JOST - April 20th 2015 Austin

Learner:  Austin   Learning Coach: Caro Bush       Date: 20th April

Learning Area: Oral Language

Learning Observed

I completed the JOST Assessment (Junior Oral Language Screening Tool) with Austin.  It was great that he knew the names of three zoo animals.  He could also tell me the functions of some body parts but was unable to name them in English, I wonder if he can name them in Chinese? Austin enjoyed sharing his knowledge of the picture  and was very animated while he told me all about what was happening in the picture.

Evidence of learning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXBa7vAgDA0sMW9yHUaXramqTPwbTAKGqqw8PT2iWNw/edit

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Austin is developing his Capabilities (Using Language Symbols and Texts)  in English he is usually able to respond when asked questions (Thinking). Austin enjoys sharing verbally what he is doing and is Curious about the way the world works.

Next Learning Steps

name at least 6 animals (domestic or wild) name body parts and functions ie my nose can sniff and smell use the language of position - ie in front of, behind, next to

Narrative Assessment - Literacy - 20 April 2015

Learner: Deesha, Austin and Owen      Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg  Date: 20 April 2015

Learning Area: Literacy

Learning Observed

Deesha, Austin and Owen were working together on a new Literacy activity today. They had to match the lower case letter with its capital letter. All took turns coming to ask me what the lower case letter was in order to work out the capital letter. They came to me and told me that they had completed it. I went and had a look, but removed some incorrect pegs and asked them to try again. One letter of note was that the matched the capital “i” with a lower case “L”. They then continued again and came and asked me a few letters. Then came and showed me again. This time they had a lower case “y” and “n” left. I pointed to the “n” peg and told them the name of the letter. Deesha put it on the capital “n”. Then they all pointed to the capital “y” for the last one.

Evidence of learning

I noticed that there were quite a few letters that they were unable to match up. I wonder if they have played this sort of game before at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

They all showed Collaboration as they all worked well together, taking turns and persevering until it was all finished. Austin, Owen and Deesha also showed a Curiosity about working out which was the correct letter to match up (Thinking). They were developing their Capabilities in Letter Identification. Owen, Deesha and Austin were sharing their ideas with each other and working as a group (Participating and Contributing/ Relating to Others). They also were able to work without Learning Coach continual guidance and chose to ensure they completed the task accurately (Managing Self). This was an activity that used letter identification (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

More practice at this activity so they can complete it without having to ask a Learning Coach for help Continue to explicitly teach the names of each letter More practice with letters and their names