Notices of Unsatisfactory Performance

As I mentioned earlier, unsatisfactory notices will go home today. From my perspective it would be counter-productive to discuss the content of these notices with your child. First-grade students at this point should not really understand the implication of this communication from teacher to parent. As I mentioned at Back-to-School Night, these are sent to parents a specified number of days before report cards in order to let parents know of the possibility their child may receive a mark of less than a three in reading, writing, or math as indicated in the notice. I will speak in greater detail to parents during conferences in November regarding these notices and other issues of concern. Also keep in mind that full assessments have yet to be administered in reading and writing.