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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't sound ridiculous to me.  I'd want to understand the teacher's expectations better.  I'd also be interested to understand where my child falls within the class.  I'm not sure I understand the grading system though and we haven't received a 1st quarter report card yet.  From what I read on the MCPS website, there are two different sets of grades-one for academic skills, one for learning.  Not sure of the distinction.  For academic marks, they use O (Outstanding), S (Satisfactory) and N (Needs Improvement). [b] For learning, it's a different scale: I (Independently), L (Limited Prompting), FP (Frequent Prompting), R (Rarely), NI (Not Enough Information).[/b]  To me, L sounds like a very good mark even though it's not the highest.  I don't think you can equate them to the A to E scale.  If my child were getting a lot of I's I might be concerned that there wasn't much challenge there for her.  [/quote]

PP brings up some good points.

At this point, I would place more emphasis on on the learning scale.  HOW your child learns is very important and will ultimately affect success at the upper levels.  Independent learners are self-sufficient, resourceful, and quick at mastering content.  They most definitely need enrichment. For those who need frequent prompting, however, their learning style may not be a priority.  So "switching things up" - by using various learning strategies in the classroom - is very important in order to hit all learning modalities.  Not all children are auditory learners, for example.  So direct instruction may not help them master the content.[/quote]

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