Have writing supplies available, such as crayons, pencils, and different types of paper. Encourage drawing and painting, and ask your child to tell stories about the pictures. Count with your child, as high as he or she can. Play simple board and card games that involve taking turns and following rules. Sort and identify coins.
Assessment measures how well students are doing in school.
In addition to giving feedback on students' progress, assessment provides important information to school staff and parents to guide them in helping students meet promotion standards and earn promotion to the next grade. Both are essential to effective instruction, and both focus on what is taught and what students should know and be able to do. The chart below shows the ways kindergartners are assessed in English language arts and mathematics. Ongoing Assessment uses student work that teachers and students collect in class to measure progress and plan appropriate instruction. Teachers use ongoing assessment to provide students with continuous feedback on their progress.