Learner: Ella Hwah          Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg        Date: 27 Feb 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Ella decided that she wanted to work by herself for Writing today. When she had finished she came and brought me her story. She had written “I like. VKn.” I asked her if anyone had helped her to write “volcanoes”. She replied that no she did it by herself.

Evidence of learning

Ella has recorded down the sounds she can hear in “Volcanoes”.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Ella scored 4 years 3 months in the Oral Language assessment and 51/54 for the Letter ID assessment. She was able to decide that she wanted to write by herself and completed this task (Managing Self). Ella showed she is developing her Capabilities by using her table tent to find the letters for the sounds she could hear. She was able to make Connections between a previously taught sentence starter and how to use it for her story. Ella was able to form her letters correctly and made attempts to use full stops (Using Language, Symbols and Texts).

Next Learning Steps

Specific teaching on correct placement of full stops Basic word assessment Specific teaching on developing longer sentences.