Neha's Literacy Readers Theatre Learning Story

Learner: Aleena, Neha, Ashmira & Kavisha      Learning Coach: Bex Remington                Date: 2 April 2015

Learning Area: iDevelop - Literacy: Reading

Learning Observed

This week the girls’ literacy group has been learning how to use their voices and expression to entertain an audience.  We did this through using Reader’s Theatre.  The script was based on an excerpt from the BFG by Roald Dahl.  The script had more parts than what there were members in the group so the girls soon realised they needed to change their voices completely so the audience could tell the character had changed.  While practicing they also quickly learnt that they needed to listen to each other reading so they could keep up with the story because if there was even a short delay when recorded it sounded like a really long pause.

Evidence of learning

This is a video of the girls reading just the first page of their script.  The actual voice recording they created was 10mins long and was shared with the rest of the literacy group:

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

By working on this piece the girls demonstrated that they could understand language symbols and text and relate to others. There was a lot of focus and concentration needed and while they were recording they also realised they needed to be patient with each other when a mistake was made and they needed to start again. Putting together the final recorded piece took collaboration and the girls were proud of their finished piece.

Next Learning Steps

Try another readers theatre piece Move from readers theatre to acted out plays Share their final piece with a wider audience to gain even more feedback

Neha's Volcano Learning Story

Learner: Neah Joseph     Learning Coach: Bex Remington         Date: 23 March 2015

Learning Area: iExplore - Science: Volcanoes

Learning Observed

Neha began her volcano iExplore alongside her sister Norah, however 2 weeks ago she came to me and said she wanted to do something different for her volcano project.  We started looking at volcano science experiments and Neha decided she wanted to create a volcano model that she could fill with baking soda and vinegar and make erupt.  She decided that the best way to present her research about volcanoes would be to put the information on little cards around the volcano.  Neha has steadily worked through the process and is in the final stages of preparation.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Neha has shown great skills at managing herself as she has worked independently for this task.  She has come up against little mini challenges and has shown perseverance to work through them.  Neha has demonstrated the ability to understand language symbols and text by finding the information she requires and creating a scientific experiment to present her research.  She has continued to follow her curiosity about volcanoes and is now excited about her presentation.

Next Learning Steps

Complete her volcano and present to the habitat Start planning another iExplore - maybe one that is working with other people so she can share her ideas and get ideas from other people

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