1. Kindergarten Parent Information Night
January 2019

2. Agenda Prayer Welcome/Introductions KDI-2 Background Information
Kindergarten Readiness
Sign-up Process
Testing Procedures
Admissions Timeline
Questions/Closing

3. Kindergarten Diagnostic Instrument- Second Edition
Author: Daniel C. Miller, Ph.D.
Age Range: 4-6 years old
Administration Time: approximately 35 minutes
Diagnostic and prescriptive assessment tool for early identification of pre-academic skills
Determines a child’s strengths and weaknesses across 13 developmental readiness tests

4. Developmental Skills Assessed
Concept Mastery- knowledge of basic kindergarten concepts
Form/Letter Identification- knowledge of shape names and letter identification skills
General Information- ability to recall basic information from memory
Gross Motor- large muscle coordination
Memory for Sentences- short-term auditory memory
Number Skills- knowledge of basic math skills
Phonemic Awareness- phonemic awareness skills
Verbal Associations- language-based reasoning skills
Visual-Motor Integration- eye-hand coordination, drawing ability, & visual spatial skills
Visual Discrimination- visual discrimination skills
Visual Memory- visual memory skills
Vocabulary- knowledge of word meanings

5. How to prepare your child?
Shapes (identifying/drawing)
Letters (identifying/writing)
First and Last Name (proper formation of letters)
Numbers (identifying/writing)
Gross Motor Skills (balance, bounce a ball, hop, skip, etc.)
Fine Motor Skills (cutting, drawing lines/shapes, buttons, etc.)
Phonemic Awareness (rhyming words, beginning sounds)

6. How do I sign up?
Go to Signup.com link (given out at the end of today’s session), chose a time slot, and pay $15 testing fee.
Time slots are 45 minutes.
All students, even those in preschool at Christ the King, need to be signed up.
If your student attends Christ the King, you do not need to come to the testing.
Other parents are asked to wait in the Father Jones Room during testing.

7. What to expect on testing days?
Check-in at the school office.
Walk down to the church basement to sign in and drop your child off.
Parents should wait in the Father Jones Room while students rotate around to 5 stations.
Teachers will walk students back to the Father Jones room when testing is complete.
After all testing is completed and scored, you will receive a phone call to set up a meeting about additional testing or an with the testing results.

8. Kindergarten Admissions Timeline
Prospective Parent Meeting: January 2019 (TBD)
Open House (tours available): Sunday, January 27, 2019
KDI-II Testing: February 2019 (TBD)
Notification of Results: February 2019-March 2019

9. Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact us! Mrs. Tara Schuppig- Director of Curriculum Mrs. Kathy Greve- Kindergarten Teacher