Grade

Level

 Guidelines

 

 

  • All work must be neat and legible.
  • Beginning second semester, students must use correct spelling for words
    that are on the word wall or displayed in the room. 

 

Grading Guidelines:

Academic Achievement Grades:  our students academic grades are based on a combination of the following assessments:

  • anecdotal observations
  • performance assessments
  • portfolio products
  • daily work
  • tests

The grades reflect the students' progress in relation to the average first grader's performance.

E = Excellent
E+ = 99-100%
E = 92-98%
E- = 90-91%
 
P = Acceptable Progress
P+ = 85-89%
P = 75-84%
P- = 70-74%
 
N = Needs Strengthening
N+ = 65-69%
N = 64 and below
 

 

 Effort Grading Guidelines: Our students' effort grades are based on observations of these behaviors:

  • student attends and participates during instruction and group work times
  • work is completed neatly and accurately
  • work is completed on time

The grades reflect the consistency with which the student meets the above effort goals.

E = Consistently meets effort goals

P = Usually meets effort goals

N = Seldom meets effort goals

E

  • Consistently participates during instruction and group work times
  • Consistently completes work neatly and accurately

  • Consistently completes work on time

 

P

  • Usually participates during instruction and group work times
  • Usually completes work neatly and accurately

  • Usually completes work on time

 

N

  • Seldom participates during instruction and group work times
  • Seldom completes work neatly and accurately

  • Seldom completes work on time

 

 

 

 

How Are You Doing?

Daily Work and Report Card Grading

 

 

 

A System of Checks will be used on some work
check + completed successfully and independently
check Needed Some Help
check - Struggled Completing the Task

 

 

Marks you will see on your child's report card

Character/Developmental Skills and Sub-skills Grading Code
 
  Blank is Acceptable progress
X Area of concern
NA Not assessed

 

 

 

Bloomingdale District 13 - Student Progress Report - First Grade

 
Math Skills  

Balanced Literacy
 
  1 2 3 4

Reading Skills

 1 2 3 4
ACHIEVEMENT         ACHIEVEMENT        
EFFORT         EFFORT        
At Level (L)  Modified (M)         Modified  (M)        
Knows math facts addition to 12         Current stage of Reading Development
Knows math facts subtraction to 12             Emergent        
Effective uses math terms              Early        
Uses problem solving strategies              Transitional        
Uses computational strategies              Self-Extending        
Social Studies 1 2 3 4       Independent        
ACHIEVEMENT/Understands themes, concepts, and skills         Guided Reading Range  * (See reverse)        
Modified  (M)         Knows names of letters        
Science 1 2 3 4 Knows high frequency words
ACHIEVEMENT/Understands themes, concepts, and skills         Understands comprehension strategies        
Modified  (M)         Uses picture and/or context clues        
PE 1 2 3 4 Self Corrects when reading        
PERFORMANCE         Writing Skills 1 2 3 4
EFFORT         ACHIEVEMENT        
Art         EFFORT        
PERFORMANCE         Modified  (M)        
EFFORT         Writes in complete sentences        
Music 1 2 3 4 Applies correct punctuations and capitalization        
PERFORMANCE         Writes willingly        
EFFORT         Applies phonetic skills to written work        
Character Development 1 2 3 4 Uses grade appropriate grammar        
Respect Spelling 1 2 3 4
     Listens while others talk         ACHIEVEMENT        
     Works without disturbing others         EFFORT        
     Demonstrates self control         Modified  (M)        
Responsibility Masters assigned words        
     Organizes materials and tasks         Applies skills in other curricular areas        
     Uses class time effectively         Handwriting 1 2 3 4
     Accepts responsibility for behavior         ACHIEVEMENT        
     Seeks assistance when needed         EFFORT        
     Completes tasks on time         Modified  (M)        
Fairness         Proper letter formation        
     Cooperates with others         Neat and legible in all subject areas        
     Accepts ideas and suggestions
Caring        
     Shows consideration        
     Is polite        
Citizenship        
     Appreciates diversity        
     Appropriately participates during
      lessons		        
     Follows directions        
Trustworthiness        
     Observes student handbook rules        
    Observes class rules        
     Works independently        

 

Comments   Stages of Reading Development

First Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   * Guided Reading Ranges in Parentheses
  Emergent  (A-C)
       Interested in reading
       Pretend reads
       Recognizes some letters and sounds
       Shows directionality, left to right and return sweep
       Beginning to use one on one word match
       Beginning to understand concept of a word
       Recognizes a few simple words
  Early  (D-I)
       Concept of a word is established
       Tracks print with one on one word match
Second Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Recognizes letters and sounds
       Decodes simple word patterns
       Uses beginning and ending sounds to figure out new words
       Makes associations between known words and uses them to figure out
      new words with the same pattern
       Has a core of known high frequency words
  Transitional  (J-O)
       Building sight word vocabulary
       Has knowledge of spelling patterns, can apply to figure out new words in
      text
       Uses letter sound relationships, analogies, word parts in figuring out new
      words
       sustains comprehension in longer pieces of text
Third Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Chunks words into parts to analyze
  Self-Extending  (P-S)
       Uses all print information along with meaning and language to figure out
      words
       Recognizes words automatically
       Oral reading is expressive and fluent
       Self-corrects when meaning is lost
       Uses a variety of strategies to figure out meaning
  Independent  (T-Z)
       Understands that word meaning can vary depending how it is used in the
      text
       Reads and sustains comprehension in longer pieces of text
       Figures out meaning of words using prefixes, suffixes, and word bases
Fourth Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Uses dictionary or other reference material to explore word meanings and
      pronunciation
       Understands complex letter patterns
       Uses a variety of strategies to aid in comprehending meaning
     Reads material silently
       Uses context to figure out meaning of unknown words
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  E-mail Miss Becker

 

 

 

 

Copyright permission granted for character education songs courtesy of Creative Teaching Press.  

www.creativeteaching.com