Narrative Assessment - 11 Aug 2015 - Literacy

Learner: James             Learning Coach:    Miriam Kamsteeg   Date: 11 Aug 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Today James was writing with me. James decided that he wanted to write, “I went to Kelly Tarltons. I see sharks.” He started off writing, “I” then he asked, pointing to the table tent card, “is this went”. Jenny, who was sitting next to him then showed him where it was. James then wrote it down. Next he wrote down “to”. Then it came to “Kelly Tarltons”. I asked James what he could hear at the beginning. Jenny then shouted out “c or k”. James then wrote down, “k”. Then Jenny said “t” so James wrote down a “t”. I then said to James, “ what sound can you hear at the end?” James said, “s” and then wrote it down. He then wrote down, “I see”. Then we started to sound out “sharks”. I pointed to the table tent card and said that it started with one of the sounds that had a blue background and asked him was it ch – chair, th – thumb, sh – shoe… He then said “sh” and wrote down “sh”. He then wrote down some more letters and decided that “shark” was finished.

Evidence of learning

James was able to write a story down. I wonder if he is practising his writing at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

James is developing his Capabilities in writing. He was able to decide on a story and then write it down (Thinking). James was able to write some words and letters down by himself (Managing Self). He is developing his skills when recording letters (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

-        - Handwriting practice to record letters correctly and ensure that lowercase letters do not reach the top line. -        - Continue to explicitly teach sounding out words and recording down the sounds that are heard -        - Explicit teaching regarding placement of full stops.