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Narrative Assessment - 15 Oct 2015 - Literacy

Learner: Jack             Learning Coach: Stephanie Hooker             Date: 15 Oct 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Today’s writing topic was “An underwater adventure”. Jack set to work readily and expressed his thoughts and ideas with ease.

Evidence of learning

Jack was able to write simple sentences with conjunctions. He is beginning to use adjectives in his writing.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Managing Self - Jack settled to work quickly Use Language, Symbols and Texts -  He is capable and writes fluently Thinking - His ideas were in sequence

Next Learning Steps

Begin to edit his work to change repetitive words (remove “and”) Use a variety of sentences Continue including descriptive words in his writing

Narrative Assessment - 21 Oct 2015 - Mathematics

Learner: Jack       Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg             Date: 21 Oct 2015

Learning Area: Mathematics

Learning Observed

Today Jack completed a Gloss Maths assessment. He was able to solve the Addition and Subtraction problem but not articulate how he solve it. Jack used skip counting to solve the Multiplication problem. He was unable to solve the Proportions and Ratios questions.

Evidence of learning

Jack used a skip counting strategy to solve a problem. I wonder if he is practising this with Mathletics?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jack is developing his Capabilities in Mathematics. He is using many different problems solving strategies to figure out the questions (Thinking). Jack is able to read and process the questions (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Explicitly teach how to use an additive strategy to solve Proportions and Ratio questions Explicitly teach how to use multiplicative strategies to solve Multiplication and Division questions Share Learning with home.

Writing Narrative Assessment

Learner:  Jack          Learning Coach: Mr Hattie              Date: 22 September 2015

Learning Area: Learning Habitat Two - Writing

Learning Observed

During writing we have been learning about persuasive writing. We have been explaining and persuading others to either be or not be a pirate. This has been a way in which we teach the learners about how to use the language features and writing skills that we have learnt over the term. For this piece Jack had to write whether he wanted to be a pirate and why. He had to explain multiple reasons why he did or did not want to the be a pirate. Jack wants to be a pirate because he gets to be on a ship. He talked about how “cool” the pirate ship was.

Evidence of learning

Jack has written about why he wants to be a pirate.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Throughout this lesson Jack was showing the Key Competency “thinking” as he had to think of reason why he wants to be a pirate. Also, “understand language and symbols was being used as he had to know the correct way to spell the words and the different language features.

Next Learning Steps

Jack’s next learning steps are: write a persuasive text to convince someone. edit and reflect on the feedback given to him.

Jack's Video on Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Narrative Assessment - 24 Aug 2015 - Mathematics

Jack's Photo on Wednesday, 19 August 2015

iExperience: Collaboration in Music

Narrative Assessment - Literacy

Learner: Jack                        Learning Coach:  Mr Hattie                 Date: 26 June 2015

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 2 - Literacy

Learning Observed

During writing today Jack was working on adding Capital Letters and Full Stops in the correct place, as he has been missing them out during writing time. The task was to write a passage of writing that has no capitals or full stops in it at all. Then he is to add in the capitals and full stops into the passage in the correct place. I was thrilled to see that when Jack sat down and focused on the task he was able to place them in the correct place. Once Jack had finished with his writing he came up to get it checked off with me. I was currently working with a learner so he had to wait. This is when a friend who had already finished came up and said that he had done it correctly he can check it for him. It was great to see Jack take this on board and allow someone to check his work. It shows that Jack knows that there are people who can help and if the Learning Coach is busy he can find someone who he knows is a reliable choice to check his work.

Evidence of learning

Jack explaining his work to the group and why the full stops are there. Jack is getting his writing checked by a buddy. Peer checking is great.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During this lesson the Key Competencies that were being shown were “thinking” as Jack had to think about where the correct places were to put the full stops and capital letters. This took a lot of reading and thinking about what makes sense. “Managing Self” was being shown as this was an independent activity. Jack was showing “Relating to others” as the idea of peer checking is one where you have to relate to others and how they feel. This is a commendable quality.

Next Learning Steps

Jack’s  next learning steps are: ensure that he uses capitals letters and full stops at all times when writing. Start to experiment with other punctuation such as commas and speech marks.

Jack's Video on Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Myths and Legends: Aladdin and the Lamp

Learner: Jack      Learning Coach: Luisa Maloni    Date: 3rd June, 2015

Learning Area: iExperience: Myths and Legends

Learning Observed

We are learning to make connections with the past and with the stories important to our community. This week we have been learning about the legend of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. After we listened to, discussed and acted out parts of this story, we used chalk to create a picture of our own genie. Jack was able to talk about his picture and said “We I learning about Aladdin and this is the lamp, this is Aladdin...this is the gold”

Evidence of learning

See Jack’s Post below

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jack shows that he capable by talking about our learning intention or WALT (We Are Learning To…). He uses his Thinking skills to discuss what we are learning about. He is able to talk about and draw his ideas to share with others and describe key characters and events in a Myth and Legend (Using Language, Symbols and Text).

Next Learning Steps

Develop his oral language to share ideas in complete sentences using appropriate tense and include topic vocabulary. Retell events in a story in the order they happened

Jack's Video on Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Learner: Jack                           Learning Coach: Mr Hattie            Date: 11 March 2015

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 2 - Mathematics

Learning Observed

Today in mathematics Jack was working on adding and subtracting numbers to 20. We were using our hands and fingers to help us. During our lesson Jack noticed that he had achieved this skill. He said to me “Mr Hattie I am good at this. Can we start adding 10?” This was a great reflection. Jack had thought about what he was learning. Because at the start Jack was working really hard to solve the problems and by the end he didn’t have to think about it. Jack realised that it was hard to start with, which is great to see. We next look at the planning for the week and wrote what we are going to work on. Jack wrote in that he wanted to work on adding 10. He also said “I would like to work in my book on a sheet”. He was able to work with a buddy to decide what the lesson for the rest of the week will look like. It was amazing seeing the collaboration. Comments like “what do you think?” “I need to work on”. This was great to see because he was thinking about his own learning and what his next learning steps are.

Evidence of learning

The writing above is the learning that Jack was doing this week. Since he has achieved this learning he has replanned for the rest of the week. The below is the next learning step.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jack has shown the Key Competency “thinking” because he was able to think about what his needs are for his learning and where he needs to go. He was able to collaborate with others in his group. Jack let his buddy say what she needs and plan the lesson with her. He showed “managing self” he did this by deciding for himself what he wants to work on for his lessons. Jack was able to show “understanding” because he knew what he was already good at and what he wanted to learn. This shows that he has the understanding of ‘learning steps’.

Next Learning Steps

Jack’s next learning steps are: working on adding and subtracting with 10 planning out his learning sequence. putting his planning on his learning pathway.

Self-Portraits

Learner:  Jack          Learning Coach: Luisa Maloni  Date: 10th March, 2015

Learning Area: iExperience: Self Portraits

Learning Observed

During iExperience, the learners have been involved in a rotation of Visual arts, Music, Dance and Drama. In the Visual Arts- learners had the opportunity to discover how other artists tell a story about who they are through self-portraits. We looked at how we are the same and how we are different and how artists celebrate and accentuate what is special and different about themselves through their work. I observed that Jack was very involved, enthusiastic and focussed on this activity and took special care to draw his own features as they are in real life. He added detail e.g. the buttons on his shirt. Jack models his artwork on the portraits of Frida Kahlo by including symbols that represent things he loves e.g. maths and basketball. Jack has been very committed to finishing his self-portrait and has been using the time before school to work on his drawing.

Evidence of learning

Jack tells a story about himself and his personality through his self-portrait. I can’t wait to see it finished in colour!

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jack’s artwork shows that he has Capabilities in observational drawing and attention to expressing what makes him unique. He makes Connections between what he loves and expresses them in a visual and symbolic way. Jack demonstrates the key competency of Managing Self by working on his drawing using his own initiative.

Next Learning Steps

Further develop his drawing skills through explicit practice of facial proportions Introduce dark and light elements to his painting of faces e.g. shading Identify an artist he likes and experiment with some of their techniques in Art.