Elementary Curriculum (K-5)

Teachers will be grading students on their progress toward the mastery of the Standards throughout the year.  As teachers enter events into Skyward, you will be able to see if your child is progressing steadily along the way through the grades assigned in the events.

You may see some individual scores fluctuate from time to time which is not necessarily cause for concern.  As your child learns new skills, he/she will find some concepts and targets much easier to master than others.  As a parent, you should be looking at the overall trend of grades to see the overall pattern.

How do you calculate an overall grade using standards-based grading?

The gradebook calculates the trend of student grades.  This type of grading takes into account that your child may learn at a different pace when compared to another child.  The expectation is that the teacher and student continue to revisit and work on standards not yet mastered.  Trend-based grading weights most heavily the most recent score on a standard; however, it still takes into account the previous scores to determine an accurate trend.

The following grading scale will be used in grades K-2:

The 5-point performance scale is not directly correlated as A=4, B=3, etc. The focus of the grading scale is to indicate your child’s progress and mastery toward the expected standards for the grade level. An assignment may have a high percentage of the items correct with the intent of checking for mastery of the standard. Do not assume that a high percentage of items correct on an assignment equates to above standard work.

What does a “4 – Above Standard” look like?

A four on the grading scale would indicate that your child was able to demonstrate performance that exceeded the expectations of the standard.

In English Language Arts, the standards spiral at each grade level to add additional complexity. If your child is demonstrating proficiency on the grade-level standard, instruction and assessment for that standard can easily be differentiated by moving up to the next grade-level iteration of the standard.

In Mathematics, the standards are not structured in the same manner. While the mathematics standards do have a progression in place, the same standards are not spiraled year after year. Florida Standards Mathematics challenges children to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving by going deeper in the grade level standards through the application of the eight mathematical practices.

Since a four on the scale is dependent on the standard itself, a few examples are given below. As a caution, the examples provided are only samples through which a child may demonstrate proficiency above the expected level.

Examples:

Teachers will be grading students on their progress toward the mastery of the Standards throughout the year.  As teachers enter events into Skyward, you will be able to see if your child is progressing steadily along the way through the grades assigned in the events.

You may see some individual scores fluctuate from time to time which is not necessarily cause for concern.  As your child learns new skills, he/she will find some concepts and targets much easier to master than others.  As a parent, you should be looking at the overall trend of grades to see the overall pattern.

How do you calculate an overall grade using standards-based grading?

The gradebook calculates the trend of student grades.  This type of grading takes into account that your child may learn at a different pace when compared to another child.  The expectation is that the teacher and student continue to revisit and work on standards not yet mastered.  Trend-based grading weights most heavily the most recent score on a standard; however, it still takes into account the previous scores to determine an accurate trend.

The following grading scale will be used in grades K-2:

The 5-point performance scale is not directly correlated as A=4, B=3, etc. The focus of the grading scale is to indicate your child’s progress and mastery toward the expected standards for the grade level. An assignment may have a high percentage of the items correct with the intent of checking for mastery of the standard. Do not assume that a high percentage of items correct on an assignment equates to above standard work.

What does a “4 – Above Standard” look like?

A four on the grading scale would indicate that your child was able to demonstrate performance that exceeded the expectations of the standard.

In English Language Arts, the standards spiral at each grade level to add additional complexity. If your child is demonstrating proficiency on the grade-level standard, instruction and assessment for that standard can easily be differentiated by moving up to the next grade-level iteration of the standard.

In Mathematics, the standards are not structured in the same manner. While the mathematics standards do have a progression in place, the same standards are not spiraled year after year. Florida Standards Mathematics challenges children to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving by going deeper in the grade level standards through the application of the eight mathematical practices.

Since a four on the scale is dependent on the standard itself, a few examples are given below. As a caution, the examples provided are only samples through which a child may demonstrate proficiency above the expected level.

Examples:

Teachers will be grading students on their progress toward the mastery of the Standards throughout the year.  As teachers enter events into Skyward, you will be able to see if your child is progressing steadily along the way through the grades assigned in the events.

You may see some individual scores fluctuate from time to time which is not necessarily cause for concern.  As your child learns new skills, he/she will find some concepts and targets much easier to master than others.  As a parent, you should be looking at the overall trend of grades to see the overall pattern.

How do you calculate an overall grade using standards-based grading?

The gradebook calculates the trend of student grades.  This type of grading takes into account that your child may learn at a different pace when compared to another child.  The expectation is that the teacher and student continue to revisit and work on standards not yet mastered.  Trend-based grading weights most heavily the most recent score on a standard; however, it still takes into account the previous scores to determine an accurate trend.

The following grading scale will be used in grades K-2:

The 5-point performance scale is not directly correlated as A=4, B=3, etc. The focus of the grading scale is to indicate your child’s progress and mastery toward the expected standards for the grade level. An assignment may have a high percentage of the items correct with the intent of checking for mastery of the standard. Do not assume that a high percentage of items correct on an assignment equates to above standard work.

What does a “4 – Above Standard” look like?

A four on the grading scale would indicate that your child was able to demonstrate performance that exceeded the expectations of the standard.

In English Language Arts, the standards spiral at each grade level to add additional complexity. If your child is demonstrating proficiency on the grade-level standard, instruction and assessment for that standard can easily be differentiated by moving up to the next grade-level iteration of the standard.

In Mathematics, the standards are not structured in the same manner. While the mathematics standards do have a progression in place, the same standards are not spiraled year after year. Florida Standards Mathematics challenges children to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving by going deeper in the grade level standards through the application of the eight mathematical practices.

Since a four on the scale is dependent on the standard itself, a few examples are given below. As a caution, the examples provided are only samples through which a child may demonstrate proficiency above the expected level.

Examples: