Makarora School

Learning Portfolio

December 2014

Year 2

The purpose of the student portfolios is to inform parents about the learning of the child.

The main reason for assessment is to improve children’s learning . Successful life long learners are those who take responsibility for their own learning. Developing skills to help know what they have learned and what they still need to learn , and being able to know when they have made progress is self motivating and gives the learner the confidence to go on learning.

Each child is encouraged to accept increasing responsibility to work with the teacher to put together information that will tell the parents where they are at, what they have been learning about and what might be the next step.

Ko Jade toku whaea

Ko Arlo toku matua

Ko Sophie toku tuahine

Ko Aiva ahau

By the end of Aiva’s second year at school it is expected*

that she is reading at or about turquoise level Ready to

Read (L17)

Some expectations at this level are

Automatically recognise between 300-500 high frequency

words

Recognise common chunks of words like ate, ail ,out and

blends like th, sh, pl to work out unknown words

Work out meaning of unknown words by re-reading to get

more information and using picture clues,

Find information from what they have read,

Talk about plot and characters

Aiva’s comments.

I am good at reading in a clear voice and need

to improve on a louder voice and sound like

the people .

Teacher Comment

At the end of her second year at school Aiva was

reading at L 21 which is above her expected age

level ( L17). She is able to talk about the story,

identify characters, and answer questions about

what she has read.

Ready to Read

L21 Nov 2014

Ready to Read l16

April 2014

By the end of second year at school it is expected that Aiva

is at Level One*. She is expected to write independently

about experiences as well as write information about

different topics .

Some expectations at this level are

Write some sentences using conjunctions( joining words)

eg I can’t come home because it is too dark.

Write sentences that have different beginnings

Uses capital letters, fullstops and question marks correctly

and attempts speech marks.

Writes basic words such as and the then went correctly

and is beginning to spell words like because about home

some with more accuracy.

Aiva’s comments I am good at verbs and I need to

improve on full size and half size hand writing .

Teacher comment

Aiva is an independent writer . She is working at her expected level, L1 . She is able to write many basic words correctly and uses sound knowledge to write unknown words. She is beginning to understand the need to write “interesting” stories rather than simple retelling of events. She sometimes uses interesting verbs and attempts more detailed writing.

SKIING ON THE MOUNTAIN

Waiting patiently for my teacher .

Bouncing into action

Sitting on the chair-lift

Breathing deeply before I get off

As getting off I turn into Mc Dougall’s trail

Thinking slow down

Queuing by White star as skiers pass me by.

I ski fast down the mountain. At the white star

Chair lift. as I see Kristin and Lily and Claudia.

by Aiva

October 2014

May 2014 First day at

Makarora school

After 2 years at school it is expected that Aiva will be working at L1 of maths curriculum. The main emphasis at this stage is numeracy knowledge and strategies.

Some expectations for L1 are

Use counting on, counting back, up to 100

Skip counting in 2’s 5’s and 10’s

Using equal sharing to find fractions of sets

Developing instant recall of basic facts and doubles, to 20

Comparing lengths, weighs and volume using words like shorter/longer, heavier/ lighter, more/ less

Sorting and labelling objects by shape, such as these are all squares

Asking questions, gather and talking about information , such as… we found out that 6 people come to school by car and 3 people bike.

I am good at my times tables and I need to

improve my fractions.

Teacher comment

Aiva is working at her expected level L1 of

the curriculum. She is at the counting on

stage , 5+2= (5) 6, 7 and need to further

develop skills at this level.

Aiva has settled

well into our

school now. She

is learning what

is expected of

her, and is

becoming more

responsible for

her own learning.

2014