1. Welcome to Our Group Parent Meeting Please come in and have a seat at your child’s table.

2. Tonight We Will Discuss... Teacher Assessments Homework Report Cards Global Scholar Assessments

3. Your Child’s Folder All of your child’s data and the handouts for this meeting are in the front pocket of your child’s Binder. This information is for you to keep. Your child’s data is CONFIDENTIAL! What if I have a question??? What if I STILL have questions??? Please remove the conference form and fill it out. Look for the stars! You will need to leave this form with me tonight.

4. Letter Identification Assessments Kindergarten assessments are on- going. Letters and sounds are assessed about once a month. Teacher Observations Checklists Please take the time now to look at your child’s letter /sound assessment sheet

5. How I am helping your child with letters and sounds at school Letters in Our Names / Name Game Letter Sound Song Weekly Focus Letter Write the Room Letter Books Small Group Instruction Poems and Nursery Rhymes Environmental Print Magnetic Letters Computer Games Reading and Writing

6. Sight Words Your child is required to learn a list of 43 sight words by the end of kindergarten. These words can be found in the homework section of your child’s Binder. Learning letter sounds and sight words will help your child learn to read. By the end of kindergarten, your child must be reading fluently on a Level D.Level D Level A Level D

8. How I am helping your child learn sight words at school Word Wall (We cheer out words) Big Books Poems Journal Writing Word Work Stations Pocket Chart Station Small Group Instruction Computer Games

9. How you can help your child at home with letters and sight words Letter Sound Sheets and CD’s Flash Card Games (ABC’s and Sight Words) Magnetic Letters Letter Factory, Word Factory, and other Leap Frog DVD’s Harcourt Homework Reading (make a book box or bag) Writing www.Starfall.com

10. Homework Homework consists of the following: – Harcourt Homework Pages (weekly) – Reading Logs (monthly) – Math Homework Calendar (monthly) Start a Nightly Homework Routine

11. Harcourt Homework

12. Reading Logs

13. Math Homework

14. Report Cards Report Cards are sent home at the end of each 9 week grading period. (4 report cards per year) Each 9 weeks, the children will only be assessed on the skills that were taught during that particular grading period. Kindergarten report card grades include S, P, and N: –S  Demonstrates a satisfactory level of proficiency for all subskills taught in that standard for the nine week period. –P  Student exhibits partial proficiency in the standard. Student meets some, but not all, benchmarks for the nine week period. –N  Student does not demonstrate proficiency with majority of subskills taught in that standard for the nine week period.

17. Global Scholar Reading Foundations assessment Computer-based, adaptive assessment –As questions are answered correctly, more challenging content is presented. As questions are answered wrong, less challenging content is presented. This is a formative assessment – not a grade Used for instructional purposes –Teachers know which students have mastered which standards Individual learning paths can be generated on Compass Learning/Odyssey –This allows students to work at their own ability level, whether they need remediation or enrichment

21. Thanks for your support and time!