1. Caningeraba State School PREP FOLIO OF PROGRESS Semester 2/ 2009 for Jalen Taylor

7. Comments - Possible phases of learning Jalen has sought out the company of more children this semester- not just Bethany and is beginning to form strong friendship bonds with a number of children in the class. He is becoming a responsible class member who can be relied upon to complete his activities, look after school property and tidy up after free play and group activity times. He is developing strategies to solve conflicts both inside and outside the classroom and seeks out adult support if his strategies aren’t working. After painting his family portrait he was able to compare his family with others in the classroom i.e. Daniel R has a sister and I don’t. Jalen has enjoyed designing and making the outside obstacle course co-operatively with a group of children and helping pack it all up as a team. Jalen has enjoyed participating in the Year 7 buddy program this year. BA With explicit support E With support MC With prompts A Independently

10. Comments - Possible phases of learning In gross motor this semester Jalen has been developing skills in catching, throwing, striking, fielding and bouncing with a variety of equipment. He has continued to develop self confidence and body co-ordination when completing the obstacle course and play equipment in the big adventure. Mr Carleton the P.E. teacher states, ‘ Jalen still finds it quite difficult to remain focused for an extended level of time in lessons. Hopefully this will be rectified in the future as he does display a degree of potential. ’ Jalen usually uses the correct grip when Jalen is manipulating a variety of equipment such as pencils, scissors, glue, brushes, staplers, sticky tape, pencils and the computer mouse. He is developing strength and control when manipulating a variety of materials and has enjoyed participating in a variety of hands on activities and computer activities to improve fine motor skills. BA With explicit support E With support MC With prompts A Independently

13. Comments - Possible phases of learning Jalen recognises many letters and sounds and applies this knowledge when writing and at this stage writes the beginning, middle and end sounds of many words with the assistance of an alphabet chart and teacher direction. Jalen enjoys listening to shared stories and when reading familiar and predictable texts, can identify the title and the author, distinguishes between words and letters, points to the words on the page and predicts text from picture and initial letter clues. Jalen is usually organised with his oral language items and speaks in a clear voice when addressing an audience. He communicates effectively with peers and adults and uses appropriate tone of voice and body language, willingly shares ideas with the class and is displaying better listening skills this term. BA With explicit support E With support MC With prompts A Independently

16. Comments - Possible phases of learning Jalen has developed an array of early mathematical skills and at this stage can rote count beyond 100. He can recognise and write all the numbers to 20, find the missing number out of a sequence and count and make a group of objects. His understanding of addition and subtraction is still developing. This term we have been focussing on measurement and Jalen understands and uses language such as half, empty and full and can order containers according to their volume. He can measure the length of a variety of objects using units such as unifix cubes and blocks and can compare the length of more than one object. He successfully uses the balance scales to compare items by their weight and can sort objects into lighter than, heavier than and same as. Jalen recognises all Australian coins, names the days of the week and the months of the year. BA With explicit support E With support MC With prompts A Independently

19. Comments - Possible phases of learning Jalen has enjoyed learning about the world around him and can successfully describe features of the weather and has listened to ideas on how to keep our oceans healthy. This term Jalen has looked at signs of Spring and is learning how to look after a plant by giving it the right amount of water and sunlight. Jalen has enjoyed participating in the many design challenges this semester such as making a space rocket, an aquarium, a water vehicle and a Melbourne Cup hat. With some support, Jalen creates a plan, uses familiar materials and processes and follows through with the plan to make a 3D model. Jalen’s computer skills continue to improve as he enjoys playing a variety of educational web games whilst learning some basic web language and picking up some trouble shooting skills. BA With explicit support E With support MC With prompts A Independently