| Early Childhood |
| Prekindergarten
Application for 2009-2010 *new Parents with children who will be 4 years of age on or before September 1, 2009 and meet other eligibility requirements can complete an application for 2009-2010 now. Parents may also visit an HISD elementary school for an application.  Application 2009-2010 in English Application 2009-2010 in Spanish Application
2009-2010 in Vietnamese------------- |
Assessment Update Administration of the PK Language and Literacy, and Math assessments is
just around the corner. Teachers should be ready to administer these assessments in the
time frames defined below: Mid year - January 21 - February 11, 2009 End of Year - April 22 - May 13, 2009Assessment Kit Recording Prekindergarten teachers have a new class letter recording sheet to use with the PK Literacy Assessment Kit. Click here to see the form. ------------- |
What's New Revised Report Cards for Kindergarten *revised------------- |
 Homework Calendars Parents help support instruction through activities that align with classroom instruction. The November and December calendars and now available. *updated |
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| Progression of
Skills Report PreKindergarten and Kindergarten students will be assessed using the Progression of Skills Report. To learn more about the developmental stages endorsed by the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), click here. ------------ |
| Recommended Daily
Schedule What is the recommended daily schedule for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten instruction? Review the Suggested Multidisciplinary Time Allocations documents under the CLEAR Curriculum link. ------------- |
| ECH Handbook - A guide for principals ------------- |
| News From PreKindergarten |
| The Family Letters, explaining the concepts
to be covered during each 12-weeks period, should be given
to parents at the beginning of each grading period. ------------- |
| News From Kindergarten |
| What will a child in Kindergarten learn during the third 9-weeks of school? For the answer, click here. |
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| Supporting TAKS It's never too early! Do you know that instruction in early childhood classes support skills and objectives that are tested on TAKS? For more information, view this TAKS presentation. ------------- |
| Making Connections Math and Literature Reading Connections Multi-disciplinary instruction made easy! This document is a listing of literature books by math concepts - Counting, Sorting and Classifying, Numbers, Time, Patterns, Money, Measurement,Fractions, Geometry, Computation, and Place Value. |
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