Grading (quarterly report cards are issued on Schooltool)
The Baldwinsville School District grading scale for report cards is as follows:
4= Student is exceeding quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations
3= Student is successfully meeting quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations.
2= Student is progressing toward quarterly grade-level expectations.
1= Student is experiencing difficulty with quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations
NA = Not Assessed
The Baldwinsville School District grading scale for report cards is as follows:
4= Student is exceeding quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations
3= Student is successfully meeting quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations.
2= Student is progressing toward quarterly grade-level expectations.
1= Student is experiencing difficulty with quarterly progress toward grade-level expectations
NA = Not Assessed
Homework
The single most important thing you can do to help your child be successful in first grade is READ. Even as your child becomes more independent as a reader, it is still important for you to continue to read aloud to them. Our goal is for families to try to read together for 20 minutes each night, or as often as possible. Once our regular routines get going, your child will bring home a reading folder with good fit books from school. These books should be read at home and returned to school the next day so that we can continue working with them during small group reading time.
Each Monday, your child will bring home a Fundations word grid which will let you know the phonics/spelling pattern(s) and any "trick words" we will be working on for that week. This is not a list of words to memorize, but gives examples of words to practice. Our goal is for children to be able to apply these patterns and spelling skills to any new words they encounter. You can help your child practice in a variety of ways (spelling aloud, writing with fun markers, writing in shaving cream in the bathtub, writing in sand or salt on a cookie sheet).
Your child will NOT be bringing home nightly math homework. With each new lesson, a problem set will come home. This problem set is just a small part of our math lesson, so it will not always be completed during our lesson. Most of our learning is done with hands-on learning using manipulatives, applying their learning on personal white-boards or explaining their problem solving strategies with words. You may wish to review the problem set with your child, but you do not need to complete it on nights that it may come home partially done.
Another important part of math is fact fluency. This is emphasized and practiced in the modules, but you can help at home by making flash cards (or purchasing them at the dollar store) for your child to help practice addition and subtraction math facts. Just as it's important to read sight words "in a snap," this is critical with math facts as well. Be sure to check out some of the great websites and apps which focus on fact practice!
Thank you very much for your support with homework in first grade!
The single most important thing you can do to help your child be successful in first grade is READ. Even as your child becomes more independent as a reader, it is still important for you to continue to read aloud to them. Our goal is for families to try to read together for 20 minutes each night, or as often as possible. Once our regular routines get going, your child will bring home a reading folder with good fit books from school. These books should be read at home and returned to school the next day so that we can continue working with them during small group reading time.
Each Monday, your child will bring home a Fundations word grid which will let you know the phonics/spelling pattern(s) and any "trick words" we will be working on for that week. This is not a list of words to memorize, but gives examples of words to practice. Our goal is for children to be able to apply these patterns and spelling skills to any new words they encounter. You can help your child practice in a variety of ways (spelling aloud, writing with fun markers, writing in shaving cream in the bathtub, writing in sand or salt on a cookie sheet).
Your child will NOT be bringing home nightly math homework. With each new lesson, a problem set will come home. This problem set is just a small part of our math lesson, so it will not always be completed during our lesson. Most of our learning is done with hands-on learning using manipulatives, applying their learning on personal white-boards or explaining their problem solving strategies with words. You may wish to review the problem set with your child, but you do not need to complete it on nights that it may come home partially done.
Another important part of math is fact fluency. This is emphasized and practiced in the modules, but you can help at home by making flash cards (or purchasing them at the dollar store) for your child to help practice addition and subtraction math facts. Just as it's important to read sight words "in a snap," this is critical with math facts as well. Be sure to check out some of the great websites and apps which focus on fact practice!
Thank you very much for your support with homework in first grade!
Scholastic Book Orders
Each month, you will have the opportunity to order great books for your child online from Scholastic. Books will be delivered to our classroom within 7-14 days. Follow this link to place an order https://orders.scholastic.com/GMLQX. Our classroom activation code is GMLQX.
Each month, you will have the opportunity to order great books for your child online from Scholastic. Books will be delivered to our classroom within 7-14 days. Follow this link to place an order https://orders.scholastic.com/GMLQX. Our classroom activation code is GMLQX.