Writing Narrative Assessment - 22 November 2016

Learner:  Datar    Learning Coach: Megan Croll - LH2        Date: 22 November 2016

Learning Area:  Writing

Learning Observed

Following our trip to the Auckland Zoo, we decided to learn how to write a letter so that we could thank the helpers.   Datar and his hapu group brainstormed the people that helped us and all the animals that they saw.  Datar chose to write to John, the Education Leader that we met at the zoo.   Datar started his letter with the date and the name of the person that he was writing to.  Next, he wrote about the purpose for the letter and what he liked the most.    Datar used capital letters for the beginning of most sentences.  He self-corrected the word ‘dear’ and then, with support from a Learning Coach, corrected some punctuation.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Datar is demonstrating that he is: Collaborative - sharing his ideas with his hapu group during a brainstorm session about what they liked the most about their trip to Auckland Zoo. Capable - independently choosing who he wished to write to and what he wanted to write about. Using Language, Symbols and Text - writing many high frequency words correctly and taking care to write the size and shape of most letters correctly.

Next Learning Steps

Use capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns, e.g. November. Understand when to use a lowercase letter and when to use an uppercase letter. Practise writing letters at home