Learner:  Jasonta P             Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick         Date:  27.08..2015

Learning Area: Science- Animals and their habitats.   -  Narrative Learning Story

Learning Observed

The focus during iExperience Week 3-6 was on animals and their habitats. Each learner needed to pick an animal and be able to provide key facts about it  including its adaptations, characteristics, requirements for survival and why it is suited to its habitat. Jasonta was keen on the cheetah and choose from several ways of presenting her information to  belong to the “draw it” group. She collected information and made connections with it as she organised it using sub headings of special features, habitat, and survival what do I need? She used topic specific language. She included a sketch of her cheetah and a sketch of its habitat Jasonta enjoys drawing and was very definite that she wanted the larger A3 size paper for her finished drawing. She drew an action shot of the cheetah mid air as it was running. This depicted one of its key features of it being the fastest animal showing how capable she was at representing her new learning. The scale of her animal to its habitat was accurate. She chose pastels for her drawing. This enabled her to blend colours.We discussed how the main aspects of the habitat was grass and how using the pastel in a vertical direction would help to create this and how she could use several colour greens. Jasonta absorbed this information and her drawing demonstrates her capabilities to implement these techniques. Jasonta managed her time well and was the second of all the learners to complete drawing her animal. She mounted it on black paper and I asked her to collaborate with Sally to show the other learners how to mount their drawings as they finished. She accepted this responsibility and they did a wonderful job relating the instructions to the others. Jasonta needed help to write out a script for her presentation. She dictated the information and it was formatted in NZSL gloss. We had an interpreter to voice for her on this day.What a stunning picture!

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Select either using lists or full sentences for recording her research. Use lined paper or framed sections to help her keep her information organised so others can read it easily. Practice sketching other animals or objects as she is very capable. Be curious and connect with Seth who is researching cheetah’s vision for his iExplore.