Narrative Assessment

Collaborative iExplore Brainstorm of Curiosities

Learners: Louisa, Gary, Disha and Jiani Learning Coach:   Stephanie Hooker         Date: 24 August 2016

Learning Area:          iExplore                                         Key Competency:     Participating and Contributing NZC AO:                    Level 2 Language Features: uses a large and increasing bank of high-frequency, topic-specific, and personal-content words to make meaning & shows an increasing knowledge of the conventions of text

Learning Observed

In iExplore today we worked collaboratively in small groups to share and record our wonderings and questions.  The focus for this particular activity was to identify areas of interest for our future iExplore projects. We share ideas for topics and make open ended questions that we can research and explore. Providing our learners with the opportunity to make choices about their learning promotes self directed learning, and  research tells us this increases focus and motivation.  Louisa, Gary, Disha and Jiani co-constructed some wonderings and recorded them in a shared mind-map so all could look at them. It was great to see them make connections to their curiosities.

Evidence of learning & learner voice

Louisa - I wonder “About Ancient Greece” Gary - I wonder “How to make a toy game?” Disha - I wonder “Can we research animals?” Jiani - I wonder “How do we create names for people?”

Next Learning Steps

Chose one idea to explore  and decide whether you will Create, Research or Organise your topic Will you work independently or with a partner or a small group? Make a copy of our online planning and design templates and get started! Share learning at home

Narrative Assessment - iExplore - Term 3, 2015

Learner: Jiani                    Learning Coach: Miriam Kamsteeg      Date: Term 3, Weeks 5-7, 2015

Learning Area: iExplore - Reflections - Science

Learning Observed

Jiani choose to be a part of the iExplore group looking at reflections. We first brainstormed where we would be able to see our reflections. Then we had walk around the school to see what we could find our reflection in. As a group we decided that we all wanted to explore reflections with mirrors. We spent time using mirrors to create reflections. We discovered that you could get the sun on the mirror and send it around the room, you can look under things like the shelves on wheels, if you hold your mirror up to another mirror you can see lots of mirrors and we explored mirror writing.

Evidence of learning

Jiani is showing how she can do mirror writing.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jiani showed Collaboration by  working with other Learners to investigate different ways to show/ find reflections (Participating and Contributing). They also showed that they were Capable by sharing their learning back on the video. Jiani explored many different ways to reflect with mirrors (Thinking).

Next Learning Steps

Share learning with other Learners not part of the iExplore group Explore with other items that reflect Share learning with home.

Narrative Assessment - Mathematics - 31 Aug 2015

iExplore- Stained Glass Window Art