Ladder of Feedback Guide for Classroom Observations for a 4th grade class studying 4th grade science lesson during which students' observations of crickets in a terrarium support and strengthen the students' original claims to the question regarding body parts and behaviors. Clarify Are there aspects of the class or lesson that you don't believe you understood? Ensure that you're clear about what your feedback colleague was trying to accomplish in the lesson by asking some questions or stating any assumptions you've made. - "I wasn't sure if you meant that students will understand X, but that's what I assumed, so now you can understand where my feedback is coming from." If you are approaching your observations from a particular frame or perspective, state that. - "I was interested in looking at how students were interacting in the lesson, so my feedback is focused mainly on that aspect