Quarter One report card grades are due on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 9:00 AM. Grades will be available for families on Monday, November 6, 2023. Please join the Report Card Virtual Lab on Wednesday, October 25 if you need any assistance.

We encourage teachers to review the Standards Based Practices & Gradebook Support slide deck as well as the 2023-2024 PowerSchool Gradebook Checklist to ensure that your gradebook is set up correctly to report standards grades. Remember: assignments should be listed at Collected Only in the Score Type field. Behaviors that Support Learning (BSL) should not be associated with assignments; the Behaviors that Support Learning are to be manually entered.

Parent-teacher conferences are a great time to share the information that you have from mClass and mClass Lecture if you have not already done so. The Home Connect report, which is available in both English and Spanish, not only outlines how students performed, it also gives parents suggestions for how to help students at home. Click here to see a first grade example. In addition to the Home Connect report, parents also have access to the mClass Home Connect website. This houses all of the reading activities that parents could use at home to help their students. Directions on how to access the mClass Home Connect materials are provided here.

The Amplify Caregiver Letters for October were shared with families via our Parent Resource Newsletter on October 12, 2023. These letters provide an overview of what texts students will be reading as well as what they will specifically be learning in the unit. There are also conversation starters for families to use in order to promote discussion and continued learning at home. You are encouraged to share the letters as well with your families.

As we approach Parent-Teacher conferences, we would like to share some resources available in iReady that you can use with parents to discuss a student’s diagnostic scores and how parents can help monitor their student’s work on their individualized pathway. These resources could be helpful for you as you prepare to facilitate conversations with families.

Parent Teacher Conference references

Data Chat for Families (English and Spanish)

Understanding student data (English)

Understanding student data (Spanish)
Fridge Tips for Lessons (English)

Fridge Tips for Lessons (Spanish)

It is an expectation that students complete at least 30 minutes a week on their Individualized Pathways in iReady. Pathways should not be used as the only curriculum; it is used for augmentation, remediation and enrichment. Students should not be doing more than two lessons a week.

Wondering how to support students who are on an accelerated pathway? Check out the Accelerated Pathways Newsletter. This month highlights information about Breakout EDU as well a resources that can help you incorporate thinking tasks into student learning which can help improve divergent, convergent, visual, and evaluative thinking skills.

Reach out to Nicoleta Tsapaliaris, Accelerated Pathways Coach, with questions or if you need additional support: ntsapaliaris@cicd99.edu.

The D99 University is a repository of self-driven tutorials and quick tip videos on the digital platforms that are supported by the District. Thee are two ways to access the tutorials within D99 University.

1. Join the D99 University Schoology Group.
2. Tutorials can also be found on the Instructional Technology page of the District 99 Website.

Monthly D99 Tech Tips are included within the D99 University Schoology Group and archived there for your reference. You can access September's volume of the D99 Tech Tips by clicking here.