Today was the last day of school for Honeybunches. That means it's also report card and progress report time again. It's confirmed in writing that his placement next year with be with Mr. M again. :)
Some highlights from his Progress Reports:
Honeybunches has:
(Counseling goal report) "Greatly improved his ability to verbalize his feeling associated with frustration, anxiety and stress. He continues to struggle with using these strategies, however overall has made significant gains this year.... -- Continues to work on identifying and verbalizing his feelings. He continues to struggle with the comprehension of his feelings, which in turn hindered successful peer interactions. Continued work in this area would be beneficial... -- Continues to struggle in the larger group setting and often removes himself from the classroom's social skills lesson. Continued work in this area for -- to remain in class and participate would be beneficial..."
(Behavioral) "During group lesson, -- may protest at times and want to do his independent work right away, but he will stay and participate in the classroom/group activity 100% of the time due in a large part to his desire to earn stars." (Sensory activities are a big part of his behavioral goals, but he refuses to do his sensory activities most of the time although he takes other breaks which are scheduled throughout his day...)
(Sensory Motor) "-- continues to participate in weekly therapy sessions in a small group setting. He is pleasant and cooperative. He will offer assistance when needed, suggest particular activities and state when he needs help. It has been a pleasure working with -- again this school year and observing his significant progress in all areas of his sensory motor development."
(Occupational Therapy) "-- Has acheived his benchmarks and has improved his readability of hand written text through the use of a spacer. He is now working on correcting a few letter forms that further impact readability. When he works to monitor written output, speed of copying can vary. -- is always happy, polite and cooperative... The team should consider decreasing services if his progress continues next marking period..."
(Speech and Language) "I have enjoyed working with -- this year. He continues to put forth good effort during language sessions on most days. -- continues to benefit from multiple choice tasks when providing synonyms or antonyms for words and when identifying the main idea for short paragraph level material. His ability to define multiple meaning words by using them in sentences has increased from 20%-100% for familiar words...."
(Reading) He is 60% accurate in the skill of "Given a written passage, written directions and a verbal prompt, -- will be able to identifying important details in writing". His goal was 80%. He can determine the meaning of words with 50% accuracy. Goal for that skill was 60%. He had a goal to read 80 wpm with no more than 3 errors on 4 out of 5 trials. He did not meet that goal, but did make progress (Which is what I look at the most) going from 55 wpm in November to 61 wpm in June on the DIBELS assessment. The teacher did note that his "Ability to read fluently varies a lot from day to day and this assessment was done first thing in the morning when it is usually done in the afternoon..." The teacher also commented how he's "Put forth great effort on the Read Naturally Program. At his request we were able to obtain some 5th grade materials... as he'd gone through most of the 4th grade..."
(Math) He is meeting most of his goals regarding place values, addition with three digits and regrouping, written subtraction with three digits (However the teacher wrote how he needs to be reminded to regroup before he gets going) as well as multiplication and division. He is not meeting his division goal as he's only 40% accurate on #s 100-200 although he's 90% accurate with the smaller numbers. The teacher says that multiplication is a strong skill for him.
(Written Language) "He is doing very well with writing paragraphs, but needs 1:1 help expanding his writing to 2-3 paragraphs. -- will rewrite his sentences, but will need to get verbal prompts to be able to do this."
His report card does not go by A, B, C, D or F like most children's do. His goes by
1: Developing grade level skills. Not yet able to produce required grade level work.
2: Progressing toward grade level. Producing required grade level work with direction and assistance.
3: Meeting grade level skill. Producing quality work.
4: Exceeding grade level skills. Producing highest quality work consistently.
In English Language Arts he got mostly 2's. He did get 3s this trimester in "Understands and utilizes new vocabulary" as well as "Reads with accuracy, fluency and expression". He got 1 in "Edits work" and "Writes an organized piece with purpose, clarity and details" but got a 4 for "Effort".
The narrative for this trimester says "--works very hard in reading. He did a lot of Scholastic Reading Counts books and Read Naturally stories this trimester and has been improving significantly from his cold to hot reads."
Spelling he got 2 in "Learns spelling words for weekly tests" as well as "Applies correct spelling" but got another 4 for "Effort". :) That narrative says how "We don't do weekly spelling words as we try to focus more on reading and writing. However, with the Word of the Day we do focus on proper spelling as well as with his written work."
In Math he got mostly 2s again, but got 4 in "Effort", 1 in "Communicates mathematics thinking using correct vocabulary, orally and in writing" and 3 in "Computes accurately". That narrative says " -- loves doing math and always wants to get to his worksheets. We have been working with him to focus more on accuracy and less on speed."
Social Studies he got 2 in "Demonstrates understanding of concepts...", 2 in "Interprets and constructs data from maps, charts and tables", 1 in "Communicating understanding..."but again a 4 for "Effort".
Science his teacher says "Participates in Science lessons, although they are not his favorite. He enjoyed our concluding field trip to the Aquarium..." ht moved up from 1 to 2 in "Communicates scientific thinking...", got a 4 for "Effort" and 2s in understanding, making skillful predictions, and draws appropriate conclusions.
In Work Habits he got a 4 for his overall grade; 2s in handwriting and communicates effectively in oral presentations and class discussions, presents neat and careful work; 4s in follows rules, uses time efficiently, accurately completes and returns homework on time, interacts and works cooperatively with peers and adults and follows oral and/or written directions; 3s in organizes work space and uses appropriate study skills. The teacher wrote "Has strong work habits and is one of the hardest workers I have ever had the pleasure to teach. He has made some progress in making his work neater and more legible. He is very polite and interacts well with peers and adults alike. He will have Mr. M next year as his teacher...."
Art and Music gave him a simple 3 while in Physical Education he got a 4. They are not broken down like the other subjects are.
I am very pleased with the progress he's made this year. He's been sitting hear timing himself doing "Read Naturally" that came home with him for over an hour. He did it for quite a while this afternoon too. Three weeks until tutoring begins, which is our town's elementary school version of ESY.
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