1. Knowledge Acquired Assessing for Mastery (GKIDS) Resources

2. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Identify 2D and 3DVerbal - models usedDiscuss shapes of objects Construct & deconstructPerformanceDraw/play with shapes Describe objects’ shapeVerbalDiscuss real-world objects Positional words (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to) Performance; writtenDiscuss positions of objects Compare shape attributesObservationDiscuss shape attributes Build shapesObservationPlay with shape blocks Sort shapesPerformance Sort shapes blocks or objects

3. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Count to 100 by onesVerbalCount/sing to 100 Count to 100 by tensVerbalCount/sing to 100 Write numbers 0 to 20WrittenPractice writing numbers CardinalityVerbal, writtenAsk how many Compare numbersVerbal, writtenAsk how many more, less

4. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Length Performance, writtenPractice measurement using common household objects. Discuss the student’s reasoning of why an object is longer, shorter, taller, heavier, etc. than another object. Height Weight Capacity Compare attributes *Students knowledge of measurement is based on nonstandard units

5. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Represent addition/ subtraction using objects, fingers, drawings and equations Performance, writtenAct out math stories using household objects. Write math sentences using numbers and/or pictures. Math learning websites Supplemental math workbooks Decompose numbers 10 and less into pairs Compose / decompose numbers 11 to 19 into tens and ones

6. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Ask/answer questions about details in a text Discussion, anecdotal records Read and discuss books (who, what, when, where, how, why) Vocabulary, Multiple meaning words Discussion, anecdotal records Discuss meanings of words when reading together Recognize common types of texts Collaborative discussionsUse a variety of reading (poems, nursery rhymes, books, etc.) Role of the author and illustrator Observation checklistDiscuss when reading Parts of a book (front cover, back cover, title page) Observation checklistReview when reading Compare textsDiscussion, anecdotal records Compare similar books read & characters Phonetic writing using conventions Writing rubricSound out words and write creative stories at home

7. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Labor DayDiscussion, performanceDiscuss holidays at home as they approach Ask students what they have learned about each holiday after instruction has taken place. Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Martin Luther King Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Flag Day Independence Day

8. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? National & State flagsDiscussion, performanceAsk students what they have learned about each American symbol after instruction has taken place. Bald Eagle Statue of Liberty Lincoln Memorial Washington Monument White House Pledge of Allegiance Star Spangled Banner

9. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Cultural celebrationsDiscussion, performanceAsk students what they have learned about each topic after instruction has taken place. Assist them in connecting their learning at school to their own lives and real world situations. Map & globe Personal Information Community Helpers Income and wages Goods and services Making choices

10. Knowledge AcquiredAssessment StrategyHow Can I Help @ Home? Day and nightDiscussion, performanceAsk students what they have learned about each topic after instruction has taken place. Assist them in connecting their learning at school to their own lives and real world situations. Rocks and soils Sorting objects based on the material Motion Gravity Living & nonliving Animals Plants

11. Test of Early LiteracyTest of Early Numeracy Letter Name FluencyOral Counting Letter Sound FluencyNumber Identification Nonsense Word FluencyQuantity Discrimination Phoneme Segmentation FluencyMissing Number *Students are assessed three times/year (fall, winter, spring). The required benchmark score increases each testing period.

12.  Starfall.com (reading and math)  ABCya.com (reading and math)  Tumblebooks.com (read alouds)  Students are expected to fluently read passages (30 words per minute) by the end of kindergarten.  Sight word websites  Students are expected to fluently read220 sight words by the end of kindergarten.

13.  New Manchester Elementary School exists to ensure that all students will learn in a safe, caring learning community, enabling them to become productive, self-supporting citizens of the world.