Observation Sheet

Descriptive Field Notes Sample

Teacher	Students	Indicator Analysis
1c : Using families to talk about fractions and relationships 1a:”Okay, I’ll take a picture of my family and show you.” 1a: Encourages sharing and asks follow-up questions 1b: “What happens to families? They grow bigger so there is more parts.” 1c: “Let’s think of a number story using Briann’s family. How can we get a fractional part of these people. A number story has to have a what at the end?” (She is providing models, and teaching skills, and using the picture of Briann’s family as an organizational frame). Everyone has a family	1e: Using the pictures, “this one is the numerator, and this one is the denominator”

Teacher

Students

Indicator Analysis

1c : Using families to talk about fractions and relationships

1a:”Okay, I’ll take a picture of my family and show you.”

1a: Encourages sharing and asks follow-up questions

1b: “What happens to families? They grow bigger so there is more parts.”

1c: “Let’s think of a number story using Briann’s family. How can we get a fractional part of these people. A number story has to have a what at the end?” (She is providing models, and teaching skills, and using the picture of Briann’s family as an organizational frame).

Everyone has a family

1e: Using the pictures, “this one is the numerator, and this one is the denominator”