K report card is such BS

[Anonymous]

There is no way to tell how my child is doing from the report card. Seriously, what does an I in physical education personal and social responsibility mean anyway?

[Anonymous]

Agree completely. First quarter at least you have a parent teacher conference to get some insight. Second quarter you get NOTHING.

I can understand if they don't want to do letter grades in early elementary, but then they should allow the teachers to write in a small blurb on your kids weaknesses so that you can specifically help them improve. My kid got an I in 'interpreting art'. WTF?? How is she interpreting art incorrectly or not up to grade level.

I've seen people post on here that you can request a conference with your kid's teacher and I've emailed her several times (she's very good!). But, I still feel that the report card should provide more useful info than it does in early ES.

[Anonymous]

relax OP. It's just K. It won't go onto the college transcript. Look at the reading level. Is your DC on target for reading level? Does your DC sit and listen well? Follow directions? Do you get notes from the teacher stating that your DC is not doing these things? If not, then don't worry.

If you have questions, ask the teacher. You can also go onto the MCPS website to find out more about how the report cards are broken down.

BTW - my DC has gotten an I in PhysEd, too, in 3rd grade. It's NBD.

[Anonymous]

The categories are inane and don't seem to up with the with the Curriculum 2.0 guides.
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[Anonymous]

DD got a bunch of Is for things the teacher knows she knows. She's sometimes uncooperative about doing her work.
I've read they are supposed to grade on mastery and not effort but it looks like our school doesn't care about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way to tell how my child is doing from the report card. Seriously, what does an I in physical education personal and social responsibility mean anyway?

It is KINDERGARTEN.

[Anonymous]

Well, the world needs ditch diggers too.

[Anonymous]

I'm not objecting to the grades. It would just be helpful to know what stuff means. Does that mean my child is not following directions in pays ed or something else?

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not objecting to the grades. It would just be helpful to know what stuff means. Does that mean my child is not following directions in pays ed or something else?

Here is a good place to start:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/grading/how-to-read-the-curriculum-2.0-kindergarten-report-card.pdf

Also, here is the kindergarten curriculum:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/elementary/parent-guide-traditional-kindergarten-en.pdf

In marking periods 1 and 2, PE covered:

effects of exercise (heart)
locomotor skills (walk, run, hop, jump, gallop)
relationships with objects (inside/outside, around, through, under/over, on/off, across, near/far, in front/behind), catch self-tossed objects in self-space, throw underhand

So if your child has an I in PE, then maybe he/she hasn't mastered galloping, or maybe he/she hasn't mastered throwing something up in the air and catching it, or something like that.

[Anonymous]

^^^this

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

is the MCPS guide to understanding the kindergarten report card

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Does not really explain what most of the sub categories mean


quote=Anonymous]^^^this

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

is the MCPS guide to understanding the kindergarten report card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD got a bunch of Is for things the teacher knows she knows. She's sometimes uncooperative about doing her work.
I've read they are supposed to grade on mastery and not effort but it looks like our school doesn't care about that.

If she knows it, she'll have to demonstrate that through X number of times. If she's obstinate and refuses to work, the teacher can't fairly assess her.

Maybe you should work on parenting her so that she understands what cooperation means.

[Anonymous]

You sound like a real peach, PP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got a bunch of Is for things the teacher knows she knows. She's sometimes uncooperative about doing her work.
I've read they are supposed to grade on mastery and not effort but it looks like our school doesn't care about that.

If she knows it, she'll have to demonstrate that through X number of times. If she's obstinate and refuses to work, the teacher can't fairly assess her.

Maybe you should work on parenting her so that she understands what cooperation means.