Learner: Kaiariki and Harman    Learning Coach: Mr Hattie        Date: 17 March 2015

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 2 - Reading

Learning Observed

During reading time this week Jack was reading one of the big books when he noticed that he had two people listening to him. He proceeded to read the book out loud and Kaiariki and Harman continued listening. They were asking questions about the text and talking about the pictures. This is a great learning experience for Kaiariki and Harman because they do not have the challenge of decoding and they are hearing someone reading who is working on decoding a different level to them and they are getting to hear the different strategies that he is using. This will help Kaiariki and Harman develop more strategies. Having collaboration between learners is highly valuable for their learning.

Evidence of learning

To see video press click here CLICK HERE After finishing the big book Harman wanted to try reading to Kaiariki. Here is Jack and Kaiariki listening to Harman read a poem.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Kaiariki and Harman have shown the Key Competency “participating and contributing” because they were participating in the story. “Relating to others” was being shown as Kaiariki and Harman were listening to Jack read the story. They got to hear how he reads a story. While this was during reading time it was an independent task that these learners chose to participate in, so they were “managing self”.

Next Learning Steps

Harman and Kaiariki’s  next learning steps are: Reading out loud with fluency. Identifying high frequency words in a text. retelling a story that she listens to.

Learner: Harman Kaur     Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg           Date: 2 Mar 2015

Learning Area: Literacy

Learning Observed

Harman was working with the "Alphabet Soup Cans". She showed me that she had a unicorn picture. I asked her if she could find the "u" can to put the picture in. She then found it and also found some more "u" pictures - "uniform" and "unicycle" and put them in the "u" can as well. Then she showed me that she had found the "c" can and had put in"cookie", "cow" and "cat".

Evidence of learning

Harman linked the sound with the letter. I wonder how many sounds she knows?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Harman scored 51/ 54 on the Letter Identification Assessment and 3 years 8 months on the Oral Language Assessment. She was able to listen and follow instructions in order to develop her capabilities to learn to play the “Alphabet Soup Can” game. Harman was able to continue a task by herself (Managing Self). She was able to match the sound with the letter (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Complete a letter sound assessment Specific teaching on writing a story using only the beginning sounds of each word Continued reinforcement between the sound and letters