DS5 is also in a public half day kindergarten. So far his class has done reading activities including letter recognition, similar to what Mommy2myEm wrote and including picking the right letter out of a set, writing the letter, etc. Their reading program seems to be well-organized, and a lot of it seems to be based on increasing confidence: they get the kids reading a few words early (first month was "I", "am", "a", and "little"). They have reading time, which for the class is sitting and being read to, mostly. They have done some rudimentary math learning, mostly counting so far. I believe goals for the year are more of the same for the reading portion, and to get them doing a little addition and subtraction for math.
So far, we are in the early stages of possible accommodations. His teacher currently lets him read a book of his choice while the class is doing reading during class, but he continues to do the simple homework assignments, which are all reading/writing-based (a week's worth takes him several minutes, so it's no big deal). A TAT team has had a couple of meetings on him, including one with us, after initial rough assessments, and he will be undergoing more thorough assessments in the coming weeks. Next week he will be given the DAS-II test, and I believe a reading and spelling test.
Last edited by Iucounu; 10/30/10 08:21 AM.
