Narrative Assessment - 4 March 2016 - Reading

Learner:  Ethan                 Learning Coach: Megan Croll                 Date:  4 March 2016

Learning Area:  Reading

Learning Observed

Ethan has been reading with confidence and fluency over the past three weeks.  He has been able to talk about what he has read and answer both literal and inferential questions.   Ethan appears to enjoy reading and likes to read to others.   I felt that Ethan was ready for a reading test (Running Record), to see if ‘Green’ levelled books would be more suitable for guided reading.

Evidence of learning

http://www.fotobabble.com/m/VWRiNjQxd29KVFk9 Ethan read an unseen text titled “The Best Runner “.   He scored 96% accuracy with 6 errors and 4 self corrections.  He sounded out the word ‘wanted’, but was pronouncing ‘ant’ as the insect.   Ethan also read ‘out’ as ‘at’ and ‘first’ as ‘fast’. Ethan was able to talk about the story and answer several questions to illustrate his understanding. Click on the above link to hear how well Ethan is reading, or scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on the ‘play’ arrow.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Ethan used his knowledge of letter sounds to sound out unknown words (Using Language, Symbols and Text).  He had to stop and think when the meaning of the story was not clear.  Ethan demonstrated a capability to use decoding strategies when faced with challenging parts of an unfamiliar text.

Next Learning Steps

Think about what he is reading and reread when the meaning doesn’t make sense Understand the sound for ‘wanted’. Regularly ‘read to’ and ‘read with’ at home