KindergartenWorks: kindergarten common core assessments

WHEW! It truly was a challenging, stretching and very rewarding journey this year to work on completing our Common Core Assessments! Together with the other authors in KinderTrio, we have completed an entire year's worth of Common Core Assessment pieces just for K teachers!

We've broken it down into 9 week quarters in order to help you focus on specific standards each nine weeks. We've followed Indiana's recommendations to break them down into sub-standards so that way you're tracking the progress students make as they build on their skills.

Common Core Assessment Packet 1

In the first nine weeks of school you'll see an emphasis on numbers 0-10, letter recognition, and concepts of print. See the entire list of standards assessed and you can also download a preview sample.

Common Core Assessment Packet 2

In the second nine weeks of school you'll see an emphasis on numbers 0-20, sound production, and concepts of print. See the entire list of standards assessed and you can view the preview sample to see the way we break down the nine weeks.

Common Core Assessment Packet 3

For the third nine weeks of school you'll see an emphasis on addition and subtraction and letter/word work. See the entire list of standards assessed and you can also download a preview sample.

Common Core Assessment Packet 4

To cover the last nine weeks of school you'll see new assessments to document growth and reassessments to show that students have learned all of the substandard pieces in order to master the larger concepts. See the entire list of standards and you can also download a preview sample.

Some of my favorite features as a kindergarten teacher:

It's all in one place for each child. I can print the packets and bind them as I wish, making it flexible for my personal classroom use. It makes collecting data easier during report card time as well.

Each packet/quarter has it's own theme. This makes it fun for the kinders and easy to give instructions when I say "turn to the page with the monster..." rather then say, "turn to page 52."

There is plenty of workspace for kinders to work and plenty of space for me to write my scrawly notes. I like to write a lot. But, there are checkmarks if that simple method works for you - big time saver!

I fully understand what the bigger standards mean because these assessments help me test the sub standards and can plainly see how my kinders are progressing on their way to mastering the larger standard.

Common Core Assessment Bundle (Packets 1-4)

It is our hope that these packets and bundles would be a time-savers and helpful in guiding you as you learn what to expect with the new standards and expectations.

We've also bundled the packets together to make it easier to purchase and save a few dollars! There is a version of this too that has fewer standards and is designed to make tracking specific data easier throughout the year.

Kindergarten Common Core Reading and Math Data Tracking & Assessments

More Assessment

Kindergarten Common Core Reading and Math: Data Tracking and Assessments
math journals - meet the Common Core
guided reading strategy checklist
how to assess in kindergarten - just me and 24 kinders
end of the year kindergarten class sorts

What common core standards are you focusing on now?

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- Leslie