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Kate Rasmussen

Kate Rasmussen. Austinmer Public School 2013. What is Best Start?. The Best S tart Assessment is a Department of Education and Communities initiative that provides schools with increased support for the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy during their first years of school.

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Kate Rasmussen

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  1. Kate Rasmussen Austinmer Public School 2013

  2. What is Best Start? • The Best Start Assessment is a Department of Education and Communitiesinitiative that provides schools with increased support for the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy during their first years of school. • Students each start school with a varied range of literacy and numeracy skills. • It is important for Kinder teachers to find out what EACH student knows so they can effectively plan and teach what their students need to learn next.

  3. How is it implemented? • Your child’s teacher will administer the Best start Kindergarten Assessment. • It is not a test! • The teacher will observe each child individually. • They will be asked to answer general questions and the teacher will record what they can do.

  4. Best Start Assessment Process…

  5. What is being assessed? • Recognise familiar print in the environment • Retell details from a story book • Write their own name • Understand about how books work • Recognise sound and letters

  6. How well a student can count • Which numbers they can identify • Can they add small numbers • Can they subtract small numbers • Recognise a repeated pattern

  7. Do I need to prepare my child? Beginning school should be exciting and a happy time for your child.

  8. Parent Feedback…

  9. Learning Continuum

  10. Confused? • Remember you can always have a meeting with your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

  11. Remember you can always have a meeting with your child’s teacher if you have any questions. • If you need information your child’s teacher can provide you with parent information or direct you to a parent help website • And most importantly… This information is for the teacher to create learning plans that help your child learn and grow!

  12. Let’s make starting school a happy experience… Let the teachers do the stressing and assessing! Thank you Kate Rasmussen

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