1. Kindergarten Parent Information Night
January 9, 2019
7 pm

2. Agenda Prayer Welcome/Introductions KDI-2 Background Information
Kindergarten Readiness
Sign-up Process
Testing Procedures
A Word from Our Kindergarten Teachers
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. TEACHEr RECOMMENDATION FORM
Confidential form used as a second data point to determine kindergarten readiness
If your child currently attends CKS, Mrs. Fenske and Mrs. Rolinski will fill out the form for your child (no action is needed on your end).
If your child does NOT currently attend CKS, give the form to their current preschool teacher with an address/stamped envelope.

6. 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)

7. How do I sign up?
Go to signup.com link, chose a time slot (if non-CKS student), and pay $15 testing fee.
Time slots are 45 minutes.
Students who attend Christ the King will be signed up for a slot by their teacher (based on class schedule). You will be notified of their time slot the week before testing.
If your student attends Christ the King, you do not need to come to the testing.
Other parents may wait outside the school office during testing.

8. What to expect on testing days?
Check-in at the school office.
Walk to the Library ( 8:00 am- 12:30 pm) or the Church Basement (1:00 pm-3:00 pm) to sign in and drop your child off.
Parents should wait outside the school office while students rotate around to 5 stations.
Teachers will walk students back to the school office/classroom 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 with the testing results.

9. A Word from our Kindergarten teachers…
Mrs. Kathy Greve
Mrs. Kim Grunawalt

10. Kindergarten Admissions Timeline
Prospective Parent Meeting: January 9, 2019
Open House (tours available): Sunday, January 27, 2019
KDI-II Testing: February 4 or February 11, 2019
Notification of Results: February 2019-March 2019

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