Narrative Assessment

Machines that Build - iExperience Narrative Assessment

Learner:  Mohammad, Deesha, Shahid      Learning Coach: M Lennon - LH2       Date:   3 November 2016

Learning Area:  iExperience

NZC Achievement Objective:  Level 1; Technology; Characteristics of Technological Outcomes - Students will understand that technological outcomes are products or systems developed by people and have a physical nature and a functional nature.

Learning Observed

During iExperience Mohammad, Deesha and Shahid have been learning about machines that build things.  They have been showing their curiosities about the purposes behind different machines, why they were invented, and collaborated on a design. During this iExperience Mohammad, Deesha and Shahid learned some background about different machines and their purposes.  Their favourites were the machines that could move and carry things. After learning about different machines and their purposes, Mohammad, Deesha and Shahid collaboratively built their own machine and could explain the reasons behind, and purpose of, this machine. Their machine was primarily designed to carry things.  It had wheels that made it mobile so that it could move things from place to place, it had a control room where the operator would sit and make sure the machine was doing the right thing, it had a big bucket that can carry metal and a little platform that can carry little pieces.

Evidence of learning

Mohammad, Deesha and Shahid have made a marvellous machine!

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During this learning, Mohammad, Deesha and Shahid demonstrated that they were: Connected - actively taking part in learning conversations and activities. Capable - able to describe the purpose for his machine. Curious - building and rebuilding machines to ensure they are stable enough to carry a load. Managing Self  - using equipment in an appropriate manner.

Next Learning Steps

Keep developing curiosities about machines and their purposes by building bigger, better machines each time. Discuss any new findings with peers to help them build stable, load bearing machines.

Narrative Assessment - Writing - 31 March 2016

Learner:  Deesha              Learning Coach:   Megan Croll                Date:   31 March 2016

Learning Area: Writing

Learning Observed

The Learners in our Learning Habitat had a visit from ‘Little Bo Peep’ and her farm animals.  The Learners had an opportunity to visit the ‘farm’ to touch, brush and learn about the different animals.   For our writing assessment, Deesha was invited to write about her ‘farm’ visit.  She was encouraged to participate in a group discussion and to think about all the animals that she saw, and to use her senses to describe what she had seen, smelt, heard and touched.   Deesha was given time to plan for her writing and then write about her ideas.

Evidence of learning

Deesha wrote about the sheep, cow and horse.  She used words to describe how the animal felt (sheep), sounded (cow) and what it was doing (horse).  Deesha used the initial letter sound to try spelling ‘soft’.  She is using a capital letter to start a sentence and ends with a full stop.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Deesha was supported to collaborate with others during the brainstorm and was encouraged to think about the ‘farm’ visit.   She connected with her personal experience and used this to help form her ideas for writing. With some support, Deesha was able to work by herself to plan for her writing and write a sentence (Managing Self).   Deesha is forming most of her letters correctly and listens to the sounds they make when recording them (Using language, symbols and text).

Next Learning Steps

Break ideas into simple and compound sentences Learn and include more high frequency words Correctly write upper and lowercase letters, especially the lettr ‘t’.

We Built This City!

Learner: Deesha      Learning Coach: Luisa Maloni    Date:26th May, 2015

Learning Area: iExplore: We Built This City

Learning Observed

Due to the high interest in building structures out of the magnetic shapes, we have been working on an iExplore learning adventure designing and constructing a city out of cardboard. Deesha has been working consistently on a number of different projects around the city. She designed and built a hotel and swimming pool along with a number of signs, trees and flowers for the parks. She was able to help with the layout of roads and placing buildings along these for our exhibition.  She was able to say that the hotel and welcome sign were the best part of the city but that she wished she could have built a primary school.

Evidence of learning

Deesha is able to think about and make comments on what works well about our project and what would make it even better. I wonder if she shows interest in construction at home?

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Deesha shows that she can use her design and construction Capabilities to create a number of different structures for our cardboard city. She makes connections about real cities and what they have or need to make decisions about our cardboard city (Thinking). She can answer reflective questions and statements about What Went Well and Even Better If... with regard to our city (Thinking; Using Language, Symbols and Text).

Next Learning Steps

Develop her construction skills to make her buildings stronger and pre-plan visual elements like Signs to make them bold and clear Develop her vocabulary in describing other 3-D shapes she uses in her construction e.g. cylinder, cube as well as architectural terms e.g. tower