Progress REports

Today an envelope was sent home with your student's progress report in it. Progress reports are sent home 4-6 weeks out from the next report card. Please watch the video to learn more about the envelopes.

In addition to this video I went into a little more detail about the progress report in the next video below. Specifically, our spelling program might be where you have some questions.

We​ ​are​ ​using​ ​Words​ ​Their​ ​Way,​ ​which​ ​is​ ​a​ ​word-study​ ​curriculum that individualizes learning and allows for targeting specific abilities in students to re-teach or accelerate their learning.  In​ ​this​ ​program,​ ​students​ ​study​ ​words​ ​and​ ​phonics​ ​patterns​ ​that  are​ ​at​ ​their​ ​developmental​ ​spelling​ ​level,​ ​as​ ​determined​ ​by​ ​the  Elementary​ ​Spelling​ ​Inventory (aka a spelling test).
Word​ ​study​ ​is​ ​the​ ​combination​ ​of​ ​phonics,​ ​spelling​ ​and​ ​vocabulary. 

Every​ week ​your​ ​student​ ​will​ ​get​ ​about​ ​15​ ​new​ ​words.​ ​They​ ​will​ ​study​ ​the​ ​patterns​ ​in​ ​the​ ​words.​ ​The​ ​purpose​ ​is​ ​for​ ​students​ ​to​ ​develop​ ​knowledge​ ​of  English​ ​spelling​ ​patterns​ ​and​ ​“oddball”​ ​through​ ​exploration,​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​to​ ​widen​ ​their  vocabulary.  The study is done through specific exercises in the classroom and can be reinforced at home.

There​ ​are​ ​5​ ​levels​ ​of​ ​spelling​ ​development,​ ​according​ ​to​ ​Words​ ​Their​ ​Way:​ ​
Emergent  (pre-K-1st)​
​Letter​ ​Name-Alphabetic​ ​(K-2nd)
​Within​ ​Word​ ​Patterns​ ​(1st-4th)
Syllables​ ​and  Affixes​ ​(3rd-8th)
Derivational​ ​Relations​ ​(5th-12th​ ​grade)

At each level there are stages. Those stages are set by Early, Middle and Late. 

Below​ ​is​ ​a​ ​layout​ ​of​ ​the​ ​different​ ​skills​ ​that​ ​students​ ​will​ ​study​ ​across​ ​the​ ​program.