Friday, December 1, 2017

Narrative Assessment



Learner: Johnny and Natasha (LH6)                            Learning Coach:  DWilkes   
Date:   November 2017
Learning Area: iDevelop - Literacy - Creative Writing
NZC Achievement Objectives:   
4Cs Observed:
*Recognise how to shape texts for a purpose and an audience.
*Form and express ideas on a range of topics.
*Use language features, showing some recognition of their effects.
Success Criteria:  use Storybird to write a creative story with rhyming words.
  • WALT: Use and read rhyming words   
  • WALT:  communicate
  • WALT: Build vocabulary
Johnny collaborated with Natasha and Connected to his prior knowledge and to the pictures in the story.
Learning Observed
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at-word-family-17-638.jpglarger_storybird_flying_birds_logo.pngJohnny began to learn about Storybird when the Hickey hapu wrote the story ‘Quack the Cat’ together. Johnny was happy that Ms Wilkes made him his own account.  Some LH6 learners came to work with us and Johnny’s buddy was Natasha.  Natasha helped Johnny login to his Storybird account and helped him use the program so his funny, creative ideas could become a story. It was challenging for him to remember to try to use -at words in his story.  Johnny loved looking through all the pictures so it was good that Natasha helped him stay focused and he created two stories with her.  Natasha did most of the typing but all of the ideas came from Johnny and Nathan.  He has very good ideas and demonstrates a solid understanding that he is writing for an audience and that the purpose is to entertain.  He uses some appropriate and purposeful language features as well- such as metaphor, alliteration and rhyme. Read his amazing stories where they are embedded below, by clicking on the links or by logging into Storybird.
Evidence of learning
Next Learning Steps
I strongly encourage Johnny to login to www.storybird.com at home using his login details: username: JT10982 password: thankyou so he can continue to practice writing on his own at home.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Measurement



Learner:   Johnny            Learning Coach: M Lennon           Date:   16 October 2017
Learning Area:  iDevelop - Mathematics
NZC Achievement Objectives:   Level 1 Mathematics
Measurement:
Students will create and use appropriate units and devices to measure length, area, volume and capacity, weight (mass), turn (angle), temperature, and time.
Patterns and Relationships:
Students will generalise that whole numbers can be partitioned in many ways.
Learning Observed
In a measurement unit during iDevelop Johnny has been learning to identify different units of length.  He has been participating in a range of practical activities using both standard and non-standard units of measure.

Johnny has demonstrated his curiosity by making estimations about the length of various objects using non-standard measures (e.g. how many giant steps to the door?), then carrying out investigations through practical activities in order to check his estimations.

During the measurement unit Johnny is showing he is a capable learner by being able to use language, symbols, and text in order to measure the length of a particular object.

Johnny is a connected learner, taking his previous experience with measurement and applying it to his current learning.  
Evidence of learning
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The cubes are best to measure because they were all the same size so our answers will be the same.
Next Learning Steps
  • Keep making estimations about the length of various things.
  • Begin using more standard forms of measurement