Ella's Photo on Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Ella's Video on Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Ella's Photo on Monday, 29 June 2015

Ella's Video on Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Narrative Assessment - Math

Learner: Ella                    Learning Coach: Abby Morgan              Date: 3 June 2015

Learning Area: Math

Learning Observed

Our current math focus has been on developing learners ability to quickly solve addition problems using materials (counters) and imaging (solving it in their head). We began our math workshop by playing a new game. Each learner took a turn to roll the dice and we put the numbers into the first two hearts to create an equation. As I worked alongside Ella I noticed she was able to solve the equations with ease. I asked her to explain to me how she had solved the equation.Ella told me that she used the counters and when she had put the two groups together had counted on from the biggest number. After completing 6 questions as a group the learners went away and continued to solve the questions themselves.

Evidence of learning

Click the link here to view Ella’s math video.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During our math workshop Ella was demonstrating her ability to apply the Key Competencies of thinking and using language symbols and texts. She displayed thinking skills as she used materials to solve the math equations and used the correct math language and symbols to record her thinking. She was also showing the vision principle of capable.

Next Learning Steps

Provide Ella with a range of different types of questions to help her further develop this competency. Assist Ella in moving towards imaging the materials.