Learner: Linda Touch    Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg    Date: 20 Feb 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Linda was writing a story. She wanted to say “My Mummy has a normal dress”. When I came to her she had already written “my mume”. We worked together using the table tent to work out what letters were needed to write the word “has”. I sounded out the word and Linda found each sound. She then wrote down all the sounds she could hear in normal “n m”. We then looked for the sounds for dress. Momo was sitting on the left and could hear our discussion. She flipped the table tent around and pointed to the blend “dr” for Linda. Linda then copied down “br” and added an “s” on the end to make “brs” for dress. I then asked her what was needed at the end of her story and she put down a full stop.

Evidence of learning

I noticed that Linda copied down “br” instead of “dr”. I wonder if she often reverses her “d”s for “b”s

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Linda showed she was capable and connected when she was writing her story. She knows 53/54 on the letter ID assessment and scored 3 years 3 months on the Oral Language assessment. She showed confidence when writing her story and had already started her story without assistance (Managing Self). Linda had planned out her story and knew what she wanted to say (Thinking). She was using her alphabet knowledge to construct a story (Using Language, symbols and texts).

Next Learning Steps

-        - Administer High Frequency Words Test – this will show which words Linda already knows how to spell on her own. She knows “my”, but what other words can she write independently? -        - To further work with Linda on recording all the sounds in each word. -        - To talk about the difference between “b” and “d”. -        - To share Linda’s school writing at home.