To be honest, the past week has been difficult for me to make and record observations on my student’s behavior considering the fact that she was absent 2 days and I’m not sure what kind of record I should use to make observations.
I would love to hear what others are doing and using to record observations and how often they are making observations. Are you only focusing on one target behavior or more than one? At this point I’m just interested in how to best organize and gather information on my student. I would love to hear what’s working for others.
Behavior that needs improvement for my student includes daydreaming or off task behavior during whole group instruction and anger issues/retaliation when other students’ call her a name or do something she doesn’t like. Any ideas as to the best form to record this kind of behavior and ways to improve it?
My student struggles with day dreaming as well. He is constantly zoning out in class and he almost gets this blank stare on his face. What I have been doing is really just trying to remember what he does during the day at the end of the day, writing down what I can remember. If something really important happens that I think will be important later on, I’ll run and make a quick note on a post it note. I have a bunch on my desk and I’ll just write something down really quickly on the post it.
But like I said… I really just try and write a quick summary on the computer at the end of the day about stuff that happens with my student throughout the day. It’s too difficult to stop what you’re doing, write everything you need to down, and then pick right back up. You also can’t just stop teaching to write something down.
Hope that helps!!
By: Anna Toone on March 14, 2010
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