Kindergarten Literacy Screener
The purpose of the early literacy Kindergarten screener is to provide teachers with the tools and recommendations for identifying and subsequently providing intervention to those students who are at risk in learning to read. It is our hope that the screening survey helps to identify those children who may be at risk by focusing observations and assessments on the best indicators that suggest "at riskness." (From the Screening survey and Intervention strategies for at risk learners document.)
There are 10 components of this screener. The following will give you an overview of what the screener entails:
1. Rhyming - Part 1 asks the child to determine if 2 words rhyme. Part 2 - asks the child to give a word that rhymes with another.
2. Initial Sounds - asks the child to give the beginning sound of a word.
3. Syllables - asks the child to combine syllables to produce a word.
4. Sentences - asks the child to tell how many words are in a sentence.
5. Compound Words - asks the child to delete a part of a compound word. For example, "Say cowboy - now say the word again, but don't say 'boy'."
6. Letter recognition - the child identifies the letters of the alphabet, upper and lower case, as well as the letter sound, and a word that begins with that letter.
7. Alphabet - prints the letters of the alphabet.
8. Writing - prints as many words as they can.
9. Concepts of Print - asks the child questions about print. For example, which direction should you read?
10. Observational assessment about receptive and expressive language.
Kindergarten Numeracy Screener
Students enter kindergarten with various social and intellectual experiences. By the time they begin school most children have had regular practice with counting, choosing more or choosing fewer, identifying shapes, and playing number games. Students develop an intuition for number through their life experiences. These important events provide the building blocks for children to understand, apply, and enjoy mathematics in their school experiences. (From the Early Learning profile, Numeracy, pg 2)
The assessment focuses on 10 key aspects of numeracy.
1. Shapes and Spatial Relationships - Identifying and sorting shapes.
2. Positional Words - understanding positions in space.
3. Comparing Sets - Identification and creating groups of 'more' and 'fewer'.
4. One-to-one Correspondence - Showing an understanding of number and objects.
5. Conservation of Number - showing an understanding that a number of objects remains the same, regardless of the configuration.
6. Problem Solving - Visualization - Solving simple addition and subtraction problems
7. Subitizing - recognizing how many dots without counting. For example, the pips on dice.
8. Oral counting and counting on - Counting forwards and backwards beginning at 1 and other numbers
9. Patterning - identifying and creating patterns
10. Numeral Identification - identifying numbers from 0 - 10.
Not all sections are done in the Fall. Some sections are done in the Spring and at the end of the school year. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to notify me.
The purpose of the early literacy Kindergarten screener is to provide teachers with the tools and recommendations for identifying and subsequently providing intervention to those students who are at risk in learning to read. It is our hope that the screening survey helps to identify those children who may be at risk by focusing observations and assessments on the best indicators that suggest "at riskness." (From the Screening survey and Intervention strategies for at risk learners document.)
There are 10 components of this screener. The following will give you an overview of what the screener entails:
1. Rhyming - Part 1 asks the child to determine if 2 words rhyme. Part 2 - asks the child to give a word that rhymes with another.
2. Initial Sounds - asks the child to give the beginning sound of a word.
3. Syllables - asks the child to combine syllables to produce a word.
4. Sentences - asks the child to tell how many words are in a sentence.
5. Compound Words - asks the child to delete a part of a compound word. For example, "Say cowboy - now say the word again, but don't say 'boy'."
6. Letter recognition - the child identifies the letters of the alphabet, upper and lower case, as well as the letter sound, and a word that begins with that letter.
7. Alphabet - prints the letters of the alphabet.
8. Writing - prints as many words as they can.
9. Concepts of Print - asks the child questions about print. For example, which direction should you read?
10. Observational assessment about receptive and expressive language.
Kindergarten Numeracy Screener
Students enter kindergarten with various social and intellectual experiences. By the time they begin school most children have had regular practice with counting, choosing more or choosing fewer, identifying shapes, and playing number games. Students develop an intuition for number through their life experiences. These important events provide the building blocks for children to understand, apply, and enjoy mathematics in their school experiences. (From the Early Learning profile, Numeracy, pg 2)
The assessment focuses on 10 key aspects of numeracy.
1. Shapes and Spatial Relationships - Identifying and sorting shapes.
2. Positional Words - understanding positions in space.
3. Comparing Sets - Identification and creating groups of 'more' and 'fewer'.
4. One-to-one Correspondence - Showing an understanding of number and objects.
5. Conservation of Number - showing an understanding that a number of objects remains the same, regardless of the configuration.
6. Problem Solving - Visualization - Solving simple addition and subtraction problems
7. Subitizing - recognizing how many dots without counting. For example, the pips on dice.
8. Oral counting and counting on - Counting forwards and backwards beginning at 1 and other numbers
9. Patterning - identifying and creating patterns
10. Numeral Identification - identifying numbers from 0 - 10.
Not all sections are done in the Fall. Some sections are done in the Spring and at the end of the school year. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to notify me.