Teddybears

Exemplars

Close Reading

Assessment was on going with anecdotal notes made as the children worked through the learning activities and also included responses made while working on other activities eg. guided reading, shared reading, and writing time. On the whole the assessment was based on comments made by the children. 

The children's own writing revealed early knowledge of recounts, narratives and poems. 

Some comments were:

·	This must be a story  'cause it's got characters.

·	Your voice is bouncy when you read that. I think it's a poem.

·	Boy, that's got lots of commas. Is it a poem?

·	That tells about something that really happened. It's a recount.

Viewing

Assessment was also on going and relied on notes made during the unit. Children demonstrated an early understanding of text/illustration relationships during such times as silent reading and buddy reading. In light of the above there are no exemplars. Had I made transcripts these would have been useful as exemplars. 

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