Report Cards Are Coming!

Report cards will be coming home on Friday November 14th. There are some big changes you will notice between a Kindergarten report card and a Grade One report card. If you haven’t seen a Grade 1 report card, they are divided into sections. The first being Personal Growth, and then into separate subject areas. The grading scheme is different than kindergarten, and is as follows:

For Personal Growth & Effort:

V- Very Good

A- Acceptable

N- Needs improvement

For Subject Areas:

4 Excellent achievement of grade level expectations

3  Meeting grade level expectations

2 Approaching grade level expectations

1 Not meeting grade level expectations

You’ll notice that the two major areas on the report card are Language Arts and Math strands. Please keep in mind that the expectations in these subject areas change throughout the year- for example the reading level goal for June is much higher than the reading level goal in November. In Science and Social, we focus on different units throughout all reporting periods.  You will also notice the term N/A on  report cards which simply means not assessed at this time.  This is because we are still too early in the year to assess some skills.

 It’s quite the step up from half day to full day school, and each and every day we focus on things like  how to be part of our classroom "team" and  work together! All kids are learning how to be friends that support one another and solve problems.  We are helping them develop into responsible students who can make good choices for themselves in years to come.  Thanks for all you do at home to reinforce these skills!