Question

Mai is starting her student teaching semester in an early childhood classroom. For the first week, she observes the teachers. In the second week, she is asked to plan some activities—first of which is a pre-assessment of math skills. Which of the following would be an appropriate pre-assessment to evaluate counting skills?

(1 point)

assess if children count using their fingers or not


test which children know how to count by fives


ask a child to count as high as they can by ones


see if a child can count to three

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Answer 1

ask a child to count as high as they can by ones

This checks the child’s current counting range and rote number sequence (appropriate for a pre-assessment). The other options are either too limited (count to three), too advanced (skip-count by fives), or focus on method rather than skill (using fingers).