I have had a few parents ask if they can see their child’s progress through their child’s Studyladder account. Studyladder shows students a colour and smily face indication of how they went with a task, but does not show them a specific grade. This information from the Studyladder website explains why this is:
Why don’t you display grades to students? (Colours vs Grades)
The new system shows a colour key to teachers but no longer to students. This is because many parents and teachers do not want their students to see what grade they are working at. This is usually when they are older than their grade.
For parents who wish to see their child’s progress without sitting with their child to work through every activity, there is the option to create a parent account which links to the child’s account to view their results. How to do this is outlined below:
Studyladder Parent Access:
1. On the home page, click “Join Now” and then “I would like to join as a parent.”
2. Once you have created your parent account, log in with your user name and password.
3. Click on “Add student” (and you can add more than one if your child in another class is also using Studyladder)
4. Enter your child’s personal in details
5. Your child’s school account is now linked with your parent account and you should be able to access their results and view their progress.
I hope this helps, if this is an option you would like to utilise.
Thank you all so much for supporting our homework program,
Some students and parents have discussed with us the possibility of continuing with fluency reading passages as opposed to (or alongside) their Lexile book reading at night. This is so that students can clearly see their progress across the week (words per minute, accuracy). We will now make a fluency passage available as a link each week so that you can print them out or read them off the computer. We can also send home paper copies for those who require it (just let us know).
For this reason, and to get students in the habit of using their diary daily, we now ask that students write into their diary each night what they have read (either Fluency Passage or the name of their book). They also need to write the number of words they read in a minute for fluency, or the time they spent reading their Lexile book, or both. Most importantly, we ask that they get a parent signature in their diary each night Monday to Thursday to see that they have read. The diary must be brought back to school each morning for the teacher to check for a signature. This gets students into responsible habits.
Below is a photo of what we expect in the students’ diaries:
Please see us if you have any enquiries about this.
Please be aware that I will be away tomorrow to attend a meeting at Atwell Primary School. Mrs Pepper and Mrs Fazzino will be in and I am sure with those two on the job I won’t be missed at all. I will be back Thursday but if there are any issues, please don’t hesitate to contact to me.
Today, Mrs DeRoche begun reading the novel ‘Danny Cassidy P.I’ to both LA’s 18 and 19. This novel, written by Joan Flanagan, is about a boy named Danny Cassidy and follows him as he tries to solve a mystery in his neighbourhood. This novel is a great lead in to to our focus mystery stories in the second half of this term. Below are some questions Miss Mac and I have created based on what Mrs DeRoche has read so far. It would be great if students could have a go at answering these questions before tomorrow when we read some more. Thanks once again Mrs DeRoche for reading to our classes!
Mr J
When would you hire a P.I.?
What traits do you think the main character has?
Why does Danny change his mind from thinking the boy is a ‘fugitive’ to thinking he is in trouble?
How old do you think Danny? What clues give this away?
What is a conscience?
Why do you think Mum assumed the noise was Danny and not Amy?
How did Mrs DeRoche create suspense with her voice?
Today, students in LAs 18 and 19 became teachers for a little while! Students in small groups were given the task of designing a “lesson plan” that they could use to teach their peers (or their parents!) how to read and solve a word problem using a problem schema (diagram). Word problem types covered include: change problems, part part whole problems, compare problems, multiplicative compare problems and equal groups problems. Students should now be able to explain all of these problem types and what is special about them.
Please enjoy watching our videos below, as students put a lot of effort into them!
Elijah, Ben L, Brady, Tahlia and Amy’s group showing us how to solve an Equal Groups problem.
Mason, Teenaya, Emily F and Ella M showing us how to solve a Compare problem.
Jack, Emily H, Holly, Zoe C and Lisa showing us how to solve a Change problem.
Luke, Derrick, Aaron, Jake and Meah showing us how to solve a Multiplicative Compare problem.
Amber L, Darcy S, Erika, Jai and Keegan showing us how to solve a Part-Part-Whole problem.
Ben M, Larah, Chrissy, Caitlin and Buster showing us how to solve a Part-Part_Whole problem.
Charlotte, Brodie, Tia and Bekki showing us how to solve a Change problem.
Zoey, Tom, Chloe, Harvey, Cooper and Kate showing us how to solve a Part-Part-Whole problem.
