Monthly Reviews

To meet state requirements for enrollment in an alternative learning program like MP3, it is essential for parents and the SLPC to work together to create and respond to a monthly review. This review is a reflection of the learning/work that has taken place the month prior . . . it’s a reflection back.

School Data opens up for reviews on the first of each month (ex. October 1) and we request completion by the 5th. Completing the review in a timely manner will put us on a positive path for future months.

This newsletter will provide you with examples to ensure that all three essential pieces (TOPICS, ACTIVITIES, EVALUATION) are included in your review of each subject.

How to submit a monthly review in SchoolData

SchoolData opens for monthly reviews on the 1st of every month. This link will help you provide feedback for your student’s monthly review so you can reflect on the past 30 days.

ALE Application for Parent – Providing Feedback for Monthly Progress

Please remember to include the following:

1. Topics and activities for each class. Note specific skills worked on, pages, and/or lessons completed. You are welcome to use information from grade level reviews as well.

2. Evaluation:

  • Graded assignments and daily work/rubric scores
  • Scores from quizzes, tests, or curriculum assessments
  • Parent/Teacher observation/notes

Please reach out to your SLPC if you have questions or need support.

Template

Especially in coming months, it may be helpful to gather information throughout the month by use of a Word document.

In an effort to help you each month, a template with the labels TOPICS, ACTIVITIES and EVALUATION is in each subject box. A complete review reflects each of these areas.

Topics

Topics are the overall ideas in the subject area.

Examples: chapter headings, skills, concepts, themes, time periods

Specific examples for subject areas: (dependent on units possibly covered)

  • Reading/Writing Topics: Novel studies and descriptive writing
  • Math Topics: Addition, Two digit multiplication, Fractions, etc.
  • Social Studies: The 13 Colonies, Ancient Egypt
  • Science: Cells, Life Cycles, Magnetism and Electricity
  • PE: Cardio / Strength Training

The activities give more specific information about the topics.

General examples: page numbers, lesson numbers, experiments, titles of books read, specific type of writing pieces completed, videos/movies watched, experiments completed, amount of time spent reading or participating in PE activities, specific skills

Specific Examples for subject areas:

  • Reading/Writing Activities: Student completed page XX- XX in his Daily Comprehension book. He also began the pre-writing activities for Week 1 in Writing Workshop. He spends 30 minutes daily reading (title of book) independently.
  • Math activities: Student completed lessons 1-5 in Teaching Textbook 3. She spent 5 minutes each day reviewing multiplication facts with flashcards.
  • Social Studies activities: Student completed pages XX – XX in her 180 Days of Social Studies. She watched a video on History.com about the Oregon Trail and has read up to chapter 6 in the “Bound for Oregon” historical fiction book.
  • Science activities: Student completed pages XX- XX in his 180 Days of Science book. He is also creating a drawing to illustrate the differences between a plant cell and an animal cell.
  • PE activities: When the weather permits, student runs one to two miles a day. She spends five minutes each day completing a combination of sit-ups, burpees, squats and plank. *Please note: Per school insurance, we are not allowed to document any trampoline time related to PE.

How did the student show understanding or improvement?

Examples: percent scores or rubric scores received on tests, quizzes, papers, positive engagement in discussions, ability to share details about characters, theme, time periods, details added to writing projects, self-assessment of recognized growth

Specific examples by subject area:

  • Reading/Writing Evaluation: Satisfactory progress based on the writing process checklist for brainstorm, sloppy copy, revisions, editing, and final draft. He scored a 4/5 on his writing rubric. Based on a +, √, — scoring system, he scored 4 + scores and 1 √ on his Daily Comprehension work.
  • Math Evaluation: Student scores on lessons 1-5 averaged 95%. (Please note that Teaching Textbooks provides an easy to view gradebook.) It would be adequate to include quiz scores.
  • Social Studies Evaluation: Satisfactory progress based on on a +, √, — scoring system. He scored 3+ scores and 3√ on his 180 Days of Social Studies book OR Satisfactory progress based on end of chapter tests. Scored 96% on end of chapter test.

  • Science Evaluation: Satisfactory progress based on an average of 80% on daily work. She proved her understanding of the concept by sharing out the main ideas of the reading.

  • PE Evaluation: Student ran to increase his speed and endurance. He increased his speed by taking off 1 minute and 20 seconds from his mile run. February benchmark is 10 minute and 30 seconds per mile.

Examples of Topics, Activities, Evaluation and Goals in completed subject review:

Language Arts

Topics: Novel studies and descriptive writing

Activities: Completed pages 1-8 in Daily Comprehension . Wrote a winter story based on the WriteShop writing prompt. Wrote a descriptive writing paragraph using a thesaurus to add vivid words to describe an object. Read ch. 1-23 in Tale of Despereaux.

Evaluation: Satisfactory progress based on the writing process checklist for brainstorm, sloppy copy, revisions, editing, and final draft. He scored a 4/5 on his writing rubric. Based on a +, √, — scoring system, he scored 4 + scores and 1 √ on his Daily Comprehension work.

Social Studies

Topics: Washington State History

Activities: Read chapters 1 in Washington Journey. Participated in Washington Journey PowerPoint slides and answered discussion questions. Read Washington Studies Weekly about the physical features and the five geographic regions of Washington.

Evaluation: Satisfactory progress based on end of chapter tests. Scored 85% on chapter 1 test.

PE

Topics: Running, nutrition

Activities: Ran 20-30 minutes every day to rebuild stamina. Discussed the importance of protein.

Evaluation: Student ran to increase his speed and endurance. He increased his speed by taking off 1 minute and 20 seconds from his mile run. October benchmark is 10 minute and 30 seconds per mile.