Monday, June 29, 2015

Louisa's Maths Narrative Assessment


Learner:    Louisa (mm)                                                 Date: June 2015
Learning Area: Maths                                         Learning Coach: John Dyer                 
Learning Observed
Louisa was recently working as part of a big group on a measurement task. She first applied her previous measurement learning experiences to this task and approximated sensibly. Louisa then collaborated when measuring a variety of wooden rods. These were used to measure the length and width of a room.

Louisa was able to use her place value knowledge when converting centimetres to metres and then multiplication skills to see how many times each rod fitted across the room. It was good to see Louisa being both an active listener and offering ideas for how the problem could be solved.
Evidence of learning
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Louisa collaborating well with Selestine as the decide on the best way to measure the room using a variety of lengths.
Key Competencies/Vision Principles being demonstrated

Thinking - Making sense of information, experiences and ideas.
Using language, symbols, and texts - Making sense of words, numbers and images.
Managing self - knowing when to lead, when to follow and when to act independently.
Relating to others - Interacting effectively in a range of contexts.
Participating and contributing - Being actively involved in school and the community

Curious
Collaborative
Connected
Capable
Next Learning Steps
Apply learning around measurement of length to other areas of measurement including weight and volume. Continue to develop basic facts knowledge. This will include quick recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20 and of multiplication facts for the 2, 5, 10 x tables. This will progress to the 3 and 4 x tables.




Monday, June 1, 2015

Literature Circle Learning Story - June 2015


Learner: Louisa     (Nouns)                                                                Date: June 2015
Learning Area: Literacy                                         Learning Coach: Diana Wilkes                 
Learning Observed
We have been working really hard this term to learn how to have a ‘Book Club’ in literacy iDevelop.  We began by learning about how to select and why to select a ‘Best Fit’ book- please ask Louisa what book she is reading and how she knows it is a best fit on a regular basis. Louisa learned all about the 5 finger strategy to help her choose.  The Nouns group was also introduced to an online book resource called http://booktrackclassroom.com to which she has an account. In our Literature circle each learner has a different role each week:  Summariser, Literary Luminary, Word Wizard, Discussion Director, Connector, Artful Artist or Researcher which ensures that the book club runs smoothly.  Louisa is developing confidence at sharing in our meetings and has been well prepared completing her task in her Literature Circle google doc since a difficult initial meeting.
Evidence of learning


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Key Competencies/Vision Principles
Louisa is showing Connectedness by relating her work to the text we are reading.  She is relating to others well by remaining respectful while others speak and she is Collaborative when she is participating in the discussion.  She is also developing her Capability in reading conversation and oral language.
Next Learning Steps
  • Always have her Best Fit book with her everyday and read every night at home, out loud when possible
  • Visit booktrackclassroom.com often to read new books
  • Prepare for the Literature Circle meetings in her Daily 5 time or at home in her google document
  • When she is the Word Wizard- select words that are completely new to her so she can grow her vocabulary