Learner: Fernanda Espinoza Diaz     Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg      Date: 4 March 2015

Learning Area: Literacy - Writing

Learning Observed

Fernanda did not know what to write about today. I said that she could write about the tadpoles if she liked. She went away and drew her picture and wrote her name. She came and told me that she wanted to write “Everyone is watching the tadpoles”. I said “Everyone, e, e, e. Can you find the picture on the table tent that starts with the sound “e”?” She could not so we started naming all the pictures. When we came to “egg”. I stopped her and said “e, e, egg. Is that the same as everyone?” She said it was and wrote down “e”. We repeated the same process for “is”. With “watching” I said that there was a clue in the word “watching, watch”. She pointed to the “watch” picture. I then showed her the word “the” on the table tent card which she copied down, but copied a backwards “h”. Then the last word “tadpoles”. She said, “t! But what does it look like?” I said “T.V” and she pointed to the “T.V” picture and wrote down “t”. I then asked her what did she need to put at the end of her story and she put down a full stop.

Evidence of learning

I noticed she recorded her n, a, d and h backwards. I wonder if she has noticed that they are only written one way?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Fernanda scored 8/54 on the Letter Identification Assessment and 3 years 6 months on the Oral Language Assessment. She was able, once given an idea, to start her picture and record her name by herself (Managing Self). Fernanda is developing her Capabilities in learning what letter can be used to record different sounds (Using Language, Symbols and Text). She showed she was Curious about her learning and what sounds she needed to use.

Next Learning Steps

Specific teaching regarding the way the letters go. Specific teaching regarding which letters can be used for which sounds. Complete a Sound to Letter Assessment - Does Fernanda know more sounds than letters?