K report card is such BS

[Anonymous]

I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

Because we also have a curriculum and specific standards in each area we work towards to help children be well rounded in all areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers are happy to sit down and explain the report card in depth - it's worth sending an email.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think PP is confused. There are clear goals for each semester and children should only get Is if those objectives aren't met. This includes specials.
Unfortunately, I think a lot of teachers use criteria outside of those objectives.

Agreed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't even know why they bother with grades in PE, Music and Art.Who cares?

Music teacher (and K parent) here. Wow, PP. That's what you really think? Thanks for validating that what I do with your kid is important and meaningful.

Honestly, I am so very happy that my kiddo has PE, Music and Art, but I think the only "grade" should be about effort. Why grade it? Is that the only sign of meaningfulness?

Exactly. Definitely appreciate what you do, but we don't need grades.

[Anonymous]

My kid is killing it in PE - consistently gets ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is killing it in PE - consistently gets ES.

Good for you. Redshirted kid? I'm sure the college athletic depts are tracking your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Where does it say reading level? I see a chart for reading levels but not where DC fits into that.

There should be a chart on the bottom right with bars and a dot. The dot is where your child's level is. There's an explanation of what it means.

Or they could rank the kids using a alphabetical scale, oh wait, that is what they were trying to move away from ...

[Anonymous]

My son got an I for PE. We are going to be running laps every morning around the neighborhood. He will also be taking PEDs to bring that grade up.

[Anonymous]

Mine got an I in Art. Better sign him up for some tutoring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does it say reading level? I see a chart for reading levels but not where DC fits into that.

There should be a chart on the bottom right with bars and a dot. The dot is where your child's level is. There's an explanation of what it means.

Or they could rank the kids using a alphabetical scale, oh wait, that is what they were trying to move away from ...

And what I wish they would move back to. Letter grades seem easier to understand and easier for student/parents to interpret how the student is doing.

This doesn't apply yet in kindergarten, but in a system that uses letter grades it seems easier to give students a goal to work towards and parents more options for standards to hold their children to.

I wish letter grades would be brought back at least for 3rd grade and up, which is what our old school system did. I don't mind the fuzzy, looser standards and evaluations so much for K-2 but by 3rd grade I think there should be actual grades that actually mean something and everyone is clear on their meaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^this

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/i...0-kindergarten-report-card.pdf

is the MCPS guide to understanding the kindergarten report card

When you need a PDF to explain a Kindergarten report card, you have failed as a school district.

And where are teacher's comments? Nothing at all. LAME

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many teachers are happy to sit down and explain the report card in depth - it's worth sending an email.

Why is it always the parent's job to hunt a teacher down in MCPS? How come the other 2 places my kids have gone to school have normal report cards and a place on the back for a paragraph the teacher writes strengths/weaknesses and/or what to work on? How is it that a 6 minute "conference" in November is the only communication you have with a teacher unless YOU, the parent requests something.