Brooke Kern
Full ISTAR
Aine
Observed 2/14/2014-4/4/14
Personal Care
ISTAR KR: Oral Motor
Aine is at level 4. On March 24, 2014, Aine used her tongue to move and munch a graham
cracker during snack time. She manipulates food laterally, and chews with her lips
together.
ISTAR KR: Self-Feeding
Aine is at level 5. On March 24, 2014, Aine drank milk from an open cup and dipped her
graham cracker sandwich in the milk. She poured milk from a pitcher into a cup. She used
tongs to get her graham cracker sandwich.
ISTAR KR: Dressing/Undressing
Aine is at level 3. On March 31, 2014, Aine put her socks and shoes on the right feet, before
going outside. Aine is able to unzip her coat herself. However, she needs help zipping up
her coat. Aine is able to put on her hat and gloves herself. Aine also pulls up her pants
herself after going to the bathroom.
ISTAR KR: Care of hands, face, nose
Aine is at level 3. Aine brushed her teeth after lunch on March 31, 2014. Aine always
brushes her teeth after she eats lunch at school. She also washed her hands and dried them
before lunch and snack on March 31, 2014.
ISTAR KR: Toileting
Aine is at level 3. Before rest time on March 31, 2014, Aine participated in toileting. She
pulled down her pants and put them back on herself. She used toilet paper and flushed the
toilet when she was finished. She also washes her hands every time after toileting.
Physical
ISTAR KR: Sensory Integration
Aine is at level 3. Aine calms when she is taken to a different environment. Aine also calms
when she is redirected. On March 31, 2014, Aine got upset with Maryn because she
interrupted her play when she took a drum she wanted. I redirected Aine’s attention to
playing with another instrument in the dramatic play area, and this helped calm her.
ISTAR KR: Physical Stability
Aine is at level 4. Aine sits independently. On March 19, 2014, Aine sat independently
during music time. Aine was able to stand from her sitting position on March 19th. Aine
stooped over and picked up a drum on March 31, 2014, and regained stand. She is able to
transition to sit from her back or stomach and can transition to back or stomach from sit.
ISTAR KR: Gross Motor Skills
Aine is at level 4. Aine walks without support and moves in upright position. On March 28,
2014, Aine walked up the stairs to the loft. Outside, on March 21, 2014, Aine ran for a short
distance. Aine jumped forward for me on March 28, 2014. Aine however cannot skip or
gallop. She attempted to get the tricycle to move, because it was hard for her to peddle, on
March 31, 2014.
ISTAR KR: Object Control
Aine is at level 4. She used both hands in the middle of her body to catch a ball on March 26,
2014. On March 26, 2014, she could throw a ball in any direction. Aine catches large balls
close to her body.
ISTAR KR: Precision Hand Skills
Aine is at level 3. On February 14, 2014, Aine folded a piece of paper in half and drew a half
of a heart to cut out, which would make a whole heart. On March 26, 2014, Aine used
scissors to cut out a lily pad. She used markers to draw on her lily pad, while holding her
paper. Aine writes her name herself on all of her papers.
Social Emotional
ISTAR KR: Sense of Self and Others
Aine is at level 3. Aine demonstrates independence, specifically when doing art and playing
outside. On March 31, 2014, she took turns swinging on the swing outside with Kathryn.
She contributes to group tasks when prompted. During circle time on March 31, 2014, Aine
listened to Luke while he shared a story about an alligator. Aine does not always recognize
others’ feelings. However, on March 28, 2014, Miller was crying because he was upset that
Saaket did not want to play with him, and Aine recognized that Miller was sad. Aine can
state her full name. Aine also knows what her parents are going to name her baby brother.
Aine also told me her birthday on March 31, 2014.
ISTAR KR: Manages Emotions
Aine is at level 3. She recognizes feelings when labeled by an adult. She modifies behavior
in response to simple verbal direction. For example, Aine at times has tried to express her
feelings physically, and teachers have encouraged Aine to express her feelings verbally.
Aine using feeling words when prompted. On March 31, 2014, Aine was crying. I asked Aine
why she was crying and she told me, “Because Maryn doesn’t want to play cats.”
ISTAR KR: Interpersonal Skills
Aine is at level 3, and very close to level 4. On March 31, 2014, Aine engaged in parallel play
while building with the blocks, next to Aceline who was reading books. She maintains
attention to and participates in adult coordinated activity with peers for at least 15
minutes. On March 31, 2014, Aine drew a monkey and painted on a banana on a piece of
paper, during art with Kathryn and Maryn. Aine responds to adult guidance in turn taking.
On April 2, 2014, Aine took turns swinging on the swing with Kathryn. She engages in
simple pretend play with peers. On March 31, 2014, Aine played cats outside with her
peers. She also engaged in pretend play in the rainforest dramatic play area, and pretended
to be a child of Maryn (who played a mother role), with Aceline. Aine initiates interactions
with peers. On April 2, 2014, she asked Maryn to play cats outside. Aine greets others. She
always greets me when I walk in the preschool. Aine also shares when prompted, smiles to
attention, and begins conversation.
ISTAR KR: Responsibility
Aine is at level 4. Aine cleans up an area when she is finished. On March 31, 2014, Aine
cleaned up the dramatic play area before sitting down for circle time. She completes tasks
independently. On March 28, 2014, Aine did an art project independently- she sprinkled
glitter onto glue, on her paper. She uses materials in appropriate ways. She asks
permission. For example, on March 31, 2014, she asked permission to start using the
paintbrush to paint on a banana.
ISTAR KR: Problem Solving
Aine is at level 3. Aine uses trial and error to manipulate objects. Aine asks for help. For
example, on March 28, 2014, the glue was not coming out of the bottle. Aine noticed that
glue was dried up over the opening, and asked me for help. Aine attempts to make
predictions. On March 21, 2014, she pointed to the holes in the mulch, outside, and said, “I
think a squirrel was looking for a chipmunk!” On March 19, 2014, she looked out the
window and said, “Oh no, it’s going to rain!”
ISTAR KR: Approaches to Learning
Aine is at level 3. She sustains attention to preferred activities. She sustains attention to art
and dramatic play. She prepares her work neatly and carefully. On March 24, 2014, Aine
carefully used stencils to draw and neatly colored in her outlines. She stays on task until
completion. Aine works on her art until she is happy with it and complete. Aine maintains
attention at large or small group activity for at least 15 minutes. On February 24, 2014,
Aine did small group with Mrs. Stanley for at least 15 minutes.
English/Language Arts
ISTAR KR: Demonstrates awareness of sounds
Aine is at level 4. Aine can identify words that rhyme. On February 21, 2014, Aine rhymed
“house” with “mouse,” in the “Green Eggs and Ham” book. She matches sound that begins
with own name with the sound that begins another word or name. She said Aine starts with
an “a,” and when I sounded it out she told me that “always” sounds like it. Aine can also
produce words that rhyme with oral prompts. On February 21, 2014, I asked Aine what
rhymes with “green.” She told me, “mean.”
ISTAR KR: Demonstrates awareness of symbols
Aine is at level 4. Aine recognizes and names all capital and lower letters in random order.
On February 17, 2014, Aine recognized the capital and lower case letters using letter
magnets.
ISTAR KR: Uses print for pleasure and information
Aine is at level 3. She imitates proper handling of books. While reading “Green Eggs and
Ham” on February 21, 2014, Aine held the book correctly. She talked about the pictures on
the page using a mix of simple phrases and sentences. Aine followed the printed words
while I pointed my finger to the words I was reading in the book.
ISTAR KR: Comprehends details, events, and main ideas
Aine is at level 3. Aine identifies details from a story or picture. We read “The Itsy Bitsy
Spider” on April 4, 2014, and Aine identified and described the spider in the story. She told
me “it climbed up the water spout!” She asked questions and made comments to a book
called “bugs, bugs, bugs,” that we read on April 4, 2014.
ISTAR KR: Writing for a specific purpose and audience
Aine is at level 3. Aine associates writing with a purpose. She draws pictures and scribbles
to generate and express ideas. She tells a story for someone else to write. On February 26,
2014, Aine told a story for Mrs. Stanley to write about what she does on a hot day to cool
off.
ISTAR KR: Uses writing implements
Aine is at level 4. Aine spelled out her first name on March 17, 2014, with pretzels. She also
writes her first name on all of her papers. She writes letters in strings. She wrote “mom” on
her paper on April 4, 2014, from left to right. She can copy a circle and lines. She combines
strokes and shapes to represent letters.
ISTAR KR: Demonstrates Receptive Language
Aine is at level 4. Aine follows unfamiliar directions involving out of sight objects. I asked
Aine of March 31, 2014, to go grab me a pencil from the art center, and she did. Aine
answers “if…what” questions. On March 19, 2014, I asked Aine, “If it rains, what will we
do?” Aine told me we would have to stay inside. Aine asks clarifying questions. She also
follows related two-step directions. On April 2, 2014, Aine followed my directions when I
told her to clean up and then put her shoes and jacket on to go outside.
ISTAR KR: Demonstrates Expressive Language
Aine is at level 5. She uses simple phrases and sentences with simple grammatical rules.
She repeats simple sentences as presented. She also uses 6-word sentences. On March 24,
2014, Aine told Miss Claire, “There’s not very much milk left,” during snack time. Aine uses
possessive and objective pronouns. On February 17, 2014, Aine told Jackson, “That orange
marker is mine!” Aine uses grammatical word order also. She speaks intelligibly 75% of the
time. She uses plurals, pronouns, progressive verbs, and regular past tense verbs. On March
26, 2014, Aine told me, “I fell on the sidewalk today and scrapped my knee, and ripped my
tights.” She then said, “We cleaned it up and put a Band-Aid on it.”
Mathematics
ISTAR KR: Counting and Quantity
Aine is at level 4. She uses numbers to compare. On February 24, 2014, I asked Aine how
many more buttons Etienne had on his cactus and she correctly stated “3 more buttons.”
She identifies the next number in a series of numbers. She gives “the rest” when asked. On
February 24, 2014, I asked Aine to give me the rest of her buttons, and she did. She can
count a number of objects up to 10. She counted 10 buttons out on February 24, 2014.
ISTAR KR: Computation
Aine is at level 3. She makes a collection of items larger by adding when asked. On February
24, 2014, she added buttons to her cactus and too away buttons when asked to. She
identified “one more” and “one less” button on her cactus. She describes addition and
subtractions situations for number less than 3.
ISTAR KR: Time
Aine is at level 4. Aine sequences events. She told me that she is going to get a baby brother
this summer. She uses concepts of morning, afternoon, night, today, and tomorrow. On
March 26, 2014, Aine told me, “I fell on the sidewalk today and scrapped my knee, and
ripped my tights.”
ISTAR KR: Location
Aine is at level 4. She follows directions involving location. On March 31, 2014, I asked Aine
to put her artwork in her cubby, and she did. She uses the term “next to.” On April 2, 2014,
Aine said, “I’m going to sit next to Aceline.” She answers “where is” and asks “where is”
questions. On March 28, 2014, she asked me, “Where is Mrs. Stanley?” I asked Aine where
her brother is, and she told me, “Inside mommy’s belly.”
ISTAR KR: Length, Capacity, Weight, and Temperature
Aine is at level 3. On April 4, 2014, Aine distinguished between big and little blocks
correctly. She recognized that the larger block was heavier than the smaller block. She told
me that coffee is warmer than juice. She identified which block was taller and shorter.
ISTAR KR: Sorting and Classifying Objects
Aine is at level 4. Aine names groups of objects according to the common attribute. She
named the block area and book area in the loft, on March 31, 2014. Aine can identify at
least 4 geometric shapes. On March 24, 2014, Aine named the circle, square, heart, and
triangle shape on the stencil. Aine can also recognize 5 colors. She identified the blue,
yellow, red, purple, and green colors correctly on the light table pieces, on March 24, 2014.
She also grouped the light table pieces by color.