A Language Arts progress report was sent home with your student on Wednesday, and a Literacy Skills report was sent home last Friday (for my class). Please review them with your student, sign them and return them to me. If you prefer to keep a progress report, please feel free to send me a signed note instead. I also sent some by mail, so you may have received more than one.
Also, I sent another email to you this week. If you have not received an email, please email your correct address (including your student’s name) to me at lpearson@op97.org.
In Literacy Skills students have been given their individual AR goals for the trimester. These goals represent the points needed to earn a “C” or better in AR (Accelerated Reader tests), which counts for a THIRD of the Literacy Skills’ grade. (This is different than 6th grade.) Students in my LS class received two numbers for their midterm goal. For example, a student was given the numbers 17 and 22.6. The first number (17) is the minimum points needed to earn a “C”, and the second number (22.6) is the minimum points needed to earn an “A” at midterm. The trimester goal is DOUBLE the minimum midterm goal. Students who read books that do not have an AR test may write another type of assessment, such as a reflection on the book. Please have your student ask his/her individual teacher about this.
The next vocabulary story is due on Wednesday. If your student will be absent due to a field trip or for another reason, your student should request the vocabulary words from me in advance. The quiz will be on Thursday.
