Narrative Assessment - Suri Math

Learner: Suri                    Learning Coach: Abby Morgan              Date: 3 June 2015

Learning Area: Math

Learning Observed

Our current math focus has been on developing learners ability to quickly solve addition problems using materials (counters) and imaging (solving it in their head). We began our math workshop by playing a new game. Each learner took a turn to roll the dice and we put the numbers into the first two hearts to create an equation. As I worked alongside Suri I noticed she was using the materials (counters) to solve the math problems. I asked her to show me how she had solved 4+3. Suri told me that she used the counters and when she had put the two groups together had counted from one. After completing 6 questions as a group the learners went away and continued to solve the questions themselves.

Evidence of learning

Click here to view Suri’s video.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During our math workshop Suri was demonstrating her ability to apply the Key Competencies of thinking and using language symbols and texts. She displayed thinking skills as she used materials to solve the math equations and used the correct math language and symbols to record her thinking. She was also showing the vision principle of capable.

Next Learning Steps

Begin to picture the counters in her head to solve problems to 5 Share her learning with home Work together to develop strategies for solving subtraction problems