Saniya's Literacy Learning Story

Learners: Hamish, Saniya, Gary & Eric     Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 20.5.15

Learning Area: Literacy - Word Work

Learning Observed

During our Literacy sessions, the learners in Mrs Dillner’s groups work on the Daily 5. This is a programme that has five components - Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Someone Read, Word Work (spelling, vocab and parts of words) and Work on Writing. These learners were spending time doing Word Work by play a game of ‘Go Fish’, using a pack of cards with basic sight words. All four learners were having a great time playing this game. Everyone was participating and addressing each other by name. They used the correct speaking frame of “(Name) do you have the word ______”. At times, they all got a little carried away in the middle of the  game, and will need to work on this next time they play.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

This game was an excellent example of collaborative learning. It is a great way to encourage the learners to use and understand the English language (Using symbols, language and text). One of the rules requires learners to match the pairs of high frequency words. They need to connect these words verbally and visually and the one learner who has the most pairs at the end is the winner. At times, it was a challenge for these learners to work calmly, but they did all understand the rules and played well with each other (Relating to Others).

Next Learning Steps

Ask the other’s for a word using the proper name for the word instead of spelling it out. Work in a calm manner. Work with Mrs Dillner to come up with new words to add to the game.