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Teacher’s Report
Students: Elizabeth and Tabitha
During Elizabeth and Tabitha's visit we covered the following topics:
Literacy - Jack and the Beanstalk
Phonics - Phase three
Numeracy - Number bonds to ten
Bridging through ten
Time
Length
Science - Living things
Elizabeth
Elizabeth illustrated an incredible development in her literacy since I last taught her in 2010. Her reading, particularly her comprehension of texts, is very good. She is able to make some basic phonetically plausible attempts at decoding new words, due to her combined knowledge of the phonemes in the Swahili alphabet and the basic phonemes in the English alphabet. Her extended application of this in her writing however, is fairly weak. During her time in England we worked on developing simple grammatical concepts such as full stops and capital letters. In addition we also worked on developing her descriptive vocabulary to support her writing using a scheme of work based on Jack and the Beanstalk. On return to Tanzania Elizabeth was currently writing at level 1A according to English national standards. She demonstrated improved confidence in approaching writing in English and, with a little support, is beginning to be able to check her work and make sensible corrections. Elizabeth is keen to learn new words and apply these in her writing and her reliance on the use of pronouns is slowly being replaced by her increasing English vocabulary which she is beginning to apply in her writing to enable her to achieve a more advanced level of writing.
Elizabeth demonstrated little improvement in her phonetical knowledge since I last taught her in 2010. She possessed no knowledge of new phonemes but, had significantly developed in her ability to read and write common tricky words.
Elizabeth displayed a small level of development in her numeracy skills although, basic number facts are still unsecured and she is very reliant upon one method-using her fingers-to complete calculations. During her time in England her recall of known number facts, particularly this to ten, increased greatly and she was able to recall these quickly before she returned to Tanzania. We begun working in bridging through ten and Elizabeth was able to do this with support. Elizabeth excelled in learning how to tell the time and thoroughly enjoyed the topic on length.
In Science we completed a topic on living things, in conjunction with the Tanzanian Science syllabus. Elizabeth had a basic prior knowledge of plants and thoroughly enjoyed extending this by observing how beanstalks grew in different places, finding out what plants needed to grow. She also demonstrated a good knowledge of the human body and enjoyed learning about teeth and how we should care for them. Currently Elizabeth is working within expectations of standard three students, according to the Tanzanian syllabus for Science.
Tabitha
Tabitha illustrated an incredible development in her literacy since I last taught her in 2010. Her reading, particularly her comprehension of texts, is very good. She finds it difficult to make basic phonetically plausible attempts at decoding new words yet, she is able to write common, tricky words accurately from memory. Her extended application of phonics in her writing however, is fairly weak. During her time in England we worked on developing simple grammatical concepts such as full stops and capital letters. In addition we also worked on developing her descriptive vocabulary to support her writing using a scheme of work based on Jack and the Beanstalk. On return to Tanzania Tabitha was currently writing at level 1B according to English national standards. She demonstrated improved confidence in approaching writing in English and, with support, is beginning to be able to check her work and make sensible corrections. Tabitha is keen to learn new words and apply these in her writing and her reliance on the use of pronouns is less than it was when she first arrived.
Tabitha's demonstrated a great improvement in her phonetical knowledge since I last taught her in 2010. She is able to name all the otter of the English alphabet but, still needs to learn the corresponding phonemes (sounds) for some letters of the alphabet. She has significantly developed in her ability to read and write common tricky words accurately.
Tabitha displayed a good level of development in her numeracy skills although, basic number facts are still unsecured and she is very reliant upon one method-using her fingers-to complete calculations. During her time in England her recall of known number facts, particularly this to ten, increased greatly and she was able to recall these quickly before she returned to Tanzania. We begun working in bridging through ten and Tabitha was able to do this with support. Tabitha enjoyed learning how to tell the time. She also enjoyed the topic on length and is able to measure accurately using centimetres. Occasionally she needs reminding where to begin measuring on the ruler but, this can easily be achieve with more practice.
In Science we completed a topic on living things, in conjunction with the Tanzanian Science syllabus. Tabitha had a basic prior knowledge of plants and thoroughly enjoyed extending this by looking at the similarities and differences amongst a variety of plants. She also demonstrated a basic knowledge of the human body and enjoyed learning about teeth and how we should care for them.
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