Self Evaluation-Division Centers

Name ____________Sarah Becker________________________
Date of Observation_______September 30 2015__________________

Placement _____5th Grade Math DCS Mrs. Rios___________________________
In each box, reflect on the questions provided and provide detailed responses.
Planning and Preparation
Classroom Environment
Did you design instruction that supports

the students varying intellectual, social,
emotional, and physical needs? How did
you differentiate?
Were student actively engaged and

motivated? What indicated engagement
or lack there of?
Each of the 4 centers had different levels of

difficulty, in hopes that each student would go to
a center in their ZPD. The Figure Me Out center
was the most difficult because students had to
create their own division problems. The next most
difficult center was Division Battle because it
was totally as to what numbers the students
would be dividing. The Division Board Game had
basic division problems for struggling students.
The last center was with Mrs. Rios. She retaught
division with each group in hopes of pulling up the
low students. Additionally, because each center
was 15 mins long, students had the opportunity to
move around as they needed to. Centers were
done as a group with 3-5 other students so this
activity was a interpersonal assignment. We had
several students who had a hard time working
with others that had to be pulled out to work by
themselves.
Did you lesson and activities full

address/support the learning objective?
Yes, one of the learning objectives for this unit
was that students are able to divide using the
standard method. All of the centers emphasized
and reinforced this skill.
A vast majority of the students were engaged and

motivated at most of the centers. At the end of
each center, I had students turn in their trash
work. I looked through all of the papers. If the
students did not have work written down as much
as other members of their group or class, I knew
that they were not on task. If this was the case, I
decreased their participation grade. Additionally, I
walked around to each of the centers to ensure
that they were running smoothly. If the students
were not engaged, I redirected them and helped
them to get back on task.
Identify areas of strength and weakness

in regard to classroom management.
In general, the classes were very well behaved
because they were interested in the activities.
However, if students chose to misbehave, they
were taken out of the centers and given a pack of
division worksheets to complete. I did not enjoy
pulling students out of the centers because I know
that most students enjoy hands on work more
than worksheets but for the benefit of the whole
group, it was best to take out students who were
misbehaving.
Instructional Strategies
Reflection
What strategies did you use to promote

higher ordered thinking?
What aspects of your lesson would you

keep you the same? Why?
During the Figure Me Out center, students had

to create division problems to answer a quotient
that they had created. This encouraged students
to think out of the box. They had to solve division
problems backwards.
I would keep all of the same centers that I

created. After the end of the week, almost all of
the students showed improvement after taking a
5 min division assessment on Monday and Friday.
I think the centers helped the students to stay
interested because they were fun and had
different levels of difficulty.
Did you incorporate a variety of teaching

strategies? Which ones and how?
Centers is a great way to incorporate different
teaching strategies. Students participated in
hands-on games within their center groups . This
means that they had to work together with other
students to complete the tasks. They also did
hands-on activities instead of the normal
visual/oral teaching style that I use.
What aspects of your lesson would you

change?
Why?
I would have created a grading rubric for
completing each center. The grading was difficult
because it was subjective to what I saw in class
and did not always reflect what was actually
going on. I would have graded each student on
effort, productivity, and ability to work with
others. Each center would have a grading scale
based on each of these categories.

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Name Sarah Becker____________

Date of Observation_September 30 2015____________

Planning and Preparation

Did you design instruction that supports

Were student actively engaged and

Each of the 4 centers had different levels of

Did you lesson and activities full

A vast majority of the students were engaged and

Identify areas of strength and weakness

What strategies did you use to promote

What aspects of your lesson would you

During the Figure Me Out center, students had

I would keep all of the same centers that I

Did you incorporate a variety of teaching

What aspects of your lesson would you

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