Dial 65
Can you tell I hate assessments ? It’s called a Dial 3 but it feels more like 65.
This morning we had a visitor. Ms Amy is taking a class in early childhood and was just hanging out and doing a little research / homework. When we have visitors it stretches me. I have to be able to verbalize how I teach and why I believe in this way. Amy was great at digging deeper. I might have settled on a shortened version of my pedagogy.
Child driven
Teacher coaching
Environment supported
Sometimes when we do assessments it funny.
Me : ” let’s play a rhyming game . Bee / tree. Cat …..
child : dog 🤭
Me : What do you do if you’re thirsty ? ( looking for self help skills – get a drink )
Child : I would get some milk and some chocolate syrup and some ice cream and put it in my mommas blendy thing and make a chocolate shake. Yumm-o ”
😍😍😍😍
To give you an idea of other things we assess there is a page we look for letter sounds on.
Also – we do a speed color naming game. How many colors can you name in 30 seconds ?
Goodness. I should finish up tomorrow with the littles that are absent.
And nothing like those impromptu fire drills.
