Classroom Observation Data Collection
Observation Notes:
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ehavior, participation, learning style, strengths/weaknesses, learning challenges, social interactions, distractions, perseverance/motivation, etc.
Student 1: Matthew
Student 2: Ellie
Student 3: Jaydin
· Behavior–hard time focusing; looks around room; highly distracted; impulse control is an issue
· Participation–moderate to high participation when called upon; when he’s listening he loves to share and is usually contributing appropriately
· Learning style–prefers hands on; needs movement; gross motor skills are easier for him than fine motor skills
· Literacy strengths /weaknesses–fluency is low and a weakness; oral vocabulary and retelling is a strength; oral comprehension and retention is strong for shorter passages or listening activities
· Learning challenges–having to be really quiet or still; focus for longer periods of time; fine motor skills and writing is a struggle; poor eyesight
· Social interactions–he is very hands on and loves to touch and play with friends; kind and wants to play with all; impulse control sometimes leads him astray; migrates towards other students that have similar qualities; often doesn’t feel accepted or wanted as a friend by other peers
· Distractions–easily distracted by anything or himself; tells himself stories; finds distractions on his body;
· Perseverance/motivation–people pleaser and wants to do well;
really tries hard especially for teachers and his dad; love to earn rewards; can be redirected easily with just a reminder to refocus.
· Behavior–follows rules and routines
for the most part–just forgets easily
· Participation–eager to participate and give responses even if she’s not sure they are correct; wants to share; usually has hand up to share;
tells everyone anything and everything on her mind
· Learning style–likes to be shown how to do something; looks for examples and wants to copy them
· Literacy strengths /weaknesses–fluency is low but decoding skills are strong; vocabulary development is low; comprehension is low from reading text, but higher from oral listening tasks
· Learning challenges–perfectionist for reading…doesn’t guess; wants to know if she’s correct; little access to academic resources at home;
· Social interactions–she wants to have friends and interact with others; often tattles on others and this causes riffs with friends; definite sense of right and wrong–a rule follower; doesn’t seem to have a set group of friends; plays with whomever
· Distractions–a self-distractor or wants to visit to distract from work
· Perseverance/motivation–people pleaser and wants to do well; looks to adults for help and to make sure she has things correct; definite rule follower
· Participation–eager to participate and give responses even if she’s not sure they are correct; wants to share; usually has hand up to share;
· Learning style–likes to be shown how to do something; looks for examples and wants to copy them; copying correctly transferring is a problem
· Literacy strengths /weaknesses–fluency is low; decoding skills are low and slow; vocabulary development is low; comprehension is low
· Learning challenges–little access to academic resources at home;
· Social interactions–she plays and interacts with others; enjoys common play items from peer groups
· Distractions–talks to herself; sings to herself
· Perseverance/motivation–people pleaser and wants to do well;
Discussion Notes/Additional Information:
Individual literacy needs based on assessment data, individual behavior/social-emotional needs, IEP/504 plan, language needs, successful strategies used, and unsuccessful strategies used.
Student 1:
Student 2:
Student 3:
· On a 504 plan for ADHD modifications; student does not take medicine
· adopted into his current family when he was a toddler (3-4years old)
· Mom works in Preschool; Dad is a minister of a church; has an older brother in high school
· has support at home for reading, but family gets busy and so they find time when it’s calm to read as a bedtime routine
· reading and discussions are a focus for the family as a group; they also enjoy outdoors and many varied activities; he is constantly exposed to culture and community events
· Sometimes a buddy is a distraction and sometimes a buddy helps him to focus. Same for an adult.
· Does best in smaller group sizes and with limits on time for management needs.
· smaller tasks and sets of directions work well
· Lives with Mom and Dad.
· Family qualifies for free/reduced lunches.
· Student responds well to one on one or small group interventions and has done them since first grade
· Tasks broken down into bite sized chunks help.
· “Perfectionism” gets in the way of completing tasks in the same amount of time peers come complete, but she does finish and is motivated to do so.
· people pleaser so giving her my expectations is a goal she will work for
· Needs more practice on a task especially reading than given during usual core reading time
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· Family qualifies for free/reduced lunches.
· Mom also notices her struggles in reading and listed it as a concern during the beginning of the year conference.
· Student responds well to one on one or small group interventions and has done them since preschool
· Tasks broken down into bite sized chunks help.
· Having her tell me in her words what the tasks are helped; creating a check list and placing it in the same place for her to refer to helps
· Needs more practice on a task especially reading than given during usual core reading time
· written language is a struggle; letter formation, words straight and within lines on a paper, writing is not appropriate sized for 3rd grader (more like kindergarten or 1st grade developmental level)
Pre-Assessment of Reading Performance
QRI Data:
Record information obtained from implementation of the QRI for each student including literacy strengths and areas of need.
Student 1:
Student 2:
Student 3:
Previous reading fluency data 2nd grade mid-Winter benchmark is 5 cwpm more than Fall 3rd grade level. Student only gained 15 words from Fall to progress benchmark in Feb. in 2nd grade.
QRI Results:
Graded word Lists
Independent Grade 1
Instructional Grade 2
Frustrational Grade 3
Oral Reading Passage
Independent Grade 2
Instructional Grade 3
Fiction stories were more at an independent level. NF at instructional.
Frustrational Grade 4
Silent Reading Passage
Independent Grade 2
Instructional Grade 3
Frustrational Grade 4
Previous reading fluency data 2nd grade mid-Winter benchmark is 31 cwpm more than Fall 3rd grade level. Student had gained 67 cwpm from Fall to progress benchmark in Feb.2nd grade.
QRI Results:
Graded word Lists
Independent Grade Pre 1st
Instructional Grade 1
Frustrational Grade 2
Oral Reading Passage
Independent Grade 2
Instructional Grade 2 & 3
Frustrational Grade 4
Silent Reading Passage
Independent Grade 1
Instructional Grade 1
Frustrational Grade 2
Previous reading fluency data 2nd grade mid-Winter benchmark is 2cwpm less than Fall 3rd grade level. Student had gained 21 cwpm from Fall to progress benchmark in Feb.2nd grade.
QRI Results:
Graded word Lists
Independent Grade Pre 1st
Instructional Grade Pre 1st
Frustrational Grade 1
Oral Reading Passage
Independent Grade pre 1
st
Instructional Grade 1 for fictional only NF was at frustrational level
Frustrational Grade 1 NF and 2 both
Silent Reading Passage
Independent Grade pre 1
Instructional Grade 1
Frustrational Grade 2
Literacy Work Sample (LWS)
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