3/16/18

Hello Doolittle Families,

Report Cards come home on Monday and conferences are scheduled
for next week. We have early dismissals planned for Tuesday 3/20 and
Thursday 3/21 for conferences. Friday 3/29 is an early dismissal too.

Below is some information from the
CPS Parent Handbook for Report Cards

Elementary School grades in Cheshire are based on a rubric score of 1-4 and are not a
numeric average of test scores, work scores, etc. Our Report Cards are intended to
communicate with parents about how their child is progressing toward our end of year
common standards.  

The following information comes from the Parent Report Card Handbook.

Teachers use number and letter codes to answer three evaluation questions for each student:

1. To what extent has this student achieved grade level expectations and standards?

2. To what degree does this student demonstrate effort during learning, especially when
tackling challenging, new content and skills?

3. To what extent is this child developing the characteristics of successful learners?

Grading Keys:

The report card uses two different grading keys to communicate the answers to these three
questions:

One for the academic areas (Question 1) and one to describe learning behaviors and effort
(Questions 2-3).

Within the academic areas there are four numerical codes that will be used to tell parents and
students how student work compares to grade level expectations and standards:

4: Exceeds the Grade Level Standards/Expectations: The student consistently and
independently applies the grade level standards/expectations in this category to advanced
content.

3: Meets the Grade Level Standards/Expectations: The student independently demonstrates
the grade level standards/expectations in this category.

2: Approaches the Grade Level Standards/Expectations: The student requires some teacher
assistance to demonstrate the grade level standards/expectations in this category.

1: Not Meeting the Grade Level Standards/Expectations: The student does not yet
demonstrate the grade level standards/expectations in this category.

Picture of the week:

Leprechaun Traps:

2nd Graders create Leprechaun Traps by using all the knowledge
they have gained about simple machines in science class.

Unfortunately it seems like we never catch any Leprechauns!

Enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day Weekend.