This indispensable resource is for the busy all-day or half-day kindergarten teacher. Each chapter is packed with real-life examples and anecdotes from a classroom where assessment truly drives instruction. A case study of a kindergarten class from the beginning of the year through the seventh month of school is skillfully woven throughout the book. The author offers many practical tips for assessing, grouping for instruction, fostering student independence, and managing the learning of diverse students. This title comes shrink wrapped with two free items included: an informative literacy assessment called My Book for the teacher to use with children to gather data, which when completed becomes a take-home book for each child, and a full-color, laminated child-sized Alphabet Card.