My Starting School Booklet - Communication4All

1 This book belongs to: My Starting School Booklet Entry assessment: 3 weeks recognises own name holds pencil correctly My name is child attempts/writes name This is me Comments re: pencil skills ( R or L handed) child recites rhyme when prompted/helped My favourite nursery rhyme child recites/knows rhyme Comments: Child s choice of nursery rhyme was: understandable speech able to retell parts of the story Story time able to retell story in sequence Teacher/adult to read short story. Scribe child s retelling in the box below. listens attentively to story holds and turns pages correctly and in order In the book corner shows interest in books Encourage or direct child to choose book in book corner and ask the child about the book .

2 Talks appropriately about pictures expresses opinions Follows words with finger can read some words Child s choice of book was: Comments: forms letters/numbers correctly My own writing write recognisable letter/numbers Encourage or direct child to draw letters and numbers in the appropriate boxes write words independently Letters Numbers attempts to colour within the lines My colouring colours within the lines Ask child to colour the picture below Comments: knows letter names My letters and sounds knows letter sounds Child knows these letters or sounds (colour in) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z My shapes and colours Mark with a tick the shapes the child recognises Mark with a tick the colours the child can name Continue the pattern (colour or use maths cubes) Talk about measure empty/full tall/short wide/narrow long/short big/little/small thin/fat Talk about position under on/on top of in front by/beside behind between Where is the bear?

3 I can count recite numbers counting 1-1 recognise numbers Ask the child to count orally. Accurate counting How many balloons: point and count Accurate counting Do you know these numbers? Cutting and sticking child can overwrite Attach example of child s cutting and sticking work here. uses scissors correctly co-ordination when gluing Other skills child can copy write child makes friends easily child shares willingly child takes turns Comments.