First Grader with Is in Reading on Her Report Card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Power down the chopper, mama. Chillax. It's just a first grader's report card. No one is saying your snowflake underperformed. I'm sure she's plenty challenged enough and will have the differentiation I'm sure you'll demand.

Sigh.

I hope you don't have children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh jesus christ, I couldn't get one legitimate response before the jerks came out? Usually you have to wait 3-4 posts before someone's an ass for no reason on this board. Thanks for taking less than 120 seconds to crawl up my butt about a legitimate concern on a board that's designed to be able to chat about them.

Clearly you're not on here that often.

[Anonymous]

our son, who tests way above grade level, gets all Ps and Is. The report card is more about performance and effort than it is about ability. In my mind, that is as it should be. (My son may be brirght, but that doesn't mean he gets ES grades unless he does the work. Your daughter may have good reading skills, but be lazy in her work.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Power down the chopper, mama. Chillax. It's just a first grader's report card. No one is saying your snowflake underperformed. I'm sure she's plenty challenged enough and will have the differentiation I'm sure you'll demand.

Sigh.

She has used the same phrase many times now. One of the few 2.0 report card supporters.

(I am not the power-down-the-chopper PP, but I'm a 2.0 report card supporter -- or, at the least, I don't think it's any less informative than the previous report card format.)

[Anonymous]

My question is does it say anywhere that she's level M on a report? Because then how, down the road, will anyone look at the report card and know the difference between a kid reading on grade level and I for reading comp vs. this child. I don't like the new report cards.

[Anonymous]

I'm 21:59 - to clarify, I didn't mean that OP's child isn't at a level M, what I meant was does that info get documented anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Power down the chopper, mama. Chillax. It's just a first grader's report card. No one is saying your snowflake underperformed. I'm sure she's plenty challenged enough and will have the differentiation I'm sure you'll demand.

Sigh.

I hope you don't have children.

Two of them. I didn't panic over first grade report cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Power down the chopper, mama. Chillax. It's just a first grader's report card. No one is saying your snowflake underperformed. I'm sure she's plenty challenged enough and will have the differentiation I'm sure you'll demand.

Sigh.

She has used the same phrase many times now. One of the few 2.0 report card supporters.

Wrong. I don't even know what 2.0 is. I just find it bemusing that some parent doesn't think a first grader's report card accurately reflects her child's abilities (or, maybe, is having trouble accepting the likelihood that it might).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 21:59 - to clarify, I didn't mean that OP's child isn't at a level M, what I meant was does that info get documented anywhere?

My second grader's reading level is indicated in a chart on her report card. I would guess it is the same for first graders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 21:59 - to clarify, I didn't mean that OP's child isn't at a level M, what I meant was does that info get documented anywhere?

Yes, on the middle of the right side of the front page of the new report card is a graph that shows reading level. There are gray bands showing the grade level expectations for each grade each quarter, and your child's reading level is shown by a dot on the graph.

Here's the report card if you want to see: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/grading/Curriculum-2.0-report-card-grade1-en.pdf

The RL standards and the RI standards go farther than the reading level tests. In order to pass a level M test, for example, a student needs to be able to read a Level M text with fluency and accuracy, answer a few questions, and retell the story with the basic events in order. The RL and RI standards include things like:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

Sometimes kids can have high reading levels, but have difficulty putting higher level concepts into words. Those kids will likely score P or ES on Foundational Skills, and I on the others.

[Anonymous]

My child got mostly Ns (needs improvement) in Reading for first and second grade, because part of reading was assessed through written work. And his writing stunk.

He couldn't show what he knew by writing answers well, and the teacher marked his Reading grade down accordingly, even though he was a very good reader.

[Anonymous]

My dd also is at a letter M and also got an I in literature.

[Anonymous]

OP my first grader is in the same exact position as your DD, level M, except mine got a P in R:IT but I inR:L. I sent a note in to the teacher today and she's supposed to give me a response tomorrow. I'm not upset, but I want to make sure it wasn't a typo and if it wasn't I want to know why she got an I when nothing brought home had I's, she's an avid reader and reading above grade level. It's nonsensical to me and should at least have had a narrative explanation to accompany the apparent discrepancy.