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Report Cards Coming Home Next Week!
Report Cards are coming home December 7th. Discussing report cards with your child, especially in the age of standards based report cards, can be challenging. The reporting system we use is very different from the grades we all received when we were students and understanding what it all means, in the context of how your child is doing, can be tough.
When you receive the report card you will see numbers next to standards. The numbers on the report card are as follows
4.Demonstrating mastery of the standard
3. Demonstrating significant progress toward the standard
2. Demonstrating some progress
1. Demonstrating minimal progress
The numbers indicate the progress your child is making towards meeting the grade level standard. The standards listed throughout the report card list what we want your child to know and be able to do by the end of the year.
Not all standards will be “graded” on this report card because we have not yet taught all the standards. While there may be instances where your child is Demonstrating Mastery of a particular standard, students are not expected to be receiving 4’s at this point because those standards are what we expect for students by the end of the year.
The scores that students receive for each standard does not reflect how hard your child is working. The scores reflect what your child is able to do in relation to that expectation. To find out how hard your child is working, and if they are completing work, you should refer to the section of the report card titled Successful Social and Learner Behaviors. This section lets you know how your child is doing in a more traditional sense, meaning effort, work completion etc. It is possible for a student to struggle with their Learner Behaviors yet still Demonstrate Mastery of a Standard. It is also possible for a student to struggle with a standard and do great with the Learner Behaviors. The Learning Behaviors section is an incredibly important area because that really reflects how hard your child has been working!
Should you have any questions at all about the report card or your child’s progress in school please do not hesitate to contact us!
STEM WEEK!
Extra Recess With Ms. Beird's Class
Family Night Out!
New Student to HBB!
Mixed Specials for Grade 5!
As our kids learned of their new groups this week there was a mixture of excitement and disappointment. This has really given us a great chance to talk to our kids about how things will be in Middle School and beyond as they transition to multiple classes and deal with mixed groupings more often.
At the end of the day the groups are only mixed for the 45 mins during special. For the rest of the day they are still with the same group and they still have the same teacher! Moving forward we will continue to experiment with ways to ensure our kids have ALL the skills needed to succeed in life beyond HBB!
Should you have any questions please let us know, and thank you to all the Special Subject Teachers and Mr. Gobeil for working so hard to make this happen!
Boys In Blue!
Holiday Giving Tree
Donations Needed!
Providence Bruins
Paws-itive Office Referrals
Congratulations to our Student Athlete of the Week!
Congrats to all our Character Word of the Week Winners!!
News and Notes from the Middleborough Public Library
Henry B Burkland Elementary School
Website: https://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/Domain/10
Location: 41 Mayflower Avenue, Middleborough, MA, USA
Phone: (508) 946-2040
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