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Five-Minute Observation Form Instructor: ____________________________

School:
Date:  Instructor provides corrective feedback
Time: after initial student responses.
Program and Level: o Provides affirmations for correct responses
Grouping Format: o Promptly corrects errors with provision of correct model
Number in Group: o Limits corrective feedback language to the task at hand
Group Performance Level: o Ensures mastery of all students before moving on

In the box next to each General Feature indicate +, -, or NA.


Check the circle next to each observed area.  Instructor encourages student effort.
o Provides feedback during and after task completion
 Instructor models instructional tasks o Provides specific feedback about student’s accuracy
and/or effort
when appropriate. o Majority of feedback is positive
o Demonstrates the task (e.g., uses think alouds) o Celebrates or displays examples of student success in
o Proceeds in step-by-step fashion reading
o Limits language to demonstration of skill
Makes eye contact with students, speaks clearly while
o
modeling skill  Students are engaged in the lesson during
teacher-led instruction.
 Instructor provides explicit instruction. o
o
Gains student attention before initiating instruction
Paces lesson to maintain attention
o Sets the purpose for the instruction o Maintains close proximity to students
o Identifies the important details of the concept being o Transitions quickly between tasks
taught o Intervenes with off-task students to maintain their focus
o Provides instructions that have only one interpretation
o Makes connection to previously-learned material
 Students are engaged in the lesson during
 Instructor engages students in meaningful independent work.
o Independent work routines and procedures previously
interactions with language during lesson. taught
o Provides and elicits background information o Models task before allowing students to work
o Emphasizes distinctive features of new concepts independently
o Uses visuals and manipulatives to teach content as o Checks for student understanding of the task(s)
necessary o Students use previously-learned strategies or routines
o Makes relationships among concepts overt when they come to a task they don’t understand
o Engages students in discourse around new concepts o Independent work is completed with high level of
o Elaborates on student responses accuracy

 Instructor provides multiple opportunities  Students are successful completing


for students to practice instructional tasks. activities at a high criterion level of performance.
o Provides more than one opportunity to practice each new o Elicits a high percentage of accurate responses from
skill group
o Provides opportunities for practice after each step in o Elicits a high percentage of accurate responses from
instruction individuals
o Elicits group responses when feasible o Holds same standard of accuracy for high performers and
o Provides extra practice based on accuracy of student low performers
responses

Focus: Phonemic Awareness  Phonics  Fluency  Vocabulary  Comprehension 

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