Assessment Time....

It's that time of year where the assessments start. Last week we were busy learning expectations and a little about being friends.  This week after a few informal assessments I started my formal assessments.  Luckily for me a have a fairly bright class and they are all eager to learn.

I was doing an assessment checking on letter recognition, sounds, and seeing if they could name something that began with that letter.  I was one of my little munchkins and all I had to do is tell him one time, "what letter is this, do you know it's sound, can you name something that begins with that letter."  I get to the second letter and he just automatically did all three things...we just were zooming down the list and we get to the letter, "o" he tells me the letter and the sound.  He then starts really pondering a word...I could see his wheels churning away!  He then gets a major aha moment on his face and gleefully announces...."obstacle, obstacle begins with 'o'!"  I'm sitting there thinking where in the world did he come up with that one!