Thursday, October 11, 2012

Parent/Teacher Conference Recap

Parent/Student Resources to Access at Home:

1. The links on the right-hand side of this blog are all additional practice activities for both math and language arts skills. The links include:

a.       Acuity at Home individualized learning tools

b.       Raz-Kids online reading program

c.       IRead and ISTEP activities to prepare students

d.       Everyday Math Online

                              i.      Home Links

                             ii.      Family Letters for each unit

                             iii.      Algorithm explanations

                             iv.     Skill-based games

e.         Lexile reading levels

f.          Destiny: Reagan’s online library

g.         Power School-Online grade book
 
***Each of the following assessments (along with a few other informal assessment pieces) allows me to enrich your child's learning experiences here at Reagan. Each day is prepared with intentional focus for achieving success with your child.

 SRI Lexile Assessment (Reading Comprehension):
We will assess lexile levels (through SRI) once per month. In order to improve this score, students MUST be reading every day/night for at least 15 minutes, and taking Reading Counts quizzes regularly (more than once per month).

Reading Counts quizzes (Reading Comprehension):
One quiz must be completed (at school) per month (at this time--this number could increase in January). 95% of the reading for these quiz stories takes place at school. I will remind the kids of due dates, I will provide time for them to read books at their lexile levels, and I will provide time for them to take the quizzes at school. *The next due date is just before Thanksgiving Break.

Acuity Assessments (Math and Language Arts Skills):
Acuity B will take place in the winter months (usually January), and Acuity C will take place prior to ISTEP testing (usually March). ***At this time, practicing on Acuity at Home (linked to blog) is not a requirement for nightly homework. However, it’s a very useful tool for individualized instruction for your child, and I highly recommend its use at least 3 times per week.

***We use Acuity lessons for math and language arts, one lesson per day, during our math and literature stations.
***Acuity at Home username and password cards will come home Friday in your child’s pencil pouch inside his or her binder.

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