I have taught grades K-3. I taught Kindergarten for 4 years. What was helpful
to me was to see who could write their name and knew the letters in their name.
The other suggestion about a name study is excellent. My school always did a
preassessment to see what the students knew coming to kindergarten-recite the
alphabet, count 1-20, colors, shapes, rhyming words, beginning and ending
sounds, wrote name, identify name, identify uppercase/lowercase letters. Many
of the activities that I used in the classroom were introduced in centers and
then my county would assess the students 3 times a year. This is how we could
determine who needed what help in small groups and how to differentiate within
the small groups.
Amy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Danielle Mittleman
Sent: Tue 6/10/2008 9:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Where do I start?
Lori,
Thanks for the help. This advice seems to make a lot of sense and I love the
book Chrysanthemum.
Danielle
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:37 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Where do I start?
>
> I think that with any group of students, regardless of age, you begin with
> community, expectations and routines. From there, I would start with their
> names. A unit of name study would let you explore common letters, count
> letters, compare names, talk about name stories. Chrysanthemum, by Henkes,
> is terrific book to use to support name study.
>
> Lori
>
>
> On 6/9/08 10:29 PM, "Danielle Mittleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > Hi! My name is Danielle. I've just started graduate school to become
> > certified up to 2nd grade in the NY and CT area. I currently teach at the
> > pre-school level and have for 5 years. I know how to teach pre-literacy
> > but I
> > have never taught early literacy. I hope in the near future to teach in the
> > public schools and I am willing to teach any K-2 class. However, I would
> > prefer a Kindergarten class. When I get a job as a Kindergarten teacher,
> > where do I start with them? How do I assess what they already know and
> > where
> > do I go from there? Any basic help would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thank you,
> > Danielle
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