DEAR FAMILIES,

 

THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE PILOTING A K/1 ASSESSMENT TO ASSESS K-1 STANDARDS TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION.

 

The K/1 Reading Assessment is to give parents and ES’s information about a child’s pre reading skills in the area of Phonemic Awareness, Letter/Sound Identification/Phonics, Reading/High Frequency Words, Blending/Segmenting Sounds.

 

AFTER GIVING THE ASSESSMENT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH LETTERS/SOUNDS, VOWELS, BLENDS, AND HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS( K/1 STANDARDS)THAT YOUR K/1 STUDENT MAYBE STRUGGLING WITH.

 

ONCE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AREAS YOU CAN REINFORCE THOSE WEAK AREAS IN YOUR DAILY READING LESSONS.

 

A WORKSHOP WILL BE PROVIDED IN SEPTEMBER AT THE CERES LEARNING CENTER TITLED "USING ASSESSMENT TO DRIVE YOUR INSTRUCTION" TO GO OVER THE ASSESSMENT AND HOW TO USE THE ASSESSMENT TO DRIVE YOUR INSTRUCTION IN THE AREA OF READING

 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

 

SINCERELY,

 

TERRY SOUZA

LANGUAGE ARTS SPECIALISTS

209 769-0994

TSOUZA@CONNECTINGWATERS.ORG