Saturday, August 8, 2009

Positive Rewards and Grades

Students are rewarded for their positive behavior and following directions in our classroom! Tickets are given out to individual students, by the teacher, when they display that they know how to follow directions and work to the best of their ability. Students will be responsible for saving the tickets they earn. At the end of every week, tickets are collected and put in the “ticket bank.” Students can earn small prizes at the end of each week, based on their ticket count. Students are also working towards a monthly goal where they can earn a “Ticket Celebration” where they are able to participate in fun activities. This is a positive way to reward students for doing what they know is right!

Grades

In second grade, your child will earn either a S (Satisfactory), N (Needs Improvement), or U (Unacceptable) on graded work. These grades will be averaged and recorded for report card purposes. Not every paper will be formally graded. Other grades you might see on your child’s papers include:

Check plus= “Great Job!”
Check = “Good Work!”
Check minus = “We need to work on this one!”

Papers will be sent home in special folders on Thursdays. Please sign and check off the sheet that is in your child’s folder. These papers are for you to keep at home. Please send back the empty folder with the check sheet as soon as possible. This is another way we can communicate on how your child is doing with their class work! If you have any questions on a sheet, please attach a note and send it in your child’s folder, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. :)

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