Deborah Schaffer

What will you do the same and what will you do differently if you do this lesson again?
I know one thing I would probably do differently. I don’t think we did a great job of giving a clear model of what a timeline looked like. This was the first day they saw the student model of the timeline.
I know they had studied George Washington. Maybe I would have done it with them. They know about him, so they could have helped the timeline.


Do you have any questions you’d like to ask me?
Did you see anything that we could improve on?
I didn’t have any suggestions to improve the lesson.
Since the teachers were free for a longer period of time, we discussed ideas for follow-up activities. I shared with them some of the ideas that Dana and I had discussed. She said it was fine for me to share her observation with them.


Feedback from the teacher to observer
What did I do that was useful for you, and was there anything I did that got in the way of your learning or thinking?
The teachers indicated that the support and ideas provided during our discussion were beneficial to them.


PRE-OBSERVATION FORM


Teacher: Kamae Sandgren and Cathy Snider (Mainstream 2^nd with ESL teacher)
Observation Date/Time: No. of students:
Grade and ELP level/s: 2^nd 1^st grade ELLs join them for Social Studies Subject: Social Studies

The teachers chose to send the following info rather than complete the observation form.

Big Idea: Sudents will distinguish between the use of barter and money and the exchange of goods and services.
Note: This is an objective
Content Objective: I will sort pictures of goods and services.

Language Objective: I will discuss goods and services sort with my group. I will write what I learned about goods and services in my learning log.

Key Vocabulary: goods, services, item, product, activity

Lesson: Review goods and services using picture/word cards. We will introduce sorting activity by modeling. We will use the power point pictures from the previous day to model the sort. Students will be given a sentence structure to use orally in their numbered heads together groups. After the sort, students will work in their groups to discuss and write what they learned about goods and services in their learnging logs. We will call a number and students will report back to the class.