Early literacy expert Laurie B. Fyke presents this comprehensive tool kit to help teachers prepare kindergarten children for success at the very beginning of their academic careers. Packed with short, easy-to-administer evaluations, this resource helps you target children's strengths and areas for improvement to guide your teaching. Using this assessment resource is a great way to ensure that your learners are on track for meeting kindergarten standards in reading, writing, and math....
A complete toolkit for assessing kindergarten students' progress in language arts and math. Simple, ready-to-go evaluation sheets follow a month-by-month learning-expectations grid to ensure that all kindergarten learning objectives are covered. Support materials include record-keeping forms to keep assessment data organized and send-home learning activities to reinforce targeted skills. For use with Grade K.
Welcome 6How to Use This Book 7Language Arts 18Connections to the Language Arts Standards 18Continuum of Writing Stages 20Expectations/Time Line Grid 22What Else Kids Need to Know 26Important Terms About Teaching and Learning Language Arts 27The Assessments 31Print Concepts 32Auditory Discrimination 31Visual Discrimination 35Phonological Awareness 43Phonemic Awareness 50Reading 60Writing 70Mathematics 86Connections to the Math Standards 87Expectations/Time Line Grid 88What Else Kids Need to Know 92The Assessments 95Shapes 95Numeration 91Ordering and Sorting 106Measurement, Time, and Money 117Spatial Relationships and Terminology 127Operation and Place Value 129Charts and Graphs 134Record-Keeping Forms 137Student Progress Profile: Language Arts 138Student Progress Profile: Mathematics 139Whole Class Profile: Language Arts 140Whole Class Profile: Mathematics 142Make-Your-Own Profile Template 144Assessment Planning Calendar 146AppendixPartners-in-Learning Letter 149Send-Home Cards 150Word Family Endings 170High Frequency Words With Irregular Spellings 171References 172