Math Narrative Assessment

Learner: Nimisha                  Learning Coach: Mr Hattie          Date: 9 September 2015

Learning Area: Mathematics

Learning Observed

For mathematics we are learning to subtract numbers to 5 using materials. This is the first step of subtracting. During the lesson we started with understanding what subtraction is and how we subtract. We went through a few problems together using our materials, our fingers. This allows us to manipulate the problem ourselves at our own pace. Nimisha was doing a good job. Our next step for this lesson was practicing using our capabilities that we learnt in a practical sense. We played our addition and subtraction board game, we only did the subtraction part. Nimisha succeeded at this game as she made sure that she used the strategy that she learnt during our lesson.

Evidence of learning

Nimisha had to solve the problem 5-3. She used her fingers, but she needed to start from her first finger not the middle fingers.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

The Key Competencies that was being shown during this lesson is “thinking” as the learners are having to think about the skills that they have just learnt while applying them to a new game. “Relating to others” as the learners were put into pairs as we are wanting discussion around why they have gotten to the answer that they got. “Capable” is the key value that we were using as the learners had to use the capabilities that they had learnt in a practical sense.

Next Learning Steps

Nimisha’s next learning steps are: using imaging to solve subtraction problems to 5. instantly recognising basic facts to 5.