Narrative Assessment - Maths - 28 July 2016

Learner:  Maya         Learning Coach:   Megan Croll - LH2             Date:   28 July 2016

Learning Area:  Maths

Learning Observed

Today during iDevelop, a group of Learners were using materials to explore place value of tens and ones.    I asked Maya to find out how many ‘ones’ cubes she would need to make a ‘ten’.  This understanding is important as it will support her thinking when she begins to add numbers in which the total is greater than its place value, e.g. 7+6 = one ten and 3 ones. Maya was then asked to count out the number of ‘ones’ cubes and ‘tens’ sticks to make a given number.   She needed some support to understand that each small cube had a value of one.

Evidence of learning

Maya counted out the materials that she needed to make the number 57

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During this learning, Maya demonstrated that she was: Connected -  listening to the learning conversations and showing that she understood how the shape of each piece represented a number, with support Capable - beginning to understand place value and correcting her original answer by making adjustments to the number of cubes that she used Thinking about the question and task, then proceeding to gather the cubes and sticks that she required Using Language, Symbols and Text  - using two digit numbers Managing Self  - able to use the equipment appropriately and remain on task until she had completed it

Next Learning Steps

Use the equipment independently to make more two digit numbers Teach someone else to use the place value equipment Use the ‘hundreds’ square to make a three digit number

Narrative Assessment - Maths - 18 July 2016

Learner: Maya         Learning Coach:   Megan Croll - LH2           Date:  18 July  2016

Learning Area:  Maths

Learning Observed

Today we were investigating what it means to classify objects.  This is part of the geometry strand in maths, level 1.   The Learners were placed in mixed ability groups of 4-5, then they rotated through three different activities where they were asked to work as a team to discuss the objects and find different ways to classify (group) them.   Maya worked with her group to first group the objects by colour, then to separate the dinosaurs from the other shapes.  They then classified them another way by putting all the animals into a circle.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Maya worked in a collaborative way by thinking and acting with her team.  She required support to share her ideas with every Learner in her team as she still prefers to work with several self-selected partners.   Maya demonstrated that she is capable of listening to, and following a set of instructions.   She was required to think about the learning taking place and understand what the other members in her group were doing when they were creating new groups with the materials.  Maya was able to manage herself by remaining on task and moving to the next rotation when instructed.

Next Learning Steps

Find other objects to classify within LH2 and at home Support another Learner to understand classification Confidently share her ideas with others when working in a group