Narrative Assessment - Writing - 31 March 2016

Learner:  Jeffa               Learning Coach:   Megan Croll                Date:   31 March 2016

Learning Area: Writing

Learning Observed

The Learners in our Learning Habitat had recently had a visit from ‘Little Bo Peep’ and her farm animals.  The Learners had an opportunity to visit the ‘farm’ to touch, brush and learn about the different animals.   We had a lot of discussion and the Learners followed up their visit by making animals with blocks and drawing them.   For our writing assessment, the Learners were invited to write about their ‘farm’ visit.  They were encouraged to think about all the animals that they saw, and to use their senses to describe what they had seen, smelt, heard and touched.   Jeffa was given time to plan for his writing and then write about his ideas.

Evidence of learning

Jeffa used a capital letter to start his sentence, spelt a few high frequency words and sounded out the initial letter for the word ‘Easter’.   Unfortunately, Jeffa wrote about Easter, instead of the animals

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jeffa was supported to collaborate with others during the brainstorm and was encouraged to think about the ‘farm’ visit.   Although he did not write about the farm visit, he did  connect to his personal experiences and used this to help form his ideas for writing. With some support, Jeffa was able to work by himself to plan for his writing and write a simple sentence (Managing Self).   Jeffa is forming most of his letters correctly and listens to the sounds they make when recording them (Using language, symbols and text).

Next Learning Steps

Write about the topic that is given for assessment Learn and include more high frequency words Write letters correctly