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Friday, 4 March 2016

Narrative Assessment - Reading - 4 March

Learner: Austin Learning Coach: Megan Croll Date: 4 March 2016

Learning Area: Reading

Learning Observed

Austin has been reading with greater confidence and fluency over the past three weeks. He has been able to talk about what he has read and answer both literal and most inferential questions. Austin appears to enjoy reading and asks for support to read unknown words.

I felt that Austin was ready for a reading test (Running Record), to see if ‘Red’ levelled books would be more suitable for guided reading.

Evidence of learning

http://www.fotobabble.com/m/TGJCWkNwcDIyVjg9

Austin read an unseen text titled “Same and Little Bear“. He scored 95% accuracy with 5 errors and 3 self corrections. Click on the above link to hear how well Austin is reading, or scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on the ‘play’ arrow.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Austin used his knowledge of letter sounds to sound out unknown words (Using Language, Symbols and Text). He had to stop and think when the meaning of the story was not clear. Austin demonstrated a capability to use decoding strategies when faced with challenging parts of an unfamiliar text.

Next Learning Steps

Think about what he is reading and reread when the meaning doesn’t make sense
Correctly identify the letter and sound for ‘b’ and ‘d’
Regularly ‘read to’ and ‘read with’ at home

Saturday, 13 February 2016

Narrative Assessment - Writing - 10 Feb 2016

Learner: Austin Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg Date: 10 Feb 2016

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Today I invited the Learners to write a story about something they could be doing. We practised writing “I am” and finding the words on the word card. We then talked about finding the initial letter of what we wanted to write about. Austin then went off by himself to write his own story. He wrote “I am r” (I am riding).

Evidence of learning

Austin recorded down the basic words and the initial sound that he heard. I wonder if he has practised his writing in the holidays?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Austin is developing his Capabilities in Writing. He was able to work by himself to write a story (Managing Self). Austin is starting to form his letters correctly and listen to the sounds they make when recording them (Using Language, Symbols and Text). He was able to Think of his own story and write it down.

Next Learning Steps