Louisa's Literacy Learning Story - March 2015

Learner:  Louisa   Learning Coach:        Date: March 17, 2015

Learning Area: Literacy

Learning Observed

Louisa was keen to share her learning with me.  She had found some unfamiliar words in a story but could not remember which story they came from in Bug Club.  Louisa showed me her slice of life story.  It was one sentence.  She knew it wasn’t finished because it wasn’t long enough but happily read it to me. Then she showed me her other story and she could answer the 5 W questions about it: Who- many characters: a dog, a mum, 2 sisters, a fish and a dad What happened- Mom said it is time to wake up because it was morning. When- It was a pretend story.   Where- in New Zealand in a house. Why- Beach was dirty- people left rubbish there. Her ability to craft a narrative is clear.

Evidence of learning

I noticed that Louisa is a strong writer when given time to develop her ideas which is evident in her two stories.  See video.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Louisa knew she was developing her writing capability.  She has also demonstrated her curiosity in her creative story.  She scored 40/45 on her STAR reading test and is in the 7th stanine with her greatest area for development being around vocabulary. With growth of vocabulary, Luisa will be more confident at speaking, thus growing her ability to use language, symbols and texts.

Next Learning Steps

-Luisa is very shy and should practice speaking more, I suggest reading aloud and answering the 5 W questions at home, -finding out the meaning of new words that she can’t decode using clues in the sentence by using a dictionary or asking someone -recording herself speaking or reading and listening to herself