Narrative Assessment - Literacy - 2 Nov 2015

Learner: Darren                    Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg             Date: 2 Nov 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Today Darren was writing with me. He sat down and drew his picture. In our group we had a discussion on how many wanted to write about Halloween, so I wrote it up for the Learners to copy, if they needed that word. Darren asked me for help sounding out “group” and “person”.

Evidence of learning

Darren was able to record down the many sounds he can hear in each word. I wonder if he is practising writing at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Darren is continuing to improve his Capabilities in Writing. He was able to create a story in his head and then record it (Thinking). Darren was able to settle quickly to write a story by himself (Managing Self). He was able to use many different letters to record sounds (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Write 2, or more, sentences Continue to record down all the sounds he hears in his words Share learning with home.

Narrative Assessment - Literacy - 29 Oct 2015

Learner: Darren      Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg             Date: 29 Oct 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Reading Assessment

Learning Observed

Today Darren completed a Reading Assessment with me. He read a higher Blue level book called “Clever Little Dinosaur”. Darren read with 89% accuracy. This means he still needs to work at the same Yellow level for a bit longer to consolidate his word accuracy at this level. He was, however able to retell the story very well and answered most comprehension questions correctly.

Evidence of learning

Darren read and retold the story. I wonder if he is doing this at home each night?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Darren is developing his Capabilities in Reading. He is Reading many words with accuracy (Using Language, Symbols and Texts). Darren is making sense of what he reads (Thinking).

Next Learning Steps

Continue to learn more Basic sight words. Continue to explicitly teach sounding out tricky words. Share learning with home.

Narrative Assessment - 4 August 2015 - Literacy

Learner:  Darren       Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg             Date: 4 August 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Reading

Learning Observed

Today Darren read “The Dance” with me. He is pointing to the words and reading with fluency. Darren was able to read the basic sight words with ease. When he got to a “tricky” word he needed prompting to sound it out.

Evidence of learning

Darren read this book with fluency. I wonder if he is able to read without pointing to the words?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Darren is developing his Capabilities in Reading. He was able to choose a book and begin reading without prompting (Managing Self). Darren is using the pictures to help decode words (Thinking). He is reading many basic sight words (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Make sure Darren is choosing the slightly harder Red 2 and Red 3 books Explicit teaching on the “h” digraphs. e.g. sh, ch, th etc Share learning with home.

Narrative Assessment - Literacy: Writing Term 2

Learner: Darren                     Learning Coach: Abby Morgan              Date: 22 June 2015

Learning Area:  Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

As part of our writing programme we have been exploring different forms of writing. This week we viewed a video of a baby bird hatching and had to describe what happened. We brainstormed ideas before watching and wrote down all the words that we thought would be useful for our writing. After watching the video we added new words to the list and then shared ideas. Darren was excited and engaged as he watched the video and was able to tell me about what had happened. Darren was able to write a sentence describing what happened in the video and used three of the words we had brainstormed. He was able to locate the words in the list and correctly spell these in his writing. Darren is making progress with his writing and is attempting more words and is able to identify the main sounds in these.

Evidence of learning

Two examples of Darren’s writing. I wonder if he enjoys writing at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Darren has displayed the Vision Principle of capable as he develops new learning skills and behaviours. He is also demonstrating his ability to use the key competency of using language, symbols and text as he shares his ideas and thoughts through written language. Darren applies his existing knowledge with new learning which demonstrates his ability to use the Key Competency of thinking.

Next Learning Steps

Assist in learning to correctly use full stops and capital letters Introduce Darren to the high frequency word games and activities Publish his favourite stories on his Blog to share with home