Do you share your child's K report card with them?

[Anonymous]

Yes, so he knows what areas need a little attention. Its not a stressful discussion.

[Anonymous]

In my experience I don't really think the kindergarten report card counts for much. I just generally said good job and keep up the hard work and I can't believe you're halfway done with kindergarten. The teacher did note my kid needed to work on raising hand before speaking so I have been mentioning that as something to work on.

I also have a third grader and didn't go into that report card into much detail either. This kid now knows more about the report card and knew we got it, and I basically just said all threes and fours is great, I know you're working hard - keep up the hard work.

[Anonymous]

Our philosophy is "do your best and keep getting better".

So we most certainly review. We focus a lot on the effort "grades" and on a comparison of this period to last.

All 4's is a trip to Sweet Frog for sure.

Grades are one of many useful metrics.

[Anonymous]

I just saw my kids' K report card. Honestly, it doesn't provide much info. I don't know what a 4 means, I don't understand how the standards are aligned to specific learning outcomes, and I wish there was something more akin to the K screen where the child is asked to do specific tasks.

Apparently, my kid can read fluently. I don't buy it but I do think she's getting more confident in reading.

I am much more curious about the next round of I-ready.

[Anonymous]

We started around 3rd or 4th but downplayed the grades. We tell our kids that what counts is effort. One of my kids has LD but is very bright and a super hard worker. I really feel like the day to day feedback my kids receive in the classroom is enough for them in elementary school. We focus more attention on the individual feedback from teachers that I receive via emails and conferences. In MCPS, there are no teacher comments on report cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw my kids' K report card. Honestly, it doesn't provide much info. I don't know what a 4 means, I don't understand how the standards are aligned to specific learning outcomes, and I wish there was something more akin to the K screen where the child is asked to do specific tasks.

Apparently, my kid can read fluently. I don't buy it but I do think she's getting more confident in reading.

I am much more curious about the next round of I-ready.

We got the winter iReady results. What am I supposed to get out of that? I don't feel much differently about those results than I do the K report card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so he knows what areas need a little attention. Its not a stressful discussion.

Same here. I think it's important to discuss areas in which they can work harder.

[Anonymous]

Not really. My ADHD child (recently diagnosed but not yet medicated) got several 2's on criteria like paying attention, staying on task and exercising self-control. Nothing I say is going to change this, so I'm not sure I see the point in making her feel badly about it. The academic areas were all 3's and 4's.

I'm anticipating (hoping?) these scores will improve once we get her medication needs figured out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not really. My ADHD child (recently diagnosed but not yet medicated) got several 2's on criteria like paying attention, staying on task and exercising self-control. Nothing I say is going to change this, so I'm not sure I see the point in making her feel badly about it. The academic areas were all 3's and 4's.

I'm anticipating (hoping?) these scores will improve once we get her medication needs figured out.

But why can't you use it as a teachable moment so she doesn't feel bad about it? "This is what schools expect, and it works out for most students. But with your ADHD, it's always going to be harder for you, and even when you try hard, that may just not be the thing you're best at. So we're trying to find some meds that help, and we're working with X to help you practice, and after that, what happens, happens. Some kids have trouble with the stuff you're getting 4s on, and their parents are probably talking to them right now about how to participate more constructively or be more helpful to their classmates. This is your thing. Everyone has a thing."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not really. My ADHD child (recently diagnosed but not yet medicated) got several 2's on criteria like paying attention, staying on task and exercising self-control. Nothing I say is going to change this, so I'm not sure I see the point in making her feel badly about it. The academic areas were all 3's and 4's.

I'm anticipating (hoping?) these scores will improve once we get her medication needs figured out.

But why can't you use it as a teachable moment so she doesn't feel bad about it? "This is what schools expect, and it works out for most students. But with your ADHD, it's always going to be harder for you, and even when you try hard, that may just not be the thing you're best at. So we're trying to find some meds that help, and we're working with X to help you practice, and after that, what happens, happens. Some kids have trouble with the stuff you're getting 4s on, and their parents are probably talking to them right now about how to participate more constructively or be more helpful to their classmates. This is your thing. Everyone has a thing."

DP. My kid already knows that, hears that, can see that he is good at X (academics) and bad at Y (behavior). He can see that plenty of other children in his class are good at Y and are working on X.

Maybe he should take some sort of positive or constructive message from that, but he hasn't, yet. He's just learned that academics are easy and that he's a bad kid.

[Anonymous]

My kid is in 1st. He's pretty analytical and has shown interest in looking at his report card. We have reviewed it in the same way as many others on this thread - to praise areas where he's doing well and discuss areas for improvement (mostly behavioral).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not really. My ADHD child (recently diagnosed but not yet medicated) got several 2's on criteria like paying attention, staying on task and exercising self-control. Nothing I say is going to change this, so I'm not sure I see the point in making her feel badly about it. The academic areas were all 3's and 4's.

I'm anticipating (hoping?) these scores will improve once we get her medication needs figured out.

But why can't you use it as a teachable moment so she doesn't feel bad about it? "This is what schools expect, and it works out for most students. But with your ADHD, it's always going to be harder for you, and even when you try hard, that may just not be the thing you're best at. So we're trying to find some meds that help, and we're working with X to help you practice, and after that, what happens, happens. Some kids have trouble with the stuff you're getting 4s on, and their parents are probably talking to them right now about how to participate more constructively or be more helpful to their classmates. This is your thing. Everyone has a thing."

I'm sure we'll have a conversation like this at some point, but she isn't aware of her diagnosis yet. I don't get the sense that she feels badly and don't see the point in creating bad feelings where they don't currently exist. My hope is that the right meds will resolve many of these issues.

[Anonymous]

No. K is too young to realize that they are being rated in this way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw my kids' K report card. Honestly, it doesn't provide much info. I don't know what a 4 means, I don't understand how the standards are aligned to specific learning outcomes, and I wish there was something more akin to the K screen where the child is asked to do specific tasks.

Apparently, my kid can read fluently. I don't buy it but I do think she's getting more confident in reading.

I am much more curious about the next round of I-ready.

We got the winter iReady results. What am I supposed to get out of that? I don't feel much differently about those results than I do the K report card

OP here - we haven’t gotten any iReady results this school year but I know DS has taken them 2x. He has also done what I assume (by his description of the oral assessment) is the DRA twice. Anyone else’s school not give these scores out?

Between the strange report card ratings and no test scores, I feel I know very little about how he is doing. The teacher comments were mostly positive but not exactly specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, so he knows what areas need a little attention. Its not a stressful discussion.

Same here. And, for our first grader, it was motivational she gets frustrated with not being a perfect reader, but her tests scores had her above the curve. She was very proud of her efforts.