Sunday, 28 February 2016
Monday, 22 February 2016
Narrative Assessment - Writing - 23 Feb 2016
Learner: Fanxi Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg Date: 23 Feb 2016
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Learning Area: Literacy - Writing
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Learning Observed
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Today Fanxi was writing with me as part of his Guided Writing session. He started off drawing his brainstorm picture. Then I asked him to begin to write his story. He wanted to write “I look at movies”. Fanxi was able to write “I” by himself and then he asked me “how do I write ‘look’”. I said, “l, l, l” and we looked at the word card. Fanxi pointed to the leaf picture and said ‘leaf”. He then wrote it down we then proceeded similarly with the rest of the word. Next we sounded out “at” and he wrote that down. Lastly we sounded out “movies” and Fanxi recorded down the sounds he could hear. Finally I ask him what he needed to put in at the end of his sentence and he put in a full stop.
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Evidence of learning
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Fanxi was able to write many sounds in his story. I wonder if he has practiced his writing in the holidays?
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Key Competencies/Vision Principles
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Fanxi is working on his Capabilities in Writing. He was able to begin his brainstorm by himself (Managing Self). Fanxi could think of a story by himself and start to write it down. He is developing his skills in forming letters (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).
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Next Learning Steps
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- Continue to explicitly teach putting in finger spaces in between each word.
- Continue to teach finding words on the word card and letters.
- Share learning with home.
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Saturday, 20 February 2016
Fanxi's Writing Narrative
Learner: Fanxi Learning Coach: Mr Dyer Date: Week 3 - Term 1
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Learning Area: Writing
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Learning Observed
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We have hit the ground running and are already challenging ourselves to identify what makes writing effective and how we can capture this learning in our own writing. We have identified that our best writing comes from the heart and involves sharing our thoughts, wonderings and feelings about a particular subject. We have also begun exploring ‘Show’ not ‘Tell’ to develop imagery and depth in our writing, along with writing about our sensory responses to daily events. Finally, through selecting elements of Who, What, Why, When, Where and How, we can focus on different elements of our writing in more detail.
Fanxi has begun to use some of the above writing techniques to make their writing #Oresome! He has the opportunity to write every day, and is involved in our author’s circles where they can seek advice and share their writing with myself and other learners. They are also invited to respond to areas for development at various stages of the writing process. It will be exciting to see how their writing develops over the course of the year starting from the example below which was one of their first pieces of independent writing.
On a Friday, Fanxi contributes to our group blog. We share our thoughts, wonderings and feelings about the previous week and collaborate with the other writing groups before posting on our habitat blog. Be sure to check out these blogs when you can.
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Evidence of learning
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This was Fanxi first effort at writing this year. It will be exciting to see how he progresses as the year goes on.
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Key Competencies/Vision Principles
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Fanxi has begun to show his capabilities in writing, even at this early stage of the year. We are connecting with events from our lives to make writing real to us. We are doing a range of independent writing and more collaborative pieces.
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Next Learning Steps
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Fanxi should continue to write from the heart and visit the Author’s circle for regular input into his writing. Fanxi is encouraged to share his writing with family members and also with other audiences at school and home.This will give him a chance to receive authentic feedback that can be used to make his next piece of writing even better.
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