4th Grade DCPS no grades so far

[Anonymous]

Teachers don't post grades in elementary school, OP. If you want to know how your child is doing, ask the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unclinch. The Ivy's don't need their scores yet.

They've been in school a month. I'd expect to see something by now. What's the guidance from Gatehouse? Don't grade anything until middle school? Or just wait for the SOL in May to see if they've learned anything over the year?

In ES, there is very little guidance - just a minimum number of grades per strand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers don't post grades in elementary school, OP. If you want to know how your child is doing, ask the teacher.

+1, This is feeling like a troll post.

[Anonymous]

OP here. In 3rd grade we had grades posted in Schoology and, typically, many by this time of the school year. I was wondering whether something changes in the fourth grade and then there are fewer grades posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. In 3rd grade we had grades posted in Schoology and, typically, many by this time of the school year. I was wondering whether something changes in the fourth grade and then there are fewer grades posted.

That’s only if the teacher is giving assignments in Schoology.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unclinch. The Ivy's don't need their scores yet.

They've been in school a month. I'd expect to see something by now. What's the guidance from Gatehouse? Don't grade anything until middle school? Or just wait for the SOL in May to see if they've learned anything over the year?

In ES, there is very little guidance - just a minimum number of grades per strand.

Not in ES.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about sending the teacher an email to ask how your child is doing. Be nice and state that by this time last year you had seen some graded work(if you actually saw graded work in the first part of 3rd grade).

This passive aggressive BS is not a good idea. What happened last year is irrelevant to the current teacher and the teacher will see the e-mail exactly for what it is: an unreasonable e-mail from someone who doesn't have a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers don't post grades in elementary school, OP. If you want to know how your child is doing, ask the teacher.

+1, This is feeling like a troll post.

Yup! Although a lot of FCPS parents look for stuff to come on here and cry about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about sending the teacher an email to ask how your child is doing. Be nice and state that by this time last year you had seen some graded work(if you actually saw graded work in the first part of 3rd grade).

This passive aggressive BS is not a good idea. What happened last year is irrelevant to the current teacher and the teacher will see the e-mail exactly for what it is: an unreasonable e-mail from someone who doesn't have a life.

Fine leave out the part about third grade. Point is email the teacher if you want to no the grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unclinch. The Ivy's don't need their scores yet.

They've been in school a month. I'd expect to see something by now. What's the guidance from Gatehouse? Don't grade anything until middle school? Or just wait for the SOL in May to see if they've learned anything over the year?

In ES, there is very little guidance - just a minimum number of grades per strand.

Not in ES.

ES Teacher

Yes, in ES.

[Anonymous]

OP again.

To all the posters who replied with their personal experience regarding your awareness of your kids’ grades, thank you for taking your time to reply.

In our ES, grades are supposed to be posted in Schoology and have been posted there with high frequency in previous school years. So far, this school year, I have not seen a single grade. I am simply wondering whether there is a change in dynamic of grading (how often grades are posted) once kids reach upper elementary. Based on your responses, it looks like this is is not grade-specific, but rather depends on the individual teacher. Again, thank you for you replies.


For those of you who decided to post offensive comments that are unrelated to my original question: The lack of comprehension and rudeness will never cease to amaze me here. So, I suppose, carry on. It is anonymous forum after all. I wonder whether you use that language and attitude in real life too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unclinch. The Ivy's don't need their scores yet.

They've been in school a month. I'd expect to see something by now. What's the guidance from Gatehouse? Don't grade anything until middle school? Or just wait for the SOL in May to see if they've learned anything over the year?

In ES, there is very little guidance - just a minimum number of grades per strand.

Not in ES.

ES Teacher

Yes, in ES.

Ok. So what's the minimum and where did you see it? This is something I've never heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

To all the posters who replied with their personal experience regarding your awareness of your kids’ grades, thank you for taking your time to reply.

In our ES, grades are supposed to be posted in Schoology and have been posted there with high frequency in previous school years. So far, this school year, I have not seen a single grade. I am simply wondering whether there is a change in dynamic of grading (how often grades are posted) once kids reach upper elementary. Based on your responses, it looks like this is is not grade-specific, but rather depends on the individual teacher. Again, thank you for you replies.


For those of you who decided to post offensive comments that are unrelated to my original question: The lack of comprehension and rudeness will never cease to amaze me here. So, I suppose, carry on. It is anonymous forum after all. I wonder whether you use that language and attitude in real life too.

It really depends on the teacher/team. Also, before the pandemic, ES didn't use laptops often or post anything online beyond ecart. The past couple years have been very different and many teachers are really backing away from the laptops and moving back to pencil and paper. In ES and for my older DC even moreso in MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again.

To all the posters who replied with their personal experience regarding your awareness of your kids’ grades, thank you for taking your time to reply.

In our ES, grades are supposed to be posted in Schoology and have been posted there with high frequency in previous school years. So far, this school year, I have not seen a single grade. I am simply wondering whether there is a change in dynamic of grading (how often grades are posted) once kids reach upper elementary. Based on your responses, it looks like this is is not grade-specific, but rather depends on the individual teacher. Again, thank you for you replies.


For those of you who decided to post offensive comments that are unrelated to my original question: The lack of comprehension and rudeness will never cease to amaze me here. So, I suppose, carry on. It is anonymous forum after all. I wonder whether you use that language and attitude in real life too.

It’s interesting that your school uses Schoology to such an extent (for grades) in ES, that is not the norm across the county. That could account for some of the differences in opinion.

[Anonymous]

Not the OP and as someone who just moved into the district this year with a 4th grader, I've found this thread interesting.

What I'm getting from this is that FCPS doesn't do grading in ES and you just need to wait until you see As or Cs or whatever on your kid's report card. Good to know!