William's Mathematics Narrative Assessment

Learner:  William  (cm)                                                 Date: June 2015

Learning Area: Maths - Measurement                                Learning Coach: John Dyer

Learning Observed

William was recently working as part of a big group on a measurement task. He first applied his previous measurement learning experiences to this task and approximated sensibly. William then collaborated when measuring a variety of wooden rods. These were used to measure the length and width of a room. William was able to use his place value knowledge when converting centimetres to metres and then multiplication skills to see how many times each rod fitted across the room. It was good to see William being both an active listener and offering ideas for how the problem could be solved.

Evidence of learning

William is trying to work out the best way of measuring the length of the room using a variety of lengths of wood.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles being demonstrated

Thinking - Making sense of information, experiences and ideas. Using language, symbols, and texts - Making sense of words, numbers and images. Managing self - knowing when to lead, when to follow and when to act independently. Relating to others - Interacting effectively in a range of contexts. Participating and contributing - Being actively involved in school and the community Curious Collaborative Connected Capable

Next Learning Steps

Apply learning around measurement of length to other areas of measurement including weight and volume. Continue to develop basic facts knowledge. This will include instant recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20 and instant recall of multiplication facts for the 2, 5, 10 x tables. This will progress to the 3, 6, 9 x tables, the 4 and 8 x and finally 7 x tables.