Reports cards should be in your mailbox Monday or Tuesday. Please remember that your student’s grades are relative to where a student should be according to the Delaware State Standards. Grades are not A, B, C etc and an EP is not meant to take the place of an A, an MP a B, etc. An EP means that the student’s work and achievement is consistently above 1st grade levels, an MP means that a student is consistently performing at a 1st grade level. NP means that the student is not quite at a 1st grade level yet and BP means that the student is not achieving at a 1st grade level and require a lot of assistance in the classroom.
Unless noted, a BP is not a reflection of a student’s effort in the classroom. Grades are usually not a reflection on effort (although lack of effort may keep a student from reaching a particular level of achievement). Effort can be reflected in a student’s comments. Parent teacher conferences are not scheduled until after the 2nd Marking Period but I am available before school, after school or during my planning period by appointment (I have school, grade level and family commitments that need to be scheduled around). A telephone conference is also an option.
Junie B. Jones will be visiting our local Borders book store on Thursday. My family and I will try to attend and I know that many of our 1st grade teachers are also planning on attending. More info will follow.
Have a great week (and I hope to have some new pictures up later this week!)
Dave Ostheimer
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