Assessment Tool Updated

It is that time of year that we think about our assessment process.  I updated my assessment tool to include more colors to assess as well as picture clues for beginning sound assessment.

You can download this assessment tool for free on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook.

It is FREE

This assessment tool is a great way to show parents where their child is currently at with school readiness skills.  It is also a great assessment sheet to forward to the Kindergarten teachers so that they know where the children are at as they start off the new school year.

The teachers as well as the school administration that have gotten this sheet from me in the past have thanked me for the information that it provides for them to begin those students off on the right iinstruction.   

Please go to one of my stores so that you too can give your students, parents and future teachers the information need to support individualized instruction.    

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Assessment Tools

Assessments are a vital component for a high-quality early childhood program.  They are an important tool in understanding and supporting young children's development.

Portfolio

Portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student efforts, progress, and achievements.

They help to reveal skills and understanding of each student.

Include in your portfolio

 Photographs

Art

Stories

Cutting

Lacing Sample

Child initiated writing Sample

Child initiated drawing Samples

Patterning Samples

Sorting Samples

Shape Sorting Samples

Size Seriation Samples

Portfolios can be made out of

Pizza Boxes

Hanging File Folders with box

Large Mailing Envelopes

Tag board Folders

Binders with sheet protectors

Sample of a Pizza Box Portfolio

Sample of using pocket folders that have been binded together

Sample of using a tag board folder and file system

Fine Motor Skills

Click on the above links for printable check list that I use to help meet my assessments.

Samples of cutting activities that I include in my portfolios.

*Envelopes with magazine cuttings.
*Line cuttings.  

Sample of lacing activity that I include in my portfolios.

Math Skills

Sample activity that is included in the portfolios to show children's shapes knowledge and classification skills.

 Sample activity included in portfolio to show children's knowledge of size seriation.

 Sample activity included in portfolios to show children's knowledge of patterning.  Include samples of ABAB, ABCABC, AABBAABB, AABAAB and AABBCCAABBCC patterns.

School Readiness Skills

What are school readiness skills?

Cognitive development and early literacy are important for children’s early success in school, but other areas of development are equally important.

When it comes to school readiness skills we have to look at the whole child.

 Motor development

Social and Emotional development

Language development

Early literacy development

Cognitive development

Enthusiasm for learning

Children entering school with a wide range of knowledge will lead to early success in school.

You can download an assessment  packet bellow for school readiness skills

Assessment Tool Download

Another way to help out with the assessment process is to use check list of areas that you are assessing.  Here is a assessment checklist packet that you can download.

Assessment Tools Checklist Download

These can also be found of Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook for free.

Assessment Tools

Here are some free resources to make assesses the children in your classroom a lot easier.  These tools will help to free up so of your valuable time and give you more time for what the children need and that is your time.

This resource gives you lots of checklist form to make assessing class groups a snap.

This resource is designed for what all the kindergarten teachers want to know when they get our students from us.  This is a collection of school readiness skills that will lead to like long learning.

Down load them for free on Teachers Pay Teachers