Walk-through Name Template

Bowers, Brian on 09/01/2016 PK-6 Pocahontas Area Elementary Building

Board Name School Name
AEA 8 - Pocahontas Area 16-17 Pocahontas Area Elementary School
Observer Subject
Aaron Davidson Brian Bowers
Start Date End Date
Thu Sep 01 2016 09:30 AM Thu Sep 01 2016 09:33 AM

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1. Visual Displays
Learning Objectives/Goals Posted
Essential Questions/Big Ideas Posted
Vocab. Words posted
Standards/Benchmarks Posted
Other Observations:
Weekly/Daily Lesson Plans Posted
Classroom/Team Rules & Expectations Posted
Room Reflects Curriculum Taught
Positive Stimulating Environment
2. Teacher Instruction
Connect to S/B/ICC
Statement of Objective/Purpose
Statement of relevance of learning
Connection to Prior Knowledge
Explicit summary and closure
Connect S/B/ICC
3. Instructional Delivery
Lecture
Teacher-led discussion
Student-led discussion
Small-group work
Individual work-Independent practice/homework
4. Student Awareness of Learning Goals
Big Idea/Essential Question
Factual Knowledge
Skill Development
Activity/Assignment/Product
5. Student Engagement 90% or more

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1. Fluency Instr Strategies
Fluency Choral Read
Fluency Read Fav Part
Fluency Partner Read
Fluency Whisper Read
Fluency Echo Read
Fluency 6 Min
2. Vocab Instr Strategies
Vocab Ques/Reasons/Examples
Vocab Making Choices
Vocab Word Assoc
Vocab Have You Ever?
Vocab ApplauseApplause
Vocab Idea Completion
Vocab Word Lines
Vocab Record Words
Vocab Student Word Use
Vocab Word Wizard
Vocab Post and Tally
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3. Comprehension Instr Strategies
Comprehen Schema/Connections
Comprehen Quest/Answer/Relationship
Comprehen Determ Importance
Comprehen Visual
Comprehen Inferring
Comprehen Synthesize
4. Miscellaneous Instr Strategies
Phonemic Aware Strategies
Phonemic Strategies
Diff Content
Diff Process
Diff Product/Assessment
Leveled Text
Discussion
Writing to Learn
Technology as Tool
HO Quest/Activities
Gr Organizers
Id similarities/differences

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1. Assessment/Learning
Evidence of informal check for understanding
Evidence of learning criteria rubric used as
Evidence of student self-assessment leading to improvement
2. Problem Solving
Use Manipulatives
Make pictures or diagrams
Use or make a table
Make an organized list
Guess, check and revise
Look for a pattern
Work backwards
Use logical reasoning
Make it simpler
Brainstorm
3. Communicating Mathematics
Read It Draw It Solve It
4. Providing Reasoning and Proof
5. Computation Practice

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1. Science
Science Vocabulary
Teaching for Conceptual Knowledge
Inquiry based learning
Use of Scientific Method
Problem Solving
Sharing/Review
2. Social Studies
Social Studies Vocab
Teaching for Concept. Know.
Hands-on Activities
Integration of reading strategies
Citizenship
History
Economics
Geography
Map Skills
Reference Skills
3. SpEd Integration/Co-teaching
Collaborative Teaching
Working w/small group
Circulating/documenting data
Working w/one student