Judging Standards Work Sample: PRE-PRIMARY - K

The annotated work samples in Judging Standards support teachers when reporting
against the achievement standards, when giving assessment feedback and when
explaining the differences between one student’s achievement and another’s.
Grey highlighting identifies those aspects of the achievement standard addressed in
the work sample. Annotations in black text refer to the assessment pointers, while
those in coloured text highlight additional, specific qualities evident in the work.
Reporting against the Achievement Standard
Informative writing: Recount – My news
Once a week, the children participated in an oral and written recount session. The class sat in a ‘sharing circle’; each child
told their news. The children participated in a modelled writing session led by the teacher who wrote her news. The
children wrote their news with the sentence starter, ‘On the weekend,’ written on the board.
For this task, the children told their news to the group and then wrote. The sentence starter was not used. No assistance
was given. Classroom environmental print was available. After completing their writing, the children shared their work
with the teacher.
Reading and viewing
By the end of the Pre-primary year, children use predicting and questioning strategies to make meaning from texts. They
recall one or two events from texts with familiar topics. They understand that there are different types of texts and that
these can have similar characteristics. They identify connections between texts and their personal experience. They read
short, predictable texts with familiar vocabulary and supportive images, drawing on their developing knowledge of
concepts about print and sounds and letters. They identify the letters of the English alphabet and use the sounds
represented by most letters.
Writing and creating
When writing, children use familiar words and phrases and images to convey ideas. Their writing shows evidence of
sound and letter knowledge, beginning writing behaviours and experimentation with capital letters and full stops. They
correctly form known upper- and lower-case letters.
Speaking and listening
They listen to and use appropriate language features to respond to others in a familiar environment. They listen for
rhyme, letter patterns and sounds in words. Children understand that their texts can reflect their own experiences. They
identify and describe likes and dislikes about familiar texts, objects, characters and events. In informal group and whole
class settings, children communicate clearly. They retell events and experiences with peers and known adults. They
identify and use rhyme, letter patterns and sounds in words.
Creating texts, Informative texts, Factual recounts
Student achievement is reported at the end of the semester or year using achievement
descriptors. Achievement descriptors should not be used to assess individual pieces of work.
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English: Pre-primary High Achievement Work Sample
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Creates a detailed drawing that
relates to the writing.
Creates short texts with related
sentences to record ideas and
events using familiar words,
phrases, images and beginning
writing knowledge, with an
accompanying drawing if
required. Some events and
ideas are sequenced.
Writes detailed simple
sentences, reflecting oral
language patterns to convey
ideas, events and/or
information.
Writes familiar words and
phrases which add detail and
uses illustrations to convey
meaning related to personal
experience or a specific topic,
e.g. ‘the swerl slid’ (the swirl
slide), ‘the srat slid’ (the
straight slide).
Correctly spells some highfrequency words, including
‘and’, ‘the’ and simple CVC
words, e.g. ‘On’, ‘fun’.
Spells words phonetically,
representing most sounds, e.g.
Bech (beach), ‘slid’ (slide)
‘swerl’ (swirl), ‘srat’ (straight).
Uses capital letters to begin
sentences and uses a full stop
to mark the end of a sentence.
Correctly forms known uppercase and lower-case letters
using appropriate starting
point, with developing
uniformity.
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English: Pre-primary High Achievement Work Sample
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