1. Does star and sea start with the same sound?

What letter does it start with?

2. Does duck and sugar start with the same sound?
3. Does month and map start with the same sound?
What letter does it start with?
4. Does melt and bat start with the same sound?
5. I
6. Like
7. The
8. And
Pre-Assessment: I realized I should have had a better way to ask about the beginning sounds on
the assessment, and that I really should have formatted the quiz differently. The assessment
was really fast and easy, which was helpful because we didn’t have much time to administer it.
Mrs. Kinghorn helped administer some of the assessments, which was great because we were
really short on time, but I don’t know how those students did.

Student Notes Score %

Knew star and sea same, but didn’t know 6/10 60%
letter. Melt and bat the same.
Avery I and “and”
Knew all of the sounds, didn’t know Like, 7/10 70%
Boston the, and
Branson Only knew duck and sugar different, and “I” 2/10 20%
Crew Missed if sounds different. Knows I 5/10 50%
Realized duck and sugar are different, but 4/10 40%
not that melt and bat were. Didn’t know
star and sea were different sounds. Got M
Ella right. Only got I right
Knew when sounds the same, but didn’t 3/10 30%
Jazmin know letters. Knows I
Knew sea and star same, knew sound but 2/10 20%
not letter (same for m). duck and sugar and
melt and bat the same sound.
Kegan Didn’t know any sight words.
Kinsley All right 10/10 100%
Lillie Everything right, and sounds 10/10 100%
Knew star and sea same sound, but didn’t 3/10 30%
know letter. Got M right, rest wrong.
McKoy Doesn’t know any sight words.
Got sea and star wrong, but knew s. 9/10 90%
Mya everything else right
Knew sea and start were same sound, 4/10 40%
didn’t know letter. Duck and sugar
different, but melt and bat the same.
Month and map not same sound.
Olivia I and “and” right.
Answered no on everything (right about 4/10 40%
two of them), knew letter M, but not S.
Ryker Knows I.
Knew S and M, not duck and sugar or melt 6/10 60%
and bat.
Sadie Knew I and the
 Got all sight words right, got all sound 6/10 60%
Skylar questions wrong except about Mm.
Knew star and sea diff, didn’t know letter. 7/10 70%
All sounds right.
Tatum Knows like, and I
Post- Assessment
I really enjoyed giving the post-assessment. For the pre-assessment, Mrs. Kinghorn helped do a few since
we didn’t have time to only do one student at a time, and I feel like I missed out on a lot. After doing this
post-assessment, I feel like I have so much of a better idea of where the class is as a whole, and how
individual students are doing. I really enjoy the one-on-one interactions with the students; I like them so
much more when it’s just us and we can talk, versus when they are all sitting together and distracting each
other. I feel like one-on-one interactions are so important for this reason- it reminds you that you really do
like the students as individuals, even when they are difficult as a group on the carpet. So overall, I learned
about the importance of one-on-one interaction, and doing your pre and post assessments yourself, so you
don’t only know what they got on it, but if they struggled, or guessed, or got it all really quickly. This
information could have been helpful in picking instructional groups, or even for planning instructional
activities. Also giving the pre and post assessment made me realize how poorly I made my assessment.
What I should have done, was practice it with my kindergarten age nephew to see what went well and what
I should change. I thought it was a pretty straight forward assessment, but giving it, I realized the
assessment could have been more helpful if I would have made some changes.