Tying up many loose ends this week. Our second reading skills battery is complete but for a few make-ups. Generally speaking half of the class's fluency scores decreased as I had predicted and half improved. Those whose scores decreased did not have much buffer for a lower score and will likely be receiving unsatisfactory notices in the next notification cycle. The tests increase in difficulty each period and are administered every six weeks. The bottom line is some children just need to spend more time reading. Luckily, almost everyone passed the word reading and spelling portion of the test. Tomorrow I will send home certificates of accomplishment for those satisfying the 1st grade reading fluency goal. I will send home certificates each time we take the battery to those who pass and who have not yet received a certificate. As I stated at Back-to-School, those that are passing the test and making the district goal at this point in the year are likely not to slip below a rubric score of 3 for the year and likely not to the following years either. High score fluency was 130 WPM low score was 8 WPM.
We told time to the half hour today and will continue for homework. You should find your child's 1st quarter progress report in their folder as well as a schedule for Thursday's performance.
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