Lesson Obsevation

At the beginning of the lesson Mrs. Garza gained the students attention by continuing what they had learned on the previous class. She talked a little about what they had learned on the previous day and then showed them a You Tube video emphasizing what they had learned about black holes. This helped the students understand the concept of black holes. She also asked them if they knew anything before about black holes and many of the students said they didn’t. She also reviewed the vocabulary words the students had learned on previous day and asked the students what the definitions of them were.

Much of the information had to be done through reading a chapter in a book. The main focus was for students to read along and she did this through reading a part and then letting a student pick up where she left off. This was a great technique because student knew they had to keep up with the reading because at any moment it could be them who would read next. After they read the chapter they did a worksheet as a class and the teacher guided the students in finding the answers. Not at one moment did she give the sudents the answer she only provided them with guidance into finding the answer. After the worksheet what completed the students would share their answers to the class and agree or disagree on their answers. After they worked on the chapter and the worksheet the students then began reading a reading passage that was in prepartation for the TAKS test. The students read through the passage then began answering the questions following the passage. After doing so the students check their own work and go over as a class the questions the students missed.

I believe Mrs. Elizondo doesn’t provide enough feedback to her students. The students lesson to me seemed a bit rushed because there was a lot of information for them to take in all at once. The overall lesson seem great but rushed maybe if it would have been broken down a little and had more time spent on each area students would retain and work on the assignment carefully.