Site Visit Notes

Student Name: Courtney Roof

Date/Site Visit Number: 12/4, 3

School: Farmer Elementary

Grade Level/Subject: 2nd, Reading

Using the space provided below, briefly summarize todays classroom experience.
Reading, writing, and oral communication
Identify the Illinois
Professional Teaching
Standard(s) targeted in
todays experience.

Identify the activities that

occurred today, which
addressed the teaching
standards identified above.
Then describe what you
learned.

Describe the impact of the

performance activities on
student learning.

-Before reading the book, students looked at the cover that had a
shell and discussed where theyve seen shells before
-the before activity was drawing a web-circle of the word shells
-Children silently read until teacher asked them to read outloud.

-Talking about the title and picture on the cover helps students infer
what the book will be about
-When the teacher asks whats most important from the page that
makes the students think about the significant details that stuck out
to them

Describe any additional

activities of significance that
occurred today.

-Teacher went around the reading table asking each student what the
author wanted them to remember about the different shell creatures
-other children were finishing their writing and drawing pictures to
go with their work

General comments and

observations including at
least one emerging question.

-I wondered why the teacher had one student read out loud while
others were reading their own pace silently
Question: Will the students reading aloud to the teacher distract the
students that are reading silently?