Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences

Elementary Education Program

Pre-Observation Form

Directions: This form is to be completed prior to every lesson that will be observed by the mentor
teacher or university supervisor. It is to be submitted no later than 3 business days prior to the actual
observation along with your lesson plans.

Name:Christine Kim Date:18 April 2017

1. What is the topic of your lesson?

The topic of my lesson is bullying.

2. Why are you teaching this lesson? What is your rationale for teaching it?
I am teaching this lesson to build a positive classroom community and to talk to
the students about bullying and what they can do to stand up for each other.

Students have expressed their discomfort of inappropriate and negative

behaviors in the classroom; with this lesson, I hope to involve the students and
empower them to do something about this concern.

3. What is your Teaching Behavior Focus? Why did you choose this?
My teaching behavior focus is building classroom climate. I chose this focus
because the whole lesson is about creating a positive environment for the
students.

I also believe that being able to communicate effectively with the students, being
positive, and providing the proper opportunities to address concerns are the first
steps in student learning.

4. Why did you design your instruction in this lesson the way that you did?
Why did you choose this way of teaching the lesson (e.g., Was the idea
from a methods course? From your mentor teacher? Another source?)
I designed my lesson in consideration of my ELM 375: Connections Seminar 2
Culture Identity, Social Justice, and Diverse Learners methods course. I thought
about the different social justice issues talked about in class and took into
consideration of the survey that I administered to the students.

5. As you are thinking through this lesson, what do you believe will be the
most challenging part of this lesson for you when you teach it? Why?
I believe that the most challenging part of this lesson will be to engage the
students with the narrative writing. I want the students to understand that they
can bounce ideas with their table group members, but should create their own
narratives. I hope that students will write about their own ideas and not their
groups.
6. How will you know if your learning outcomes for the students are met
successfully?
I will know the learning outcomes are met through the whole group discussions,
the narratives, and their individual sticky notes. This will mostly be in
consideration of their discourse.

7. How will your classroom management support the learning outcomes?

My classroom management will keep students engaged and on task so that they
can get the most out of the lesson.

8. List 1-3 areas which you would like for your observer to pay particular
attention. Why do you want your observer to focus on these areas?
I would like the observer to pay attention to my wait time, acknowledgment of
students ideas, and engagement of all students (making sure a few students
dont dominant the conversations). I want my observer to focus on these areas
because in my past lessons I believe this is where I lacked.

9. Is there anything else you would like your observer to know before the
observation?
No.