Learner: Austin Wang     Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg           Date: 20 Feb 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

When I came to sit with Austin he had already completed his picture and written “i” next to his name. I had previously written his name in his book the night before. I asked him what his picture was about. He said that he was flying and Owen was walking. He wanted to say “I can fly and Owen can walking”. I asked him if he knew where to find the “c” sound for “can” on the table tent card. He said he did not know. I gestured to the approximate location and he began pointing to them and I said the sound. He went right past “c” so we went back to it and he wrote it down. Next we had to find “f”. We went through the same process again. However when it can to “and” he quickly wrote down “n”. He then wanted to write Owen and asked me if I could tell him the letters. I told him the letters and he was able to write them all down, including putting in a capital “O”. When it came to the next “can” he was able to record the “c” down straight away after I pointed out that he wrote it before. We started the same process as before for finding “w”, however he quickly found the “watch”picture and recorded down “w”. I said to him “I can fly and Owen can walk”. He then wrote an “n” after the “w” so it could say “walking”.

Evidence of learning

I noticed that Austin was able to link his prior learning - when he was recording the “c” and “w” sounds for the second time that session.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Austin showed he was capable and curious when recording his story. He scored 26/54 on the Letter ID assessment and 2 years 8 months on the Oral Language assessment. Austin was able to record his brainstorm idea and begin his story by himself (Managing Self). He knew what he wanted to record and where he needed help in order to get it written down (Thinking). Austin was using his alphabet knowledge to record his story down (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Administer High Frequency word test - what words can Austin spell by himself and which words is he ready to learn? To show Austin how he could be using the table tents as a resource to find letter/ sound associations. Explicitly teach the use of Capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and and full stops at the end of sentences. Share Austin’s writing with home.