Kindergarten screening

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A just got acheduled for one of these before school starts, it's 20 minutes. I've never heard of them. Do all schools do them? What do they check for? Are parents in them (mainly just wondering if Henry can come or if I need to find him care)?

[eav2c]

Our district does it. We weren't allowed to go back with him which was a complete disaster, lol. While we had prepped him beforehand, he went all stranger danger and refused to participate. To be fair, my neighbor went later that day and said two other little boys did the same thing. If you think A will be cooperative you can probably bring H. Oliver was running around and being crazy which kind of only exasperated the situation for us.

[eav2c]

Oh, and here they check for what they know so they can have properly balanced classrooms. One of my best friends is a kindergarten teacher and said she thinks it's fairly ineffective though because you might end up with a shy child or one who is just overly excited or whatever else so you really can only learn so much about what a child knows in that short meeting. My understanding is they check letter and number recognition and similar things.

[muppetinma]

I wish we did that, but it's not a thing here.

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Jun 8, 2017 13:07:18 GMT -5 eav2c said:

Our district does it. We weren't allowed to go back with him which was a complete disaster, lol. While we had prepped him beforehand, he went all stranger danger and refused to participate. To be fair, my neighbor went later that day and said two other little boys did the same thing. If you think A will be cooperative you can probably bring H. Oliver was running around and being crazy which kind of only exasperated the situation for us.

I can see A doing that too, she can be really shy and lacks confidence, especially if I'm not there. H will be crazy, maybe I will see if my husband can watch him. I wish all the stuff wasn't during the day, the first week there are 4 things they want us to attend that are 8-4, I don't know how working parents do it!

[eav2c]

Wow! Thats a lot that they expect of parents. Im sure A will do fine but if she ends up being shy dont stress it.

[devonpow]

Here they do an initial screening (groups of about 5-6 kids and 3 teachers. They kids go to different "stations" where they drew, played games, counted, etc. so the teachers could assess basic skill levels. Then we had s "peen n practice" day where they are basically trying out their sample class lists to see how the kids work together. Parents aren't allowed in either - they do parent Q&A sessions during them instead.

[muppetinma]

Jun 8, 2017 13:51:15 GMT -5 devonpow said:

Here they do an initial screening (groups of about 5-6 kids and 3 teachers. They kids go to different "stations" where they drew, played games, counted, etc. so the teachers could assess basic skill levels. Then we had s "peen n practice" day where they are basically trying out their sample class lists to see how the kids work together. Parents aren't allowed in either - they do parent Q&A sessions during them instead.

I NEED to know what this was supposed to be, because I'm about to pee my pants at the typo.

[devonpow]

Jun 8, 2017 13:58:30 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

Jun 8, 2017 13:51:15 GMT -5 devonpow said:

Here they do an initial screening (groups of about 5-6 kids and 3 teachers. They kids go to different "stations" where they drew, played games, counted, etc. so the teachers could assess basic skill levels. Then we had s "peen n practice" day where they are basically trying out their sample class lists to see how the kids work together. Parents aren't allowed in either - they do parent Q&A sessions during them instead.

I NEED to know what this was supposed to be, because I'm about to pee my pants at the typo.

lol!! PEEK n practice. Not as exciting sadly

[hocus2]

They don't do them here. I don't think we have the resources to pre-screen the kids that come in. We have classes over 100 kids in each of the local schools, with one that is approaching 200 in bound K students.

The first 2 weeks of K is a get to know you between the teachers and the student. The teachers largely focus routines and review/introduce very basic information and see where their class is at.

[jaime183]

We do it here. They check letter names and sounds, counting and have them write their names. It's because those assessments are required the first month and it's so tough to do one on one with a class full of kids
Parents aren't allowed in they wait in the hallway

[imimahoney]

The towns around here do them. They test for readiness but can not deny anyone a spot if they make the cut off.

They said it is more for balanced classrooms but who knows. Ari said they played fun games

While he was at screening we met with the school's leadership team and the pto. The entire afternoon took about 90 minutes.

[vthokie]

We have it. She goes on teachers first day back to school. It's only a week prior to school starting so it won't affect class placement. THEN, we have the stupidest thing ever. Stagger start. For the first 2 weeks of school, she only goes 1 half day the whole week. So only 5-6 kids per class and they do assessments then too. H and I are both teachers and it's a PITA for us. I can't imagine how much of a pain it is for other parents. Maybe it's more of a pain for us because we already pulled her from day care. So irritating.

[onehitwonder]

They do it here, but since W was screened prior to PreK, he doesn't have to do it again. It's the same school so they just use his report cards and teacher recs from PreK.

[vthokie]

It's so annoying Loco Coco
So not only do I need to find care for her my first week back, but then she needs someone to watch her for the next 2 weeks too. I think I've got someone for the first 2 weeks. My mom may come the third. So dumb.

[tennisgal]

It's just kind of a quick skills assessment and can flag any areas of concern. The screening tool/test they used was the ESI-preK. They also did a basic hearing and vision screen. I sat in on the screening and it was before I had R, but it might be distracting for A if H was there

[puppylove64]

We did it. I wasn't allowed to go back. Surprisingly he walked right back with a stranger and did his evaluation. She said he did great and he would t tell me what they did.

[rxbeth]

Jun 8, 2017 16:53:03 GMT -5 vthokie said:

We have it. She goes on teachers first day back to school. It's only a week prior to school starting so it won't affect class placement. THEN, we have the stupidest thing ever. Stagger start. For the first 2 weeks of school, she only goes 1 half day the whole week. So only 5-6 kids per class and they do assessments then too. H and I are both teachers and it's a PITA for us. I can't imagine how much of a pain it is for other parents. Maybe it's more of a pain for us because we already pulled her from day care. So irritating.

We don't have any screening but we do have the stagger start which was annoying.

The first week of school, the JK kids only go 1 full day out of the 4 days.  It's to ease them in by being in smaller groups.  Thankfully the SK kids start full time first day of school so we won't deal with that this upcoming September.

[The Foozzler]

Where I work, no. They do a K orientation at the end of May where the parents go to the gym to hear from various people like the cafeteria manager, PTA president and principal. While they do that, the kids meet with the teachers and do some group activities. It is supposed to help form classes, but it doesn't.

Where I live, yes. T and I went back in April and he met one on one with a K teacher while I went over paperwork with the nurse. He told me that the teacher read him a book about shapes, played dinosaurs with him and asked him to draw a picture and write his name.

It is interesting to see the difference when I work in a comparable district 2 towns away.

[fusion]

not at our specific school

[bean47]

The district that I work in does it like where you work The Foozzler. It really doesn't provide them any useful information for classes but does help parents and students orient to the building.

One town over, where we live, does actual screenings. Olivia has her the last week in June and I will wait in the office. It sounds like they check the basics of letter and number recognition, colors, shapes, reading, writing, etc. They do use the screenings to drive class placements.

[jsillyfun]

We already had a k orientation for kids and a parent meeting. We also had to fill out detailed forms about our kids. At the end of August we will find out who her teacher is and she will have a one on one assessment with that teacher. They said they basically check letters and numbers just to see where the class is at generally before school starts.

[ktstorm]

I don't think so? B had to do an evaluation through his preschool which is the district prek program, but I haven't heard of any screenings for the school he's going to.

[TrudyCampbell]

We just got called for a screening BUT all it is is to assess how well the child knows English. I'm pretty annoyed they weren't able to assess this when we already pulled her out of school for the registration. Sigh.

(Not to mention we aren't even sending her to this school)

[teamhayes]

MA state law to screen

Ours is in 2 weeks

During the day like everything else

School is basically saying working parents dit count


Booo
Add it to the hundredth thing I missed this year bc it's at like 2

[bebeetmoi]

Yes, DD will be screened in August a few weeks before school starts.

[sandj82110]

We didn't have a screening.