It’s that
time again, and I know many of you (like myself) are stressing over giving your
kinders a standardized test. If you are an early childhood teacher, you
know that it makes no sense to give students who have limited focus a test that
requires them to be still for more than five minutes! With that being true, we
are still compelled to give that monster of a test, and have raised the bar to
help our kiddos succeed. I actually feel my students will perform better
this year, and here is why: I made a practice test for Math and ELA, have
used it with my students, and we are as ready as we can be for that test when
we return to school this coming Tuesday.
time again, and I know many of you (like myself) are stressing over giving your
kinders a standardized test. If you are an early childhood teacher, you
know that it makes no sense to give students who have limited focus a test that
requires them to be still for more than five minutes! With that being true, we
are still compelled to give that monster of a test, and have raised the bar to
help our kiddos succeed. I actually feel my students will perform better
this year, and here is why: I made a practice test for Math and ELA, have
used it with my students, and we are as ready as we can be for that test when
we return to school this coming Tuesday.
In those practice tests are questions and
bubbling that are as similar to a standardized test as I could possibly make
them. Would you put a pinch hitter in a championship game who had never
held a bat or swung at a ball? Of course you wouldn’t! And you shouldn’t throw
a test booklet and pencil out there to your kinders without at least practicing
bubbling, discussing how to properly handle the test (no coloring or writing on
the test EXCEPT to fill in ONLY ONE bubble that is your best choice for the
answer). All year you have worked on areas tested, and you do not want to
send them into the test zone without reviewing vocabulary possibilities,
letters and sounds, comprehension, and reading to discover the best description
for a picture. In math you will review concepts, and pay close attention
to those items that are not common core, but still show up on a standardized
test (time, money, calendar). I amhaving a 10% OFF Sale this weekend at my TpT Store, and you can find these
Standardized Test Practice Packets along with many other CCSS-related
items.
bubbling that are as similar to a standardized test as I could possibly make
them. Would you put a pinch hitter in a championship game who had never
held a bat or swung at a ball? Of course you wouldn’t! And you shouldn’t throw
a test booklet and pencil out there to your kinders without at least practicing
bubbling, discussing how to properly handle the test (no coloring or writing on
the test EXCEPT to fill in ONLY ONE bubble that is your best choice for the
answer). All year you have worked on areas tested, and you do not want to
send them into the test zone without reviewing vocabulary possibilities,
letters and sounds, comprehension, and reading to discover the best description
for a picture. In math you will review concepts, and pay close attention
to those items that are not common core, but still show up on a standardized
test (time, money, calendar). I amhaving a 10% OFF Sale this weekend at my TpT Store, and you can find these
Standardized Test Practice Packets along with many other CCSS-related
items.
If your little Test-taking
Bunnies are nearing test time, you may want to check them out! Until you do, I
have a little freebie for you. This is
the bubbling lesson page and two sample pages from both packets.
My kids love to bubble, and actually asked for more pages to bubble last
week. They learned to begin on the outside
rim and work in a swirling fashion until the center was covered too. I am so proud of them!
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