Name: Casey Creamer

Date of Observation: Thursday, June 24th

Setting: Cheer practice
ho you observed: The cheer!eaders
Chi!dren"s age range: #$4
FIELD NOTES
%& Describe the content of the !esson that you observed&
Stunt practice& Students 'ere !earning ho' to do barre! ro!!s in their student
groups& There 'ere 4 students to a stunt group spread out on the mat&
2& Describe the instructiona! strategy or strategies (e& g&, cooperative
!earning, peer tutoring, thin) a!ouds* that 'ere uti!i+ed in the teaching of
those concepts&
, 'ou!d say peer tutoring because one of the stunt groups they have this s)i!!
mastered demonstrated for the rest& hen the groups began to !earn , 'ou!d
say thin) a!ouds 'ere used because they had to say 'hat 'as happening in
order to master the s)i!!&
-& .!ease describe if and ho' the teacher uti!i+ed the fo!!o'ing during the
!esson: mode!s, the arts, and techno!ogy&
/ode!s 'ere used to demonstrate the s)i!!& Though cheer!eading is more so
considered a sport than an art , thin) it can be p!aced in the category as 'e!!
because it re0uires thin)ing di1erent!y and dance&
4& Describe the assessment strategies that the teacher used to assess the
content )no'!edge of the student& These assessments might be formative or
summative&
Once the students seemed !i)e they 'ere mastering barre! ro!!s the instructor
'ou!d !et the groups demonstrate to sho' in they mastered it tru!y&
Ta)e notes on student engagement& .ic) severa! students to !oo) at over the
course of the !esson&
Student %: This student is very ta!ented but !oves to p!ay around& She 'ou!d
often get into !aughing 2ts 'hen it 'as time to be serious due to the face the
stunting can be dangerous& She 'ou!d often straighten up 'hen she got in
troub!e but soon after be goo2ng of again&
Student 2: This student had never done this s)i!! before and , cou!d te!! she
'as very concentrated to master it& She a!'ays 'atched the other groups go
and had the !oo) of determination on her face during her groups turn&
Student -: This student is not the strongest and began to comp!ain about her
arms hurting& 3fter the instructor gave her a pep ta!) it rea!!y seemed to
a1ect her and she suc)ed up the pain and though , cou!d te!! her arms 'ere
sore she )ept giving her a!!&
Student 4: This student mastered this s)i!! !ong ago and 'as very bored& This
resu!ted in her p!aying around and distracting others&