Any Kindergarten Teacher out there?

[belle22]

Can anyone give me some examples for Kindergarten Readiness? I believe our school will be using the KDI test?

Thanks

 

[mamaLori05]

I'm not a kindergarten teacher, but my dd just went through kindergarten screening. For our district they tested on the following:
-Separation from the parents
- Interacting with the other children
- Interacting during a group time
- Listening to directions. (they showed the children how to make a Chicka Chicka boom boom tree as an art project, and then wanted the kids to follow the directions on how to make it.)
-They asked the children one on one to identify Letters and numbers.
-One on one They had the children do correspondance counting (pointing to an object and counting how many there are)
-They showed the kids a list of short words to see if they could read any of them.
-asked the children what their first and last name was and asked them to write it.

There was a list of things they had to do, but these are the main ones. Our district has a summer school class geared towards those not quite ready for Kindergarten. We didn't need the program, but I believe the teachers used the info from the registration to reccommend those who did to it. I hope that helps!!!

 

[GoofyFairie]

I am a kindergarten screener. This is what my district looks for:
-Identify capital letters (out of order)
-Identify lower caes letters (out of order)
-Identify letter sounds using lower case letters (again letters are out of order)
-Identify beginning sounds in a word
-Identify rhyming word pairs
-Provide a rhyming word when given a word
-Write their name
-Orally count to 30
-Identify numbers 1-20 out of order
-Identify AB pattern and reroduce it
-Identify ABC pattern and reproduce it
-Count 1-1 objects to 20 orally
-Number representation on a cube without using fingers to count (i.e. one dot means the number 1) through 6
We also watch for any behaviors that are displayed.
Students can get a score of 100 points for the reading and 100 for the math. A combined score in the 30-35 range means that your child should be able to learn to read without any issues.

 

[v.t.]

Our district also checks for fine motor skills. Cutting with scissors, lines and curves, stringing beads and coloring.
Please don't stress or worry, I am sure everything will be fine. I remember when my boys went through the screening, I was a nervous wreck. When one DS came out I asked how it went and if he could answer all the questions asked. He said yes, except when they showed him some words on a card and asked him if he could read, he replied, "No, I cannot read, so the teacher put the card away." I asked what the words on the card were, he said, cat dog, home, etc.. I said, why didn't you tell the teacher what the words on the cards were? He said, "Mom, she didn't ask me what the words were on the card, she asked if I knew how to read. I don't know how to read ALL the words yet so I didn't want to lie."

 

[camlace]

I have also seen things like motor skills (hop on one foot), sorting/matching, knows their home address, interaction with other children.

Its not only about ABCs and 123s...there are several other skills required to be ready for school.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I think it makes sense to ask your own district this question, because school districts have different policies.

 

[kinntj]

The only screening they do for Kindergarten in our district is vision and hearing. Otherwise, if you're an older 4 or are 5 you can start.

They start the year slowly with writing without tears, cutting, colors, shapes, and letters. My child went in knowing these, but it doesn't mean she didn't have fun singing the songs that went with it and reading the poetry that was handed out. She thought the first 1/2 of the year was extemely easy and lots of play time for her.

Now, it's getting more difficult, because writing is not her strength. At least that's an area she can focus on.

 

[princessmom29]

My child was asked to :
1. Identify letters upper and lower case out of order along with thier sounds
2. Count forward and backward 0-20 and 20-0.
3. Tell how many objects are present.
4. Hop on one foot, walk a line on the floor, other gross momotr skills.
5. draw a picture of herself
6. Cut out some shapes
7. Use blocks to assemble a shape shown on a card
8. Write first and last name
There was acutoff score required for admittance into K at DD's school.
This is also the standard public school assessment. No one is denied enterence in public school who meets the age requirments. It is however, what the curricilum assumes children will know coming into K, and is used by the teachers to evaluate where each student is and what they still need to learn.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I think it makes sense to ask your own district this question, because school districts have different policies.

In our area, the Kingergarten screening test is like some huge guarded secret...you can't PAY someone to tell you what's on the test! I was totally paranoid about it last year. The kids are interviewed in the classroom alone with the teacher but from what I could gather, my DD was asked to write her complete name, draw a picture of herself, name letters/numbers, name colors, name shapes, and hop on one foot. Whole thing took 10 minutes.