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    Tom participated in a scavenger hunt in the classroom where he counted from 1 to 10 and named animals he recognized like meerkats, hippos, and lions. He asked the observer to help find the hippos, and when they couldn't find them he asked another child if they had seen them. The observation showed Tom meeting goals of communicating with peers and explaining his actions. It also showed skills in rote counting and number recognition.

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    Tom participated in a scavenger hunt in the classroom where he counted from 1 to 10 and named animals he recognized like meerkats, hippos, and lions. He asked the observer to help find the hippos, and when they couldn't find them he asked another child if they had seen them. The observation showed Tom meeting goals of communicating with peers and explaining his actions. It also showed skills in rote counting and number recognition.

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    3/12/2020

    Anecdotal Note
    Observer: Jessalyn Westwood
    Child’s Name: Tom (Changed for Privacy)
    Child’s Age:
    Time: 9:20
    Setting:
    This took place during self-selected time. There were many activities available for the children to
    participate in, but the scavenger hunt drew the attention of most of the children. There were
    animals hidden around the room with different number associated with them. There was plenty
    of time left during self-selected time for the children to participate in this scavenger hunt.
    Description of event:
    Tom grabbed the scavenger hunt sheet and counted the numbers while pointing to the numbers
    next to each of the animals, “one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten”. He then
    named the animals that he knew which included the meercats, hippos and lions. He asked me to
    help him find the hippos and we went to look for them. He said, “I looked on the art cart and, in
    the blocks, and I can’t find them”. I replied, “well let’s go look in the dramatic play area”. We
    went to this area and he told me “it’s not under the loft, maybe its on the top”. We then went up
    to the top and couldn’t find it there either. He asked another child in the class if they had seen the
    hippos. The child replied that they hadn’t and so he kept looking. I asked what he was going to
    do next and he said, “I think I will keep looking”
    Comments:
    This observation was significant because it displayed Tom meeting his goal to communicate with
    other children and to explain what he is doing. It is also significant because it was a display of
    rote counting and number recognition.
    Anecdotal records are short stories that describe an event that happens in the classroom

    that is significant for a particular child. These include observations about the child such as;

    “behaviors, skills, attitudes, performance, and classroom incidents” (Using Anecdotal Records in

    the Classroom, 2020, p. 1). These help us to keep a record of the significant events that happen

    with children and allow us to have more of an understanding of how and why they did what they

    did. We do not lose the context like we might using a different form of assessment. They help us

    to keep an accurate record of things children say and do that might help us when trying to figure

    out why the behave a certain way.

    This event was very significant because it not only displayed the child’s ability to rote

    count and show one to one correspondence, but he also accomplished two of the specific goals

    our teaching team had for him. He was able to ask another child to join him in an activity and

    explain to a teacher what he was doing. These two social and language goals were extremely

    important for this child to reach and we were able to see them both being met in one interaction

    with the child. This showed strong progress for the child and we were able to move on to higher

    goals because he had achieved these ones and was observed.

    This information was not only important because he accomplished the goals, we had set

    for him, but was also important because we were able to record his progress in learning and

    development. Had we not observed this interaction we would not have been able to document it

    or make new goals for him. We are also able to use this information to report back to his parents

    when we write about his accomplishments throughout the semester. Overall because we wrote

    this down and had a record of this event were are able to be intentional in our future teaching so

    that we can best help him in his future learning.


    References

    Using Anecdotal Records in the Classroom. (n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2020, from

    https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/using-anecdotal-records-in-the-classroom/

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