusiastiasm, creativity, and patience

Key Vocabulary:

Academic and Other

responsibility, curiosity, intelligent, critical thinker, problem solver

Introduction:

Bell Ringer

Daily focus, give the students a word ladder and have them to complete it.  

Development:  (I do)

Modeling/Explanation/Demonstration Link to

Previous learning

Link to other disciplines

I motivate my students and model a good attitude because my wisdom is knowing what to do next.  I teach a lesson for a day and I create curiosity for the students to learn the lesson being taught.  The only way that I can get a student to do something is by convincing that student that they want to, need to, can do, and must do it.

Practice:  (We do)

Guided Monitored Activity

We can be successful by working together as a team.

Independent Practice:   (You do)

Assignments to monitor progress

Higher order thinking priority

You can do anything that you put your mind to.

Accommodations:

Differentiated Instruction

Everyone is a unique individual and can learn via the different modalities - visual, auditory, kinesthetic - or a combination thereof.

Checks for Understanding:

Aligned assessment/feedback

Measurable in 3 ways

Student reflection of learning

"The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires." William Author Ward

Closure:

Wrapping up/Ticket Out

To be the best that you can be by reaching for the moon and grabbing a few stars along the way.