Wolf Fact Find

Learner:  Johnny         Learning Coach: M Lennon          Date:   9 August 2017

Learning Area:  iDevelop - Literacy

NZC Achievement Objective:  Level 1 English; Speaking, Writing, and Presenting; Purposes and Audiences. Students will recognise how to shape texts for a purpose and an audience.

Learning Observed

In literacy Johnny has been learning to understand what he has been reading by summarising stories, and to find and record facts from nonfiction texts. Firstly, as a group we read stories about wolves and recorded the facts we found.  Discussions were then had to identify the difference between any facts and opinions in the text.  Johnny demonstrated that he was both collaborative and connected to his learning through his ability to join in group discussions and share his prior knowledge with others. Next, Johnny wrote the facts he learned about wolves into his literacy book.  Johnny demonstrated capability in learning by being able to remember what he had heard and learnt from others long enough to record the information in his book. Finally, Johnny published his work, using ‘wolf’ colours.  Throughout this learning Johnny demonstrated a high level of participation and contribution to his learning and the learning of others.

Evidence of learning

Wolves:  They live in the forest and are the biggest dogs.  Wolves can see in the dark.  Wolves have strong teeth.

Next Learning Steps

Keep choosing non-fiction texts to grow your curiosity about the world around you. Include more details to your writing by adding explanations of your facts.