What to study for the end of year assessments!!!

TEST REVIEW FOR KINDERGARTEN

Parents please note that next week you will be receiving a two week

review packet for homework.  Please review every day in preparation for our testing during the week of May 17 - 21.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Alphabet letters and sounds:  Review the letters and the sounds daily.  Make sure your child can say the name of the letter as well as the sound. 

Beginning/Ending Sounds:  Say some words and have your child identify the beginning and/or ending sound (not letter) of each word you say.

Segmenting words:  The children have practiced this a lot in class by using their “sound arms”.  They segment the words on their arms.  For example bat would be /b/ touching shoulder, /a/ touching the inside of their elbow.  /t/ touching their wrist.  Practice this with your child using many words with three sounds.

Blending sounds:  This is just the opposite of the segmenting.  You will give them three sounds they must blend into a word. . . you can do the same type of activity as above, but you provide the sounds, /m/ /o/ /p/ and then, they will move their hand down their arm blending the sounds together. 

Sight words:   Practice sight words sent home every day. 

Forming CVC words:  Say one of the following words to your child and see if he/she can spell the word by sounding out the sounds. 

bat    cap     hen    pig     fin     log     mop    sun     fun

MATH

Patterns:  Have your child complete patterns by using household items.  An example is that you get forks and spoons and make a pattern with them fork, spoon, fork, spoon, fork, spoon etc.  What is next?  

Story Problems:  Here are some ideas, you can make up your own as you go about your day in your home, at the store, outside.  You can also have your child draw pictures to represent the story problems or use tally marks or some type of manipulative (bears, crayons, counters of some kind). 

1. There is a rule o our playground that no more than 7 children that can play with the basketball.  There are 5 chldren playing now and 2 more want to join.  Can they?  Have your child answer and then explain how he/she knows.  He/she should be able to explain that 5 and 2 equals 7 or something like that.

2. We have 5 apples and we decide to eat 2 of them.  How many do we have left?  Again , have your child answer and explain how he/she knows. 

Writing Numbers:  Have your child write numbers in random order. . . 3     14     20     6.  etc.  Use the numbers 0-30.  Write numbers to 30 daily.

Counting to 30:  Practice counting with your child to 30 or more. 

Comparing groups: Show your child two groups of items (beans, conters, etc.)  Ask your child which group has more and which one has less.  Try the following numbers to compare.  If they have the same, please make sure that your child can identify if they have the same amount also.  

          3 and 5        7 and 8        6 and 5        4 and 3        5 and 5

Shapes:  The students need to know the following shapes, circle, triangle, square, and rectangle.   They need to identify and draw.

Sorting and Classifying:  Give your child a group of different objects that he/she can sort by different attributes (for example, you could sort beans or buttons by color, size or shape).

I hope that this list of things to review will help your son/daughter to be ready for the test and to be able to do his/her best.  Have fun practicing and help him/her to understand that it is not something scary.  It just helps us see how much he/she has learned this year.  I think of the test as more of a celebration of just how much growth has taken place!!!

          

Thanks!!!                               Mrs.  Polteno