How do you cope with observed classes? I am terrrified, please help. I am a new teacher in my second year and our school is having a full inspection...

All these
aforementioned posts have very good tips. I have been both the observed and the observer, so
here's a few specific things you can do to ensure that your visitor sees good things:

-- Make sure your objective for the class is visibly posted.

-- Have
in place a followed agenda or schedule of class events that is your usual "routine:"
bellwork-->classwork, projects and discussion-->exit slip/bell-ringer-->homework seems
to be a fairly successful formula, but everybody's different.

-- Transition
fluidly from one part of your agenda to the next. Your class should seem "seamless" in
its approach.

-- If behavior issues arise, deal with them as you normally
would. Evaluators at our school usually look for a three-step process of some sort: non-verbal
warning (desk tap, hand signal, etc.) followed by a firm and semi-private verbal warning, and
then an appropriate consequence if the two previous warnings have not been followed.

There are other evaluation areas obviously (your knowledge of the content area, your
classroom environment, etc.), but these three above are big helpers to get you off on the right
foot.