Written Language Reflection

My first thought,when talking to the year 2 team leader was how similar our rubrics were!  However, they have more sheets to record the next steps for children, incl. barriers to learning. Pukete seem to be moving in a different direction to us with how much is necessary for reporting and they are moving away from checklists etc.
Interesting observations

• no portfolio, learning log or reporting to parents with anything other than the books that the children work in every day.  ( This is authentic children's learning as opposed to a "piece of writing" that is considered okay to be put in the learning log.)
• we found it difficult to make comparisons with how well we are going because we were grading against the standard.  We then need to look at the child's age for years 1,2 and 3!
• I really enjoyed the dialogue around how we are teaching, the presentation of children's work, the type of books we are using and use of technology for publishing written language.

( I am still really impressed with the TAP continuum and marking template for recount and poetic writing.  It is thorough and easy follow  http://www.tamaki.net.nz/index.php?family=6,36,411) Have a look and let me know what you think!!