ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION
Assessments:
Assessments are an ongoing part of your child's learning. Your child will be assessed at the beginning of each new unit of study as well as daily throughout the unit. This helps us understand what your child needs, as well as how to direct our instruction so that all students are successful.
While they are learning:
During a unit of study, evidence will be gathered on how your child is learning and what their thinking is behind their understanding. The way we gather evidence is through the following:
Observations
Conferencing with your child
Oral & Written responses
Questions
Informal conversations
Group and individual or real life problem solving
Self-evaluations (your child assessing themselves)
Peer-evaluations (your child assessing their peers)
Evaluations at the end:
At the end of each unit your child will be evaluated on their ability to meet the criteria in the following 4 categories (when possible):
What happens if my child isn't performing well? Will I know?
My goal is to have all students working at grade level (level 3) or above grade level (level 4). If your child is struggling substantially throughout a unit of study I will contact you through the agenda, via email or by telephone and offer suggestions to help your child be as successful as possible.
What do the levels or letter grades mean?
The levels are based on how they achieved in each of the four areas. The levels are very similar to grades.
Level 1(D) means the student is struggling substantially and is not able to meet the expectations. We should discuss our next steps to ensure that your child is successful moving forward.
Level 2 (C) means the student is beginning to meet the expectations but still needs a bit of help from school or home to get there. Look for agenda messages or a phone call home.
Level 3 (B) means they did it! They are meeting the expectations for the grade. They are right where they should be and should be proud of this!
Level 4 (A) means they are exceeding what they are expected to be doing for the grade!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS
Every month, Scholastic Book Clubs, including our French “Club de lecture”, are sent home for your consideration. Please take a moment to look over the selections with your child. If you wish to order, simply fill out the form on the back of the flyer, check the appropriate boxes (make sure it is the column for Ontario as the prices are different for some items) on the order form for the items that you want. Then, return it to me with payment in your child's agenda, by the due date that is stamped on the cover page, upper left corner. Please pay by cheque made payable to Scholastic Canada. (NO CASH - Scholastic does not accept cash),Please add taxes where shown.
* NEW * NEW * NEW * NEW *
Parent Pay is the NEW quick, easy online way for parents to pay for their Reading Club orders.
Do not feel obligated to buy anything, but anything that you do buys, allows us to receive bonus coupons that add to our class library. Scholastic books are often priced lower than books at a bookstore. They are great for building your home library, for giving as gifts or as a reward for reading at home.
Orders will arrive approximately 7-14 business days from the order date. If the books you are ordering are for an upcoming birthday or special event in your family, please let me know, otherwise the books ordered will be sent home with your child.
Thank you!
Mme. Fraser
Assessments:
Assessments are an ongoing part of your child's learning. Your child will be assessed at the beginning of each new unit of study as well as daily throughout the unit. This helps us understand what your child needs, as well as how to direct our instruction so that all students are successful.
While they are learning:
During a unit of study, evidence will be gathered on how your child is learning and what their thinking is behind their understanding. The way we gather evidence is through the following:
Observations
Conferencing with your child
Oral & Written responses
Questions
Informal conversations
Group and individual or real life problem solving
Self-evaluations (your child assessing themselves)
Peer-evaluations (your child assessing their peers)
Evaluations at the end:
At the end of each unit your child will be evaluated on their ability to meet the criteria in the following 4 categories (when possible):
- Knowledge and understanding (what do they know and understand?)
- Thinking (what thinking is behind their work?)
- Communicating (can they explain using appropriate terms?)
- Application (Can they apply what they have learned to new contexts?)
What happens if my child isn't performing well? Will I know?
My goal is to have all students working at grade level (level 3) or above grade level (level 4). If your child is struggling substantially throughout a unit of study I will contact you through the agenda, via email or by telephone and offer suggestions to help your child be as successful as possible.
What do the levels or letter grades mean?
The levels are based on how they achieved in each of the four areas. The levels are very similar to grades.
Level 1(D) means the student is struggling substantially and is not able to meet the expectations. We should discuss our next steps to ensure that your child is successful moving forward.
Level 2 (C) means the student is beginning to meet the expectations but still needs a bit of help from school or home to get there. Look for agenda messages or a phone call home.
Level 3 (B) means they did it! They are meeting the expectations for the grade. They are right where they should be and should be proud of this!
Level 4 (A) means they are exceeding what they are expected to be doing for the grade!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS
Every month, Scholastic Book Clubs, including our French “Club de lecture”, are sent home for your consideration. Please take a moment to look over the selections with your child. If you wish to order, simply fill out the form on the back of the flyer, check the appropriate boxes (make sure it is the column for Ontario as the prices are different for some items) on the order form for the items that you want. Then, return it to me with payment in your child's agenda, by the due date that is stamped on the cover page, upper left corner. Please pay by cheque made payable to Scholastic Canada. (NO CASH - Scholastic does not accept cash),Please add taxes where shown.
* NEW * NEW * NEW * NEW *
Parent Pay is the NEW quick, easy online way for parents to pay for their Reading Club orders.
- Parents visit parentpay.scholastic.ca to complete the payment for their
- Teachers place class orders as usual and when they're ready to submit, the
Do not feel obligated to buy anything, but anything that you do buys, allows us to receive bonus coupons that add to our class library. Scholastic books are often priced lower than books at a bookstore. They are great for building your home library, for giving as gifts or as a reward for reading at home.
Orders will arrive approximately 7-14 business days from the order date. If the books you are ordering are for an upcoming birthday or special event in your family, please let me know, otherwise the books ordered will be sent home with your child.
Thank you!
Mme. Fraser