Learner:  Jasonta Poki        Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick     Date:  22.04.2015

Learning Area:  English- Reading  Narrative Assessment

Learning Observed

Jasonta chose the text ”Leo the Lion Cub” to read for her PM Benchmark Level 20 assessment. Jasonta signs in English word order as she reads. She was able to skim the text and decode the title independently.She had quick recognition of the high frequency words. Her errors were topic-specific words. She used structure and visual clue strategies to shape her approximations. She could read the homonym word “pride” but did not understand it in the context of naming a large group of lions in this text. She neglected to use meaning to cross check some of her approximations eg; “Leo was the yourist and smallest cub “. Her pace was steady but she consistently missed observing the full stops by not stopping. Jasonta was more confident starting retelling the story. Often in the past she would say “I don’t know” and give up.  She referred to the illustrations of the text when she was retelling the story. She retold the sequence of events but missed out a lot of details. Her ability to retell and demonstrate her understanding of a story has improved dramatically. These skills have been goals in her IEP over the second half of 2014. She was more confident and had a clearer idea of what was required of the task of  retelling a story. Her retell score improved from 17% to 60% and her comprehension was 66%. She was able to correctly answer 2 out of 3 inferential questions which are the most challenging for Jasonta. The answers to these questions are between the lines of text and require her piecing clues together to work out the answer. Jasonta loves going to the library is keen to borrow books. She had no glasses for a couple of months at the end of 2014 which was very frustrating for her. Jasonta is enjoying wearing her new glasses. She is good at advocating for herself by moving closer to see shared texts or writing on the whiteboard. Her vision status requires her to hold a story close to her eyes even when she is wearing her glasses.

Evidence of learning Jasonta's video click here

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jasonta  is reading at Level 20  measured by the PM benchmark Reading Assessment and VADEC Formal Retell. She has moved up one level. She scored: Reading Accuracy of 97%, Formal Retell of 60% and Comprehension 66%. She is demonstrating and developing her capabilities in Using Language, Symbols and text.

Next Learning Steps

Stop at full stops and breathe before continuing. Check unknown words to see if they make sense in the context of the story. Include more details in her retell. read at Level 21