Francisco Gonzalez
5th Grade Science
1. In what ways does Mr. Gonzalez monitor student progress?
2. Notice that Mr. Gonzalez has a firm understanding of the challenges of his content area.
He recognizes that compar
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Francisco Gonzalez
5th Grade Science
1. In what ways does Mr. Gonzalez monitor student progress?
2. Notice that Mr. Gonzalez has a firm understanding of the challenges of his content area.
He recognizes that comparisons or connections to something familiar must be made in
order to ensure understanding.
3. In what ways is Mr. Gonzalez using music in his lesson?
4. Take note how Mr. Gonzalez maximizes instructional time by gathering and passing out
materials while students are engaged in academic conversations with their peers. Also
watch for how he regains their attention. What do you see?
5. Mr. Gonzalez has demonstrated several ways of regaining student attention following
peer collaboration. Explain how Mr. Gonzalez' attention getting strategies are implemented
and why they are effective.
6. How has Mr. Gonzalez significantly increased the cognitive level at which his students
are working?
7. Watch for Mr. Gonzalez' reference to vocabulary commonly used on the state assessment
and how he relates the term to a topic outside of the topic of light. What do you see?
8. Here Mr. Gonzalez addresses common misconceptions and provides real-time, immediate
examples to illustrate his point. Why is this important?
9. How has Mr. Gonzalez extended the learning for his students?
10. Think back over the entire lesson. Describe the many ways Mr. Gonzalez has
maintained student engagement throughout his lesson.
11. Consider the part of the lesson cycle. Did Mr. Gonzalez include all of the necessary
lesson components in today's lesson? Explain.
12. Effective teachers always reflect on the lesson, and lesson outcomes. Go back to the
beginning of the video and rewatch Mr. Gonzalez' reflection. Listen as the he reflects on
this lesson, and compare it to the responses you have written on the observation worksheet.
Use both the teacher’s reflections and your own observation when writing your overall
observational reflection.
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