Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Seven pages for one Kindergarten unit on numbers to 5. Page 1 is a pre-check to give before the unit, to see what children already know. Pages 2 and 3 are a review to do together before the test, with a tip on every question. Pages 4 and 5 are the unit test, Form A. Pages 6 and 7 are Form B: the same questions in the same order with different pictures and numbers, for a retake or a child who was away. Each form has 8 questions, one point each, and a Score line on its first page. Read every question aloud: a small picture beside each question number (a sun, a moon, a car) lets you say "Find the sun. Count the bears."

In the Classroom

Give the test to a small group at a table, reading one question at a time and waiting until everyone is done. Question 8 (dice and five frames: seeing small amounts without counting) is taught in Kindergarten in some states only: leave it out and score out of 7 if your class does not learn it. The answer keys name each question's skill, so a missed question points to the lesson to reteach.

At Home

Use the review as practice before a test at school, or Form B as a check after the unit. Read each question aloud and let your child point and count out loud.

Tips for Success

• Read every question aloud; children answer by circling, writing one number or drawing a line
• Say the picture first: "Find the moon," then the question
• Watch for children who count one picture twice in a scattered group
• A child who writes a number backwards still knows the amount: note it and keep going
• Use Form B as a retake after reteaching what was missed