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Issa Acosta

May 8th 2020

Edu 202

Connie Christensen

Field Observation Adaptation Assignment

Part A. Classroom Video Questions. (6 pts each video)

Name of the Video: Whole brain teaching High School math

URL of the video watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6WJdsb0dfM

Grade level : Highschool Math

Answer the following questions using information from the video listed provided. Answer
all questions in complete sentences, in essay format. Provide examples from the video for
each of the questions below.

1. Describe the student make-up of the class, gender, ethnicity, ELL, students with special
needs.
The class seemed like a majority of caucasian students with some diverse of african american
and latino students , majority were caucasian.
2. Describe the design/arrangement of the classroom. (Create a diagram.)
The classroom had tables and they were clear from anything on them. The board was already
organized with concepts of the new lesson plan the teacher was going to teach. There were
cubbies where work is turned in, in an organized manner. The class was facing forward while the
teacher and her computer were in front of the classroom.
3. Explain the tools including technology the teacher uses during the teach demonstration.
The teacher used good ol paper and whiteboard. She had a projector to use, and a computer but
for this lesson she didn't need it. She did just fine without it.

4. Is instruction delivered in small groups, centers, whole groups, individually, or a combination

of instruction formats? Explain. This instruction strategy was for the whole class, and for a quick
minute in small groups of two.

5. Describe the teacher’s teaching style. Give examples. She definitely had an authoritarian style
to her teaching but it was done very well. She also had a demonstrator style, she demonstrated
and then let them talk amongst each other real quick to teach each other what they just learned.

6. How does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities (learning styles)? Give examples.
She was catering to all of the learning styles students have. She verbally instructed them for the
auditory learners. She repeated and wanted them to recall information. She also used the images
of a slope, and images of a stick figure walking forward up or down or undefined of a stick
figure. Tactile learners can learn by doing the movements the teacher was acting out same goes
to the kinesthetic learners.

7. Explain all the ways the students are engaged in the lesson with examples from the class.
Students were engaged by participating in what she was doing and they would repeat what she
would say when she instructed them to act as the instructor to their peers. She would give the
class a good point and as a class be excited or as a class act disappointed if it was a bad point.
She had the class focused and excited to be learning.
8. How does the teacher handle transitions from activity to activity? Explain in detail.
She was nice and loud and instructed the students to look at the board or to move their hands.
She had them almost in the palm of her hand, controlled. When she talks they listen.
9. What strategies does the teacher use to maintain students’ attention and focus during the
lesson? Provide examples. She uses many strategies such as points, such as do what I do, repeat
after me. She draws, has them move their hands, has them participate as a class, and has them
teach each other. The kids know it's silly, but they also know its genius.

10. Summarize the teacher’s expectations for student learning and success with examples from
the lesson. The teacher wants their students to be participating at an 100% effort level. She
praises them and gives them a point when they are doing good. Also takes off a point when they
didn’t give the maximum amount of effort. Meaning, some effort is not all good effort, it has to
be 100%. She wants all of them to teach each other, and participate and act out everything she
instructs.

11. Evaluate the interactions between teacher and students, rapport, cohesiveness, distribution of
power, teacher personality. Provide examples for each. The teacher knows that her job is to
teach and wants to teach as good and effectively as possible. She knows her students will
participate and they should since she's doing a very good job at teaching. She has the power, but
also lends some power to them to showcase what they learn to their peers. The blend of fun with
education , she mentions stick figures and walking and falling but all for the sake of education
and for the lesson to be as effective as possible.
Secondary Education Field Observation Adaptations
Based on the number of hours of observation completed, students
will complete all are part of the assignments listed below:

Part A. Classroom Video Questions. (6 pts each video)

Name of the Video: ​High School Social Studies

URL of the video watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDdv3JXJ2nU

Grade level ​High School Social Studies 

1. Describe the student make-up of the class, gender,

ethnicity, ELL, students with special needs. The students in the class are
From all ethnicities, african american , latino and caucasian.

2. Describe the design/arrangement of the classroom. (Create a

diagram.)The students are facing forward in the room while the teacher is in the
Front of the classroom. With about two computers in the back of the room. The
Students are in rows. There are posters all throughout the classroom.

3. Explain the tools including technology the teacher uses

during the teach demonstration.The teacher has a chalkboard and a projector.

4. Is instruction delivered in small groups, centers, whole

groups, individually, or a combination of instruction formats?
Explain. The instruction is given as a whole. There is nothing wrong with that
She is doing a good job with a good lesson.

5. Describe the teacher’s teaching style. Give examples.

She is teaching in an authority type of style. Making sure she gives clear
Instructions. Also has them work and write their own beliefs,
She is a facilitator making them come up with their own thoughts and ideas.
6. How does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities
(learning styles)? Give examples. She caters to kinesthetic learners, by having them work
Through it and write down their knowledge. She writes down on the board terms, this is helpf-
Full to visual learners. She's also using her voice for auditory learners.

7. Explain all the ways the students are engaged in the lesson
with examples from the class.
The students are engaged by being quiet and participating. They give a thumbs up and down,
When teachers ask if they understand. She makes sure they are engaged by asking the questions
She asks questions even if they are simple like “what's destiny?” Making them engaged.
She uses regular terms, like mcdonalds, nfl, for the students to relate.

8. How does the teacher handle transitions from activity to

activity? Explain in detail.
She says the words “show me” to engage or have them move forward with
The lesson. She also says “read along” She says “I'm going to ask you to get out of your
Desk please”

9. What strategies does the teacher use maintain students’

attention and focus during the lesson? Provide examples.
She uses her voice nice and loud. She uses words like “read along”,
“Thumbs up or down” she makes sure they are participating.

10. Summarize the teacher’s expectations for student learning

and success with examples from the lesson.The teacher expects them
To participate and use their knowledge and back up their knowledge.

11. Evaluate the interactions between teacher and students,

rapport, cohesiveness, distribution of power, teacher
personality. Provide examples for each.
The teacher is asking them questions, seeing how smart they are and where she can
Take them. She holds the power because she knows more than the students know. They
Know that. The teacher personality is pretty demanding, but that is good because she
Expects that the students are bright enough to keep pushing themselves. She holds
Them to a highs standard.
Part A. Classroom Video Questions. (6 pts each video)
Name of the Video:12th grade Ela
URL of the video watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KWX452cEvk
Grade level : 12 grade ela

Answer the following questions using information from the video

listed provided. Answer all questions in complete sentences, in
essay format. Provide examples from the video for each of the
questions below.

1. Describe the student make-up of the class, gender,

ethnicity, ELL, students with special needs.
The majority or vast of students were african american,
I saw a couple hispanic and caucasian students.

2. Describe the design/arrangement of the classroom. (Create a

diagram.)All the students were facing forward in their desk in rows.
The teacher and desk were in the front of the classroom. The smart board
was also in front of the classroom.

3. Explain the tools including technology the teacher uses

during the teacher demonstration.
The teacher uses a smartboard, she uses the smart marker to write down
And highlight terms and circle sentences. The students see that and canlear
Better and take notes.

4. Is instruction delivered in small groups, centers, whole

groups, individually, or a combination of instruction formats?
Explain. The instruction is taught as a whole class. The teacher is
Teaching and seeing if the kids are engaged having them answer questions.
5. Describe the teacher’s teaching style. Give examples.
The teacher had a mixture of authority style by teaching in front of the
classroom,And teaching the material. She also had a bit of facilitator styl
Them for examples and “vibing” of what they are giving as examples.

6. How does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities

(learning styles)? Give examples. She was showing the assignment on the
Whiteboard and writing and circling things,for the visual learners.
The Kinesthetic learners were also getting their share in taking notes.
The auditory learner was learning a lot too, from the teacher and students
Talking and communicating.

7. Explain all the ways the students are engaged in the lesson
with examples from the class. The students are engaged by giving their
Examples they can personally think of, wanting them to share their examples
To the class. They are participating and being quiet and using their brain
To why they chose the answer they chose.

8. How does the teacher handle transitions from activity to

activity? Explain in detail.She went around the classroom to let them brain
Storm, and after helping students brainstorm. She wants the class attention
And they start working as a class to come together and work on the lecture
Instruction learning time.

9. What strategies does the teacher use maintain students’

attention and focus during the lesson? Provide examples.
She lets them brainstorm together, then soon after, lets them share their
Ideas to the class. Their engaged and focus by sharing their examples and
Waiting their turn to share. She asked them questions and they answer and
Want to answer.

10. Summarize the teacher’s expectations for student learning

and success with examples from the lesson. She expects them to come up with
Their own ideas, and brainstorm. She does a great job keeping them engaged
She has them participate and share their own thoughts and why they chose
What they chose.

11. Evaluate the interactions between teacher and students,

rapport, cohesiveness, distribution of power, teacher
personality. Provide examples for each.
The teacher lets them have their own time by brainstorming,not always
Demanding classroom attention. She then proceeds to teach as a whole
And has students participate. She asks them questions and they answer.
She is friendly and gives good comments and agrees they made a good choice.
She's smart and wants to give as much knowledge as she can to her students.
Part A. Classroom Video Questions. (6 pts each video)

Name of the Video: 11 grade reading

URL of the video watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8t3axJytqI

Grade level : 11 reading

Answer the following questions using information from the video listed provided. Answer
all questions in complete sentences, in essay format. Provide examples from the video for
each of the questions below.

1. Describe the student make-up of the class, gender, ethnicity, ELL, students with special
needs.
The majority of kids are caucasian girls and boys, a couple african american students to get
specific. I saw one asian student.

2. Describe the design/arrangement of the classroom. (Create a diagram.)

The classroom is about 30 students facing forward to the teacher and front board. There is a
chalkboard and a projector. The room looks pretty clean. When they get in groups, they turn
their desk facing each other and work together.

3. Explain the tools including technology the teacher uses during the teach demonstration.
The teacher uses the projector/and laptop. Chalkboard to write down terms and words about the
lesson plans.

4. Is instruction delivered in small groups, centers, whole groups, individually, or a combination

of instruction formats? Explain.The classroom is taught as a whole with students facing
forwards, as an assignment is given, they are also working in groups of 5-9 and they turn their
desk to work together. She teaches, and asks the students questions to get and give feedback.
5. Describe the teacher’s teaching style. Give examples.
Her teaching style is the delegator and facilitator, she wants to necessitate group work. Feedback
from their own peers, and wants them to collaborate. She wants to encourage a classroom where
the students are peer to teaching learning, rather than simply have the answers given to them.
When they work in groups she moves around and actively interacts with individual groups.
She has a little bit of authority style , but not much . She is more a delegator and a facilitator to
her classroom.
6. How does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities (learning styles)? Give examples.
She has slide shows and has words written on the board for the visual learners, She also talks
and lectures for the auditory students and listens to what she has to say. She lets them write on
their own and that is important for the kinesthetic learner.
7. Explain all the ways the students are engaged in the lesson with examples from the class.
The students are engaged as the teacher lectures and teaches the classroom and asks the students
questions. The students raised their hands and she called on students.
8. How does the teacher handle transitions from activity to activity? Explain in detail.
She mentions what step one was all about, now she wants them to move into their groups for step
two. Choose 3 of the words they decided from step one , 3 they think as a group are most
important. She has a powerpoint to help her transition. What does the author want them to learn
about the subjects, which then they discover its “themes.’’

9. What strategies does the teacher use to maintain students’ attention and focus during the
lesson? Provide examples. She makes them write words in the box. She asks the classroom what
some words are, like “what is context?” and she wants them to understand and elaborate on what.
She gives everyone a chance to answer the questions she's asking the classroom. She also lets
them finish the sentence of what she will finish saying. She's asking a student to write words on
the bord, making students pay attention to the mystery box and stay engaged in the lesson.

10. Summarize the teacher’s expectations for student learning and success with examples from
the lesson. She expects the students to sit and be quiet and participate. She asks them questions
and she expects them to answer the questions. Now that the questions she asks are getting more
complex she expects them to answer those complex questions in groups and write them down.

11. Evaluate the interactions between teacher and students, rapport, cohesiveness, distribution of
power, teacher personality. Provide examples for each.
The students are respectful and participate with the teacher. The teacher is also focused on the
lesson plan and respectful to her students. She is bubbly and bright and on top of it. She wants
her students to work hard and see if they can answer the questions she has asked them to work
on. She is letting them work in groups and eventually share as a class what they come up with.
She gives all her students a chance to share their work to the class, and gives them a good job or
positive feedback.

Part A. Classroom Video Questions. (6 pts each video)

Name of the Video: classroom management (secondary)

URL of the video watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvZyE02EZ8U

Grade level 8th and 10th grade science

Answer the following questions using information from the video listed provided. Answer all questions in
complete sentences, in essay format. Provide examples from the video for each of the questions below.

1. Describe the student make-up of the class, gender, ethnicity, ELL, students with special needs.
I would say the makeup of the class is about 15 kids, and with mixed genders and mixed ethnicities all throughout. I
Don't see or can’t tell if there are ELL students but I don't think that is the case.

2. Describe the design/arrangement of the classroom. (Create a diagram.)

The classroom looks like a lab, with tables that have a faucet and sink.

3. Explain the tools including technology the teacher uses during the teach demonstration.
I see a white board that is pretty useful

4. Is instruction delivered in small groups, centers, whole groups, individually, or a combination of instruction
formats? Explain.
She seemed pretty centered on the classroom and teaching directly to the kids, with moving about when they were
working on materials.

5. Describe the teacher’s teaching style. Give examples.

I think the teachers teaching style was more direct, and gave the students instructions directly. What they were doing
or going to do.

6. How does the teacher incorporate the sensory modalities (learning styles)? Give examples.
She uses the white board for visual learners and hand gestures, she clearly instructions for the auditory learners. For
the tactile learner she makes them write notes, because the white board has notes. She also works and moves
around for the kinesthetic learners making sure they work and moves the pen and paper.

7. Explain all the ways the students are engaged in the lesson with examples from the class.
Kids are engaged by doing their work, looking at their work etc, they are making eye contact and being quiet while
the teacher is talking.
8. How does the teacher handle transitions from activity to activity? Explain in detail. She instructs them to get with
partners then after that she instructs them what they are going to do next. She says with structure routines they can
flow easier and smoother.

9. What strategies does the teacher use to maintain students’ attention and focus during the lesson? Provide
examples. She gives direction in order by pointing to her finger first with partners etc. In the beginning of the year
she mentions that she went over the rules of the classroom, what's acceptable and what's not acceptable. She
mentions if you stick to routines, structures and boundaries. She says teaching involves managing all of your
students while delivering your subject matter.

10. Summarize the teacher’s expectations for student learning and success with examples from the lesson.
She believes to be firm and fair, she doesn't have favorite students. She creates and outlines the beginning of the
year the dos and don'ts of the classroom. You can create a great learning environment with an engaging lesson, and
structure and boundaries.

11. Evaluate the interactions between teacher and students, rapport, cohesiveness, distribution of power, teacher
personality. Provide examples for each. The kids respect the teacher , they do what she is telling them to do. They
appreciate her and what she is doing for them. A student says she treats us like her own.
a) Your name:Issa Acosta

b) Title of the video you chose to watch: https://www.edutopia.org/video/ma

c) URL of the video you chose to watch: Making sure each child is known

d) One paragraph summary that details what you WATCHED, LEARNED, and
AGREE/DISAGREE with. Be sure to summarize all three.

The teachers and staff want to make sure at least one adults know each kids
Name. They want 100%of their students to feel connected to a teacher.
They make a poster and want to make sure that they all get attention,
All of them, they make sure even the ones that are quiet get attention
Also. They ask simple questions, between the passing periods like whats
Your favorite food, and that will lead to more and more.

e) Write 3 (three) OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS that you would ask to evaluate
the comprehension of other students who watched this same video. Use
Bloom's Taxonomy verbs (link below) to write the questions. Write 3
different levels of evaluation questions and identify the level of
each question.

Prepare ways of understanding students when is a good time to try and do that?
Produce fun ways and integrate how to get to know kids in assignments, how can you prepare
that?
Plan a day to be friendly and have fun with students and get to know then, how will you plan
that?
a) Your name: Issa Acosta

b) Title of the video you chose to watch: ​A Student-Centered Model of Blended Learning

c) URL of the video you chose to watch:

https://www.edutopia.org/video/student-centered-model-blended-learning

d) One paragraph summary that details what you ​WATCHED,​ ​LEARNED​, and
AGREE/DISAGREE​ with. Be sure to summarize all three.

The video summarized that students feel tense, especially if they are behind. They all walk into
class picking up where they left off. They have a broad variety of learning and academic
performance. Some students have trauma and issues they are dealing with. The teacher realized
that his conventional way of learning was not working out for him. He changed his method of
learning. Blended instruction, self paced structure, mastery based grading. The teacher does the
videos on the computers himself, and the students are able to listen to the video over and over
again. Students can help each other or go at their own pace. They need to answer the exit ticket
to see if they understand the lesson. The teacher can work freely with other students, instead as a
whole.

e) Write 3 (three) OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS that you would ask to evaluate the
comprehension of other students who watched this same video. Use Bloom's Taxonomy verbs
(link below) to write the questions. Write 3 different levels of evaluation questions and identify
the level of each question.

How would you compose a strategy for the most success in the classroom?
How could you modify this type of at your own pace type of learning with traditional learning
styles?

Test the teachers way of teaching to how you would want to be taught? Evaluate the two.