Teacher: Jessica Buckle  Date:​ 2.15.18 

Subject: Gov’t  Observation:​ #2 

Objective: (written on board)  Agenda: See objective 

Students will be able to describe   
 
 

Misc/HW:   Next Observation 

 
 
Time  Teacher  Students  Comments 
Bell  Teacher greeting students at  Students began working on the   
  the door by name and  warm-up.   
  reminded students about IDs.     
  Teacher was pleasant and  Some students walked in late,   
 
welcomed students to class.    signed the tardy sheet and   
7:59 
Students guided to complete  quietly got to their seat.     
 
  bellwork. Students were     
  given 5 minutes.  Students were on task; noted   
    that some had headphones in.   
  After 5 minutes, students     
8:01  were asked to share their  Students shared with partner,   
  ideas with a partner and  though some did not   
  explain their perspective.  participate.  Instead of asking yes or no, 
 
    give students more clear 
 
Teacher called on students to  2 students shared responses  direction or open-ended 
 
  share their responses. When    questions. 
  students were working,     
  teacher was walking around     
8:02  and prompted students who     
  were not sharing, “Thomas,  Students listened quietly and  Lunchtime discussion was 
  are you sharing?”  respectfully  mentioned - would students 
      maybe feel more comfortable 
 
Teacher talked for about 3    talking to each other in class 
 
minutes about the importance    regarding their feelings about 
 
8:05  of sharing concerning social    the events? 
  media posts and used this as a     
  teachable moment regarding  Students immediately logged in   
  yesterday’s school shooting  to quizizz and once asked   
    completed the quiz.   
       
  Students were directed to  I asked a student what the   
8:08 
quizizz as a review of  purpose of the quizizz was, and  Students overall had a high 
 
concepts.    she stated it was to help review  percentage - does this 
 
    and prepare for questions on  percentage usually translate 
  Once quiz was completed,  the unit tests, and that these  into the grades on unit tests? 
  students were asked to get  same questions would appear  What is the format of the unit 
  colored pencils for the next  on the test.  tests? 
  task.     
8:10       
    3 students contributed answers   
 
  reviewing past learnings   
 
     
 
  Teacher begane lecture and  One student answered for the  I couldn't really hear what the 
  asked questions about  definition of relevant.  student said, perhaps ask 
  previous learning.      another student to clarify or 
  Sketch notes were explained.    repeat what that student said 
 
She used the word relevent    to ensure that everyone heard 
 
and then asked students what    and understood.   
8:12 
  “relevant” meant.    Students opened Chromebooks   
    and took various times to log-in   
       
      Tone with student’s phone was 
  Students were directed to    polite and quiet - moved on 
  open Peardeck for notes.    quickly and ensured no 
  Teacher walked around and    argument from student. 
 
helped students log-in.     
 
     
 
8:15  Teacher noticed phone out,     
  and stated, “Rudy, phone  Students wrote notes and also   
  away or it’s mine, thank you”  added drawings or wrote notes   
    in color. Students would   
  Students took structured  respond to teacher prompts   
  “Sketch” notes as guided by  (with one-two word responses)   
8:20  lecture and peardeck lecture     
 
notes (on projector and their  Some students were still   
 
Chromebooks)  finishing the previous notes, but   
 
    they all stopped to answer the   
  In peardeck, a question was  question.     
  asked and students were     
  guided to answer that    Feedback given on responses 
  question into Peardeck    was given, but was rather 
      minimal - could have expanded 
      feedback to offer thoughts on 
 
Student responses were    the “whys’ of their answers, or 
 
shared (anonymously) and    allowed students to expand 
 
8:24  teacher gave feedback on  Students took notes quietly.  verbally and discuss responses 
  response “Well written,”    read by other students. 
  “Good answer.”     
      Based on student work, it’s 
  Teacher continued the lecture    clear procedures and 
  and expected students to take    expectations were reviewed 
  notes    thoroughly and understood. 
 
     
8:29 
     
 
       
       
       
8:32  Teacher reminded students  Students answered the question   
 
that between the front and  and then shared with a partner   
 
back, students should have 5     
 
  relevant pictures.     
       
8:36  A second question was asked     
  of students on peardeck.    Students watched the video,   
  Teacher again read over  some were taking notes, some   
  answers and gave feedback  were talking to each other   
       
 
Teacher showed video on     
 
Branches (song based on  Students quietly wrote   
8:39 
  Bruno Mars song)     
    Students shared with each   
    other, and they clarified facts   
    with each other.     
  After the video, students were   
  directed to type a response   
  about the 1-2 most important   
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things written down about   
 
each branch and facts they   
 
  got from the video.   
     
     
  Teacher reviewed notes that   
  students wrote and reminded   
  students that they could add   
  ideas to their own notes as   
8:44 
she reviewed them. Teacher   
 
mainly read through each   
 
  response.   
     
  Students were asked to put   
  away notes (they were told  There was an opportunity here 
8:46  they would finish tomorrow)  to have students share their 
  and to get out exit ticket. (this  reposnes with a partner first, 
  was part of the week’s notes)  then calling on students, thus 
 
  ensuring students were given 
 
opportunities to speak to one 
 
   Students were called on and  another and practice academic 
  asked to share  langauge. Also, it is 
    recommended that you require 
    students to answer in complete 
 
  sentences, “I would use today’s 
 
  lesson…” 
 
8:48     
  Lesson was timed well and 
  instructional time used 
  effectively. 
   
   
Teacher called on a few 
students to hold up exit ticket 
to ensure it was complete 
(others she had walked 
around and checked) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commendations  ● Clear expectations of classroom procedures 
● Respectful environment (students got into groups quickly) and were 
respectful to group members 
● Teacher dealt with student behavior issues respectfully and 
appropriately. 
● Time was used efficiently in class 
● Teacher reflected on the lesson and the use of sketch notes based on 
student feedback and use for studying; her use of strategies and tools 
in the lesson were purposeful and thoughtful.  
● In discussion, teacher noted that her use of quizizz to review key 
concepts daily improved test scores this semester. This was something 
she gathered from CUE. 
● Classroom time was tightly used and transitions were clean and easy. 
● In reflection she noted previous feedback given from Hollon and 
Garcia from observations and put those into practice. 
● Teacher greets students at the door everyday, and has made a decision 
to be positive with each class so students have a positive interaction 
each day with at least one adult. 
 
 Recommendations  ● Continued observation of colleague classrooms and participation in 
walk-throughs to inform her teaching practice 
● Communicate with administration on activities with school-wide 
impact so all parties are informed 
● Find ways to give students more opportunities to communicate so that 
they can practice their answers but also ensure all students have 
understanding. 
● Continue to gather feedback from students to inform planning and 
ensure activities and tasks in class are purposeful. 

Next Steps  Jessica ways to continue her growth as an educator. She plans to continue 
finding new ways to improve instruction and work with colleagues. She wants 
to continue to work with technology to remain relevant to students. She 
enjoys observations and getting feedback and plans on continuing to observe 
other teacher or have other teacher observe her to improve and inform 
decisions on her practice.