Child Observation Log

Name: Kayla Rieser

CHILD

(i.e.) Child 1:
A

Child 2

Day of the
WEEK with
DATE
(chose 1 or 2
days per week
depending on
days in the
field)
(i.e.) M- 9/6

Content: Strengths
and/or
Weaknesses
Name the content area and
state only what you
observed (hear and see)

Additional Thoughts:
(observed learning style,
S/E) You may now add
some personal
interpretation here.

Math: Morning Calendar

Did not volunteer to
answer the math question
for the morning math
calendar. When asked to
answer a question using a
double ten frame he was
unable to answer the
question.

According to the resource

teacher, Child 1 is
selectively mute. He
rarely talks to other
students in the class or
the teacher. I wonder
how he is going to be to
me as the semester
progresses.

Language Arts: Phonics

When getting on their
carpet spots for a phonics
lesson. Another student sat
in his spot. Instead of
saying something, he just
sat in a different spot.
During phonics, he spelled
rat, rag.

I thought it was
interesting how he did
not stand up for himself
or say something since it
was his assigned seat.

Math: Number Rack

activity
Struggled to make
numbers on the number
rack on the carpet during
math. When asked to show
7, he moved 3 beads over.
When asked to show what
5 +5 was, the classroom
teacher assisted him.
Language Arts: Read
Aloud and writing
activity
Did not seem to be paying

According to the
classroom teacher, Child
2 was supposed to be
held back in kindergarten

attention during the read

aloud because he was
playing with his shoes.
When asked to write a
sentence giving a key
detail of the story, he just
wrote a bunch of letters
and scribbles.

Child 1

9/8

Child 2

Child 1

9/12

Language Arts: Phonics

Activity
Was able to spell cat, bat,
hat and sat but struggled
to spell the word tin.
During the morning work,
he was able to write his
first and last name very
well for handwriting
practice.
Math: Calendar
Was able to count and pick
six pennies out of a
container. Also, was able to
write 1-30 without any
problems.
Language Arts: Phonics
Was not able to write bat
hat sat or cat. He mixes up
his letters or uses random
letters. Child 2 is able to
write his first name but it is
very sloppy, he is unable to
write his last name.
Math: Writing numbers
When asked to write his
numbers 1-30, child 2 was
not able to write his
numbers from 1- 10. He
said it was too hard.
Language Arts: Read Aloud
When asked questions
during the read aloud, the
resource teacher had to
threaten him with a clip
change in order to get him

but because retentions

were overturned, hes
now in the first grade
classroom.

I was surprised that child

1 volunteered to count
the pennies because he
had to do it in front of
the class.

I realized that child 2 is

very far behind the rest
of his class and could use
assistance.

Since it was Monday, it

was time to change
classroom jobs. When
asked if he wanted a job,
he refused to answer.

to answer. He whispered
his answer.
Math: Number Rack activity
Does not offer to answer
any questions during math.
He struggled to make the
addition problems using
the number rack and
looked off of his neighbors
to find the answers.
Language Arts: Read Aloud
During the shared read
aloud, child 2 was not
paying attention and
complained about having a
headache. He fell asleep
during the story and when
he was asked if he liked it,
he replied that he did not.
Math: Dry Erase Board
Activity
When attempting to fill in
the blank for the problem 3
+ __= 4. He filled in 6
instead of 1.

Child 2

Child 1

9/13

Language arts: Sight Words

When practicing the sight
words for September, child
1 seemed to know all of his
sight words even though he
was reluctant to say so.
Math: Student was not
present during math today
because he was being
tested for language arts.
Absent: Probably because
of his headache he had
yesterday.

9/19

Language Arts: Read Aloud

When asked what the main
character was in Where
the Wild Things Are, he
refused to answer the
question.
Math: Using Ten Frames

Child 2

Child 1

Child 2 is usually full of

energy and always
moving, it was very clear
that he did not feel well
today.

I am unsure if child 1 did

not want to answer the
question or if he did not
answer because he did
not the answer to the
question.

He was paying attention

and able to mock the
equations that the resource
teacher was showing the
class. Still did not raise his
hands to answer any
questions.
Language Arts: Initial
consonants
When asked what the initial
consonant of a word was,
he just guessing letters he
had no idea what the initial
consonant was for web.

Child 2

Child 2 was late to school

this morning and missed
handwriting practice.

Math: Using ten frames, he

struggled to match the
equation that the teacher
was making as examples.
He did not understand that
8 +2 and 2 +8 both equal
10 and are the same thing.
Child 1

Child 2

9/20

Math: Measurement
Activity
During a math
measurement activity,
Child 1 was able to
measure the desk and use
the correct number of
popsicle sticks. When he
was asked whether the
desk was shorter or longer
than the table that was
also measure, he said
shorter although it was
longer.
Language arts: Interactive
Read Aloud
During a poem read aloud,
child 1 did not read aloud
with the class. When asked
to show excitement like
in the poem, he made an
excited facial expression.
Math: Number Rack Activity
I assisted child 2 in the

I helped child 2 count the

beads after he said 5 so

Child 1

number rack activity today.

I tried to help him show all
of the ways to make 9
using a rack. When asked if
he put 6 beads on the top,
how many more beads did
he need on the bottom to
make 9. Child 2 answered
5.

that he understood that

it took 3 more beads to
make 9 instead of 5.

9/22

Language Arts Writing

Activity
After having been read a
book about the four
seasons, child 1 drew his
favorite season and was
able to label what it was
correctly.
Math Calendar
When asked how much a
penny was worth, Child 1
was hesitant to answer.
After the classroom teacher
asked him again, he
reluctantly said 1.
Language Arts Writing
Activity
When drawing a picture
about his favorite season
and labeling it, Child 2
drew scribbles on his paper
and there was no label.

Complained that it head

was hurting today during
the read aloud.

9/26

Language Arts Read Aloud

When asked a question
during the read aloud
about whether the story
was fake or real, he
answered correctly that it
was make believe. When
asked why, he shrugged his
shoulders and did not
answer.
Math Writing numbers 1-40
When doing a quiz of
writing numbers 1 through
40, Child 1 got to 20 and

Since there was a 2:00

early release, we did not
spend as much time
doing Language Arts as
usual.

Child 2

Child 1

then wrote 12. Then, he

wrote 22-29 correctly.
When he got to 30, he
wrote 90-99.
Absent

Child 2

Child 1

9/27

Child 2

Child 1

9/29

Math Number Rack

Assessment
When doing a group
assessment, Child 1
struggled to make
equations on the number
rack. Was able to show the
problem one way but when
asked to show another
way, he could not.
Language Arts Writers
workshop
In writers workshop, the
students were writing
about Anasi the spider.
Child 1 uses a capital letter
and period in his writing.
Absent again

Language Arts Poem

Child 1 decided to read the
interactive read aloud
poem in front of the class.
Although he read very
quietly, he still did a good
job reading and was pretty
fluent.
Child 1 is at a reading level
B when he should be a
level D.
Math Number Recognition
When doing an activity
where the students were
shown a random number
and had to tell what

Unsure why Child 2 was

absent today but he
seems to miss school or
is late often.

The parents called and

said Child 2 was going to
be late but he never
showed up.
I think that it is good that
Child 1 is starting to
volunteer in front of the
class.

number it was, Child 1 did

a decent job. He was
shown four numbers and
was able to tell all four. For
the last number, 38, he
said he did not know what
it was but then he said 38.
Absent again

Child 2

Child 1

10/3

Child 2

Language Arts Morning

Handwriting
Child 1 has improved a lot
when it has come to his
handwriting. All of his
letters are hitting the
bottom line and the lower
case are all coming up to
the middle line where they
should be.
Math Filling in a 100s Chart
When filling in the 100s
chart, Child 1 was able to
put all of the numbers in
the correct order.
Language Arts Read Aloud
Child 2 came during the
end of the Read Aloud so
he did not get to hear the
entire story. When it came
to writing the beginning,
middle, and end of the
story, he did not write
anything since he was not
there.

Parents called on
Wednesday and said he
was sick with a stomach
bug. Child 2 is very far
behind the rest of the
class and missing a week
of school is only going to
put him further behind.

Child 2 came at 10:30

today and went straight
to tutoring. If Child 2
keeps missing class, the
tutor is going to pick
another student. I hope
that another student is
not picked because child
2 really needs the extra
assistance in language
arts.

Student missed math

because of tutoring today.
Child 1

10/4

Language Arts Phonics

When doing a short a or

When asked if he wanted

a second turn trying to

short e activity Child 1

answered that it was short
a for the word pen when it
was short e.
Math Ten Frame Activity
When flashed an 8 on a ten
frame, Child 1 flashed 8
fingers when asked instead
of saying 8.
Language Arts Phonics
During a/e short vowel
activity, Child 2 had the
word map, he said it hard
the short e sound.
Math Addition Activity
When asked what 5 + 3 = ?
Child 2 said that he did not
know what the answer was
When asked what 3+3= he
said 6.

Child 2

Child 1

Child 2

10/6

Language Arts: Phonics

Activity
When naming the short
vowel in the word dig,
Child 1 was able to say that
it was a short i. When it
was his turn to tell the
class which word he had,
he said no because he did
not want to go in front of
the class.
Math: Centers
Child 1 was actively
engaged in his math
center. He seemed to be
working well with his peers
and was even talking to
them.
Language Arts: Alphabet
Recognition
When shown a letter, Child
2 will struggle to tell the
correct answer. When
asked what the letter h
is, he responded I dont
know.

answer if it was short a/e,

he said no.

Was tardy for school

today and missed
morning handwriting.

Math: Centers
Child 2 loves going to
centers so he can play with
his friends. When playing a
math game with a friend,
his friend had to help him
with some of the addition
problems.
Child 1

10/10

Child 2

Child 1

10/13

Language Arts: Writers

Workshop
Child 1 volunteered to read
his writing out loud to the
entire class. The resource
teacher did not have to ask
him or make him read.
Math: Making a Number
Flap
When making a number
flap, Child 1 had to start
over because he was not
following directions.
Instead of making 3 on one
side and 4 on the other to
make 7, he put 7 on both
sides. On his second
attempt to make the
number rack, Child 1 made
it correctly.
Language Arts: Work Places
Child 2 struggled to match
the letter to the sound
during a game today. With
assistance, he was able to
match them.
Math: Making a Number
Flap
Child 2 was given the
number 3 to make on a
number flap. He completed
the number flap correctly
by having 2 circles on one
side and 1 on the other
side.
Language Arts: Writers
Workshop
Child 1 uses capitalization

I was surprised at Child 1

volunteering to read his
book in front of the class
since he never wants to
talk.

On the second number

flap, Child 1 drew 3 sad
faces on one side and 4
sad faces on the other. I
think that he did this
because he had to start
over on his number flap.

All students were given

the number 7 or higher
to make a number flap
with but the resource
teacher gave him the
number 3.

and punctuation during

writers workshop. He
always seems eager to
write and writes more than
a paragraph.
Math: Morning Calendar
Child 1 volunteered to
count the math shapes for
the calendar this morning.
He stood up in front of the
class and counted to 7.
Language Arts: Writers
Workshop
In order to know what Child
2 writes about, he has to
be asked. His writing right
now consists of letters,
numbers, and scribbles.
Child 2 was not even sure
what he wrote about and
complained of having a
headache.
Math: Morning Calendar
Struggled to pay attention
on the carpet during math
this morning. When asked
a question about the
shapes on the calendar, he
answered that he did not
know and so the shapes
were counted as a class.

Child 2

Child 1

Child 2

10/17

Language Arts: Centers

Seems to struggle with
some of his vowels. When
doing a sort of e I and
a short-vowel words,
Child 1 often had them in
the wrong places.
Math: Addition Activity
When Child 1 was asked
another way to make 8 +2,
he shrugged his shoulders
and refused to answer.
Language Arts: Centers
Struggled to complete the
short vowel activity in

Child 1 seems to be
opening up more to the
class and willing to
volunteer to answer
questions.

centers. When gluing the

letters, he put them in
random spots.
Math: Addition Activity
Child 2 was asked what
11+3 was he answered 5.
Child 1

10/18

Child 2

Child 1

Child 2

10/20

Math: Morning Work

Child 1 was able to write
his numbers from 1-50 with
out a problem. When asked
to write his addition facts
of 10. He only wrote 10 + 0
and 5 +5.
Language Arts: Vowel
worksheet
When doing a vowel
worksheet, Child 1
struggled with his vowels.
He seems to struggle
between short short e and I
the most.
Child 2 was absent today.

Math: Math Calendar

Using a white board to
show the next day on the
math calendar, he did not
know what the next day
would be.
Language Arts: Writers
Workshop
Child 1 volunteered to read
his writers workshop story
to the class. He read the
story to the class very
quietly. The resource
teacher asked the class to
be super quiet to hear the
students whispering.
Math: Center Game
The resource teacher
modified a math game so
instead of doing addition,

Child 2 often guesses

instead of trying to solve
the answer during math.

Child 2 made it to class

almost everyday last
week according to the
resource teacher.
The morning math
calendar is an activity
the children do almost
every morning and
changes every month.
I was surprised at the
excitement from Child 1.
He is usually very quiet
but he was proud of his
writing and wanted to
share with the class. I
think that this is a step in
the right direction.

It seems that other

students get frustrated
during centers
sometimes playing with

he was doing number

recognition. The resource
teacher played the game
with him so she could see
what he knew.

Child 1

10/24

Math: Math Centers

Child 1 struggled with a
doubles game playing with
a partner during math
centers. He has a hard time
remembering his doubles
and his partner kept giving
him the answers.
Language Arts: Read Aloud
When asked if the story
was real or fake, he
answered that it was real
which was correct.

Child 2

Child 2 because he
cannot keep up with
them during activities.
Sometimes the resource
teacher or I will play a
game with him instead.

Child 1 got yelled at for

not paying attention later
during the read aloud.

Child 2 was absent again

today. According to the
resource teacher, no one
answered or called the
school back when they
called to see why he was
absent.

Child 1

10/28

Child 1

11/2

Child 1 was absent, his

family does not celebrate
Halloween and today was
the Halloween party.
Child 1 rarely misses
school.
Child 2 was also absent
but did not come to
school most of the week.
Child 2 is going to lose
his tutoring if he
continues not to come so
the Principal is looking
into the absences.
Language Arts: Read Aloud
When Child 1 was asked to
name an animal or
character in the story, he

On an exit slip assessing

the main idea of the
story, Child 1 was able to
name the main idea.

refused to answer the

question.
Math: Counting by 5s
When asked to count by
5s, he refused. The
resource teacher asked him
if he knew how to count by
5s, and he shook his head
no. The teacher went down
the rows asking the
students to say the next
number counting by 5s
and he said 21 instead of
25.
Child 2

I think that Child 1 feels

most uncomfortable
about math and he
refuses to talk because
he does not know what
to answer.

Child 2 was absent today.

There was no school
yesterday.