Ashmira's Literacy Readers Theatre Learning Story

Learner: Aleena, Neha, Ashmira & Kavisha      Learning Coach: Bex Remington                Date: 2 April 2015

Learning Area: iDevelop - Literacy: Reading

Learning Observed

This week the girls’ literacy group has been learning how to use their voices and expression to entertain an audience.  We did this through using Reader’s Theatre.  The script was based on an excerpt from the BFG by Roald Dahl.  The script had more parts than what there were members in the group so the girls soon realised they needed to change their voices completely so the audience could tell the character had changed.  While practicing they also quickly learnt that they needed to listen to each other reading so they could keep up with the story because if there was even a short delay when recorded it sounded like a really long pause.

Evidence of learning

This is a video of the girls reading just the first page of their script.  The actual voice recording they created was 10mins long and was shared with the rest of the literacy group:

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

By working on this piece the girls demonstrated that they could understand language symbols and text and relate to others. There was a lot of focus and concentration needed and while they were recording they also realised they needed to be patient with each other when a mistake was made and they needed to start again. Putting together the final recorded piece took collaboration and the girls were proud of their finished piece.

Next Learning Steps

Try another readers theatre piece Move from readers theatre to acted out plays Share their final piece with a wider audience to gain even more feedback

Ashmira's Literacy Predictions

Learner:  Ashmira Guptar   Learning Coach:  Bex Remington   Date: Wk 6, T1 2015

Learning Area:  Literacy - Reading: Making Predictions

Learning Observed

In literacy we had begun talking about different reading strategies and this lesson was focused on Predicting.  The students discussed how they make a prediction when they choose a book.  Ashmira had a good grasp of the different clues that help her make predictions and mentioned that we can’t just rely on what the cover looks like.  The students were given a prediction form and were asked to make predictions using the strategies we had discussed.  Ashmira thought she may have seen the movie before so I asked her to think about using what she might remember to help her make her predictions.

Evidence of learning

This video is of Ashmira explaining what predicting means in reading and what her task was:

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Ashmira has a good understanding symbols and text and was able to confidently make and justify her predictions about the Ormie the Pig movie.  She actively took part in our group discussions and also supported others when they weren’t sure of the answers showing that she is able to paticipate and contribute and relate to others.  Ashmira shows a growing capability in making predictions and is applying this knowledge in literacy contexts.

Next Learning Steps

Evaluate her predictions against what actually happens to see where she has been correct Branch out into unfamiliar book themes and authors and find out if her predictions are just as accurate Actively discuss her predictions with others before reading or watching something