Name:Micheala Dial

Course:EDUC 1301
Total Hours Completed: 16 hours

Field Experience Observation Videos

● Variables and Patterns of Change. The grade level is high school and the video
length was 58 minutes and 23 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Have
them break into groups and assign them an activity to work together and allow
each student to find all the possibilities to solve the problem in different ways
together and then each group demonstrates back to class.
● Linear Functions and Inequalities. The grade level is 11th grade and the video
length was 58 minutes and 23 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Try
and get the class to try and do it on their own to learn the concepts so the
students know how to do a problem mathematically.
● Systems of Equations and Inequalities. The grade level is a mix of different
grades and the video length was 58 minutes and 23 seconds. It was a student
centered lesson. I like how the teacher was patient with her class and let them
take a second to gather their thoughts. That’s something I can do as a teacher in
my future classroom.
● Quadratic Functions. The grade level is high school and the video length was 58
minutes and 23 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Use the table talk
method direct instruction to ensure that everyone is getting the concept of the
material.
● Properties. The grade level is high school and the video length was 58 minutes
and 23 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Be aware of the goal and
what is going to help my students meet the goal.
● Feelings Count: Emotions and Learning. The grade level is 4th and 5th grade
and the video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. It was a teacher center
lesson. In my future classroom I want the students to be safe and comfortable
about their emotions and one anothers and not have their feelings overlooked.
● The Classroom Mosaic: Culture and Learning. The grade level is 6th and 9th
grade. The video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. It was a student
centered lesson. Tap into culture teaching. Help students have a firm
understanding of their own culture background the positive and the negative. Get
to know the students and be successful when teaching them.
● Learn from Others: Learning in a Social Context. The grade level is 5th grade
and 9th through 12th. It was a teacher centered lesson. When students work
 together and help one another it strengthens their learning and communication
as well.
● Watch it, Do it, Know it: Cognitive Apprenticeship. The grade level is 5th
grade,6th grade, 11th grade and 12th grade. The video length was 28 minutes
and 22 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Assign activities and projects
that get their minds thinking strategically. Break down the concept and help lead
them to a cognitive apprenticeship.
● Thinking about Thinking: Metacognition. The grade level is 12th and 6th grade
and the video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. It was a teacher centered
lesson. Explore tasks that get the students to think about thinking. Create
opportunities to reflect and self-reflect.
● How do we Organize Knowledge: The Structure of the Disciplines. The grade
level is 4th and 10th grade and the video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds.
It was a student centered lesson. Seeing the students interacting with each other
and hearing each other agrees and disagrees is when they really learn.
Especially doing it themselves or with their classmates is a good prime example
of structure in the classroom.
● Lessons for Life: Learning and Transfer. The grade level is 7th and 8th. The
video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. It was a student centered lesson.
The big thing about teaching is making sure you teach the material where they
would have to apply or use it if possible outside of the classroom. Having them
explore their knowledge and transfer it to the real world.
● Expectations for Success: Motivation and learning. The grade level is 5th and
6th grade. The video length was 28 minutes and 22 seconds. It was a student
centered lesson. Having the students do collaborating activities and seeing them
going in with confidence and motivation is a good way to get them excited about
learning. The students having fun pushes them to stay motivated and accomplish
the activity and objective.
● 4th Grade Math. The grade level is 4th and the video length is 35 minutes and
54 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. She used a technique where she
placed a picture on the projector screen and she showed the picture for a few
seconds then hid it then showed the picture again. It’s a good way to use their
memory to visual the picture and the different ways to solve it.
● First grade Literacy Lesson. The grade level is 1st and the video length was 20
minutes and 34 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. In the beginning of
the video the teacher uses slow communication and small hints to help guess the
world. At the end of the video the teacher had the class stand and make gestures
while reading along with the book which was a really good teaching technique.
● 3rd Grade Science Lesson. The grade level is 3rd and the video length was 15
minutes and 1 second. It was a student centered lesson. I could use the tactic of
 giving the students instructions to a science project and working together in a
group of two while working one step at a time to prove the thesis was correct.
● Frontier Elementary Classroom Observation. The grade level is 4th and the
video length was 11mins and 39 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. The
teacher’s style of teaching was beneficial and how she had them works in groups
to discuss the guideline making sure they didn’t talk over one another.
● ELEM Lesson on Sound. The grade level is Elementary and the video length is
26 minutes and 45 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. The one thing I
take away from this video is how calm she was helping them with their science
experiment as they learned how do I hear sound? She gradually walked around
asking questions pertaining to the experiment and going over the instructions.
● Building a Writing Community. The grade level is 3rd and 5th. The video length
was 28 minutes and 26 seconds. It was a teacher centered lesson. The teacher
has them share what happened over their weekend. Seeing them make eye
contact with one another and be respectful to each other and really get to know
their peers. Creating a safe place for the writer and making a good community in
the classroom.
● Reasons for Writing. The grade level is 3rd and 5th. The length of the video was
28 minutes and 26 seconds . It was a teacher centered lesson. To motivate the
students for reasons to write I could have them choose their own topics like
experiences, interests and passions. This allows them to use their voice through
writing and let them know their lives are important to talk about.
● Fostering Choice and Independence. The grade level is 3rd and 5th. The length
of the video is 28 minutes and 26 seconds. It was a teacher centered lesson. The
writing workshop was an excellent way to encourage the third graders to write.
Having them write about what they like and what they know to make it a fun and
easy way.
● Reading like a Writer. The grade level is 3rd and 5th. The video length was 28
minutes and 40 seconds. It was a teacher centered lesson. The touchstone text
teaching tool is a good way to inspire the students and learn the joy of writing.
Teach the students their own style of writing.
● Becoming Readers and Writers. The grade level is kindergarten and the video
length was 26 mins and 47 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Use four
reading activities read aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent
reading. Stimulate discussion between reading. The two writing activities are
interactive writing and independent writing. Wanting them to read and write and
express themselves.
● Writers Journal. The grade level is kindergarten and the video length was 26
minutes and 47 seconds. It was a teacher centered lesson. Use the three R’s
 approach respect, responsibility, and relationships. Use journal writing to get
them ready to write.
● Building Oral Language. The grade level is kindergarten and the video length
was 26 minutes and 47 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Construct
literacy activities to promote their oral language development. Morning activities
and jobs to help enhance their reading and writing skills.
● Thalia Learns the Details: A Student Case Study. The grade level is kindergarten
and the video length was 26 minutes and 47 seconds. It was a student centered
lesson. The teacher exercising hearing sounds and words with Thalia is
something that would help students develop a much better way of reading.
● IAssessment Driven Instruction. The grade level is 1st and the video length was
26 minutes and 47 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Assessment
approach which was every other month to see how far they go and what that
have learned and create a graph done so by the teacher to track the students
progress. Have a guided reading group to make connections to the text and
expand their cite word ability.
● Cassandra Becomes a Fluent Reader: A Student Case Study. The grade level is
1st and the video length is 26 minutes and 47 seconds. It's a student centered
lesson. Do as the teacher did sit down one on one and give the student a list of
easy words to read from to test how many they know. Then, give them another
list with bigger and see how many they can read.
● Connecting Skills to Text. The grade level is 1st and the video length was 26
minutes 47 seconds. It was a student centered lesson. Have the class go through
the alphabet wall and have them sound out the letter. Make the alphabet wall into
a game show activity to make it fun for the class to learn.
● Promoting Readers as Leaders. The grade level is 1st and the video length was
26 minutes and 47 seconds. It’s a student centered lesson. I could challenge the
class to read on their own silently to help them rise on their own and be
independent and then once finished reading do guided reading with them.