Student Progress

Keeping Track of how your middle schooler is doing in their day to day learning can be challenging. Too often the answer to ‘how are you doing in school’ is met with dissatisfying and non-descriptive answer of ‘fine’. To help add clarity to your child’s progress within the 6^th grade, please familiarize yourself with the structures and resources created to allow students to take ownership of their learning.

Topics and goals that are covered in class.

· Students will have access to Microsoft Teams. This is a platform where students can find a link to their online classwork in the math program Desmos. This is also where they turn their work in virtually and receive credit. Teams is a guide to help student navigate through the units we explore.

Tip: Teams is an excellent communication piece between the classroom and home. Instead of asking, ‘what did you learn in school today?’, have your student open Teams and teach you the concept by accessing the classwork for that day (or past days). Also, look at the standard they earned while you’re there.

When the topics are and goals are covered in class.

· There are two main calendars that are used in this course.

o The first calendar is posted in class. This weekly calendar includes the specific activities (classwork and quizzes) for the week. It correlates to the classwork found in Teams.

o The second calendar is posted online. This is a calendar that gives a weekly timeline for the classwork we work on in Desmos.

Tip: Use the online calendar to help your student budget their weekly work into daily tasks dependent on their unique schedules.

Where the concepts introduced can be practiced.

Students will use both online and traditional tools to explore mathematical ideas.

· Online Desmos platform is where students will work on classwork and practice.

·Compbooks are your student’s place to practice concepts learned in class as well as catalogue their progress. They should have their compbooks with them at school and at home 100% of the time.

· Compbooks are generally organized as follows:

o Paper Lessons (class work): Found in the front of the compbook in the order that they are introduced.

o Notes section: Found in the back of the compbook under the heading 'Tool Kit'. Students are expected to complete the Tool Kit as they progress through the unit. It can be referred to on the unit test.

o Stamp Logs: Logs are kept in the back of the book on a flip out page. This page indicates the completion of practice by a stamp. A stamp indicates the practice has been completed and turned in.

How well they are progressing

· To find out how well you student is progressing you should refer to their Target Practice. The Target Practice is aligned to the learning goal in class. They are a student’s gauge in how well they are showing evidence of learning relative to each learning goal. The Target Practice is what you would want to look at if you are determining how well your student is demonstrating proficiency for the learning target.

· Target Practices are given both online and on paper. To access the online Target Practice, follow the link found in Teams and review it on the computer in Desmos. Paper Target Practices will also be posted in Desmos, but will be found taped into your students compbook as a record of their learning.

· Students are encouraged to relearn and retake Target Practices to show proficiency of a learning goal (a score of 3 or higher)