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Child Study EDPROFST 608. Toby Blakey. By PresenterMedia.com. Contents. Classroom (Room 14, year 3) 27 children European (Dutch, Greek, German), Maori, Indian, Chinese ( incl HK), Tongan, Samoan, Korean. Child One: Background on Upesh. Male Age: 7 2 older siblings
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Child Study EDPROFST 608 Toby Blakey By PresenterMedia.com
Classroom (Room 14, year 3)27 childrenEuropean (Dutch, Greek, German), Maori, Indian, Chinese (incl HK), Tongan, Samoan, Korean.
Child One: Background on Upesh Male Age: 7 2 older siblings Riding his scooter, football. Mischevious
English 1 Attentive • Shows often that he is listening carefully to instructions and is able to follow them Evidence of autonomy • Able to work independently of the teacher and classmates • Attempts to use dictionaries Pair-work • Able to work in pairs for short periods of time
English 2 Writing • Needs help • Writing Sample • Spelling of HFW • Work on phonemic awareness • Visual memory • Familiarity with chunks, practice sounding out words • Guided writing • Guided reading practice – focus on grammar and word formation Reading • Level orange – level 15 • Running Record sample • Slow but active reader • Engages with texts • Uses meaning, syntax and visual clues • Errors based on visual cues • Self corrects • Uses pictures to assist reading Accuracy: 93% Instructional reader at this level.
Science • Enthusiastic • Attentive • Keen to work with classmates • Directive role in group work
Te Reo Maori • Interactions • Can be very particular about who he works with. • Easily distracted. • Follows the lead of less attentive classmates. Contribution • Seems to enjoy Te Reo. • Contributes often and pays attention. • Has developed a good understanding of everyday phrases and responses to simple questions and instructions • Demonstrates self-regulation in pair work • Active participant.
Summary & Implications for practice Biddulph, J. (2002). The guided reading approach. MoE. (2010). Literacy Learning Progressions. MoE. (2003). Effective Literacy Practice. • Guided writing • Enable Upesh to get the 1-1 attention he needs. • Guided reading • Guided reading – focus on other strategies (Meaning & Syntax) • Extensive reading • Groupings • Separated from disruptive classmates • Encouraged to sit at / near the front
Child Two: Background on Zane Male Age: 8 3 older siblings Ice hockey, superheroes Enthusiastic
Maths • Attends lessons with maths specialist. • Contributes. • Creative thinker. • Likes “playing with the numbers” • Short attention span. • Easily distracted • Has difficulty working independently from teacher.
English • Writing sample • Good attempts at sounding out words (rushet, dina, hafe, geve) • Has a clear voice in his writing. • To work on: Capital letters, full stops, compound sentences. • Spelling of hfw : said, could, half • Needs work on awareness of grapho-phoneme relationships Running record results: • Independent reader at this level • Self-monitoring • Careful reader • Running Record • Audio sample of running record
Summary & Implications for practice • Buoncristiani, M., & Buoncristiani, P.(2012). Mindful students, skilful thinkers, thoughtful schools. • MoE. (2010). Literacy Learning Progressions. • MoE. (2003). Effective Literacy Practice. • Work on meta-cognitive skills • Encourage him to think about his learning and his approach. • Encourage his working away from the teacher (pair work) • Guided writing • Focus on needs – sound-letter rel. • Guided reading • Increase fluency • Continue with maths specialist
My learning Whole class teaching isn’t sufficient Benefits of guided reading & writing Scaffolding & Monitoring Groupings of children Roving eye / awareness Tap into interests Accountability & self-regulation Metacognitive skills