Monday, July 5, 2010

Kindergarten Assessments


If you need to see where your child's strengths or weaknesses are, here are a few assessments you can use. These would also be great for your child' portfolio to highlight their accomplishments!




Kindergarten Portfolio (cover sheet along with some sample pages - name,birthday, age, family members, etc.)

Letter sound and formation

(Child looks at pictures,identifies beginning sound and writes upper and lower case letters)

Kindergarten Letter Recognition

Concepts of Print

Writes first name assessment

Number formation

(Call out random numbers for your child to write down)

Number Identification

Positional Word Assessment

(test your child's knowledge of positional words such as on, up, under, etc.)

Kindergarten High Frequency Words
 
First Grade High Frequency Words

Friday, September 12, 2008

Calendar Math (Daily)



Calendar is done each morning. Many important concepts can be introduced and reinforced through the use of the daily calendar. Working with the calendar helps children to develop an understanding of such abstract ideas as yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It also introduces the days of the week, months of the year and the relationship between months and seasons.
To get ready for calendar, print out the following pieces and use with a 25" x 28" pocket chart or tape to a large sheet of paper (Poster board works wonderfully).
When you begin, sing the following three songs:
The Calendar Song
(To the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
When we do the calendar,
We learn the month, the date, the year.
Every week day has a name.
There are lots of numbers that look the same.
So let's begin to show you how
We do the calendar right now.
The Days of the Week
(To the tune of The Addams Family)
Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week (snap, snap
)Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week (snap, snap)
There's Sunday and there's Monday,
There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday,
There's Thursday and there's Friday,
And then there's Saturday.
Days of the week, (snap, snap)
Days of the week, (snap, snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. (snap, snap)
The Months of the Year
(To the tune of the 10 Little Indians)
January, February, March, and April,
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, and December,
These are the months of the year.
Then, we decide what day of the week it is, what day of the week yesterday was, and what day of the week tomorrow will be. Then, ask what the month, day, date, and year are.
Then sing one more song:
Today Is...
(To the tune of Frere Jacques)
Today is (day of the week),
Today is (day of the week).
All Day Long
All Day long
Tomorrow will be (next day of the week)
Tomorrow will be (next day of the week)
Oh what fun!
Oh what fun!
Underneath your calendar keep three ziploc bags of straws. Under one put a sign that says, hundreds, another a sign that says tens, and the last one a sign that says ones. Each day add a straw to the ones bag (when you get ten bundle them and put them in the tens bag, etc.) and count how many we have total.
The Ice Cream Calendar Song
Here is a fun song to sing each day to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Make a calendar binder for your child to follow along here.




Practice the alphabet:

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Lesson 1



Reading
Note to Parent: Print out the Rhyme for the week and practice reading each day with your child.



Practice saying the letters of the alphabet with this fun video




Math
Today we are learning to count!
Use stickers or counters with these jars.

Handwriting

For Fun
For fun play this snowball game with Bob the Builder
Tomorrow, go to lesson 2
Have a great Day!

Lesson 2


Note to Parents: You can print out number sheets like the one above to hang up on the walls for your child to learn the way to spell number words. (You can also use them to make a number book for your child.) They are available to print here.


Handwriting
Reading









Math



Count how many fish on this worksheet, then color.

Lesson 3



Reading



Handwriting
Math

Practice counting with this fun video
Art

Lesson 4

Reading
Rhyme of the week
Reading booklet
Letter Sound of the Week
Learn about the letter A here.
Note to Parent:
Following directions is an important skill. Print out these worksheets to help your child develop their skills in: following directions, recognizing numbers 1-5 and the colors red and green. Coloring, cutting and pasting activity. A total of 10 worksheets. ( choose only one sheet for your child to work on today, and another one for tomorrow for assessing their skills. You will also choose one for lesson 10 to review).
Handwriting
Math
Trace the numbers 1 thru 10 on the apple tree then color the picture here.

Lesson 5

Reading
Note to Parent: Following directions is an important skill. Print out these worksheets to help your child develop their skills in: following directions, recognizing numbers 1-5 and the colors red and green. Coloring, cutting and pasting activity. A total of 10 worksheets. (Choose only one sheet for your child to work on today, and another one for tomorrow for review for lesson 10).
This emergent reader (This is apple happy, this is apple sad) teaches about feelings with a fun apple theme.
Handwriting
Math
Count the fish. Write how many there are.