Attendance Goals

We have been really working on our daily attendance in our classroom. In March we did GREAT and we plan to get even better in April.   We have set personal attendance goals for the month of April in order to help us be here every day on time, which is critical to becoming life-long learners and getting that great job. 

We looked at our monthly attendance for the school year, beginning in September.  

Do you notice the large decline in attendance?  We sure did!  In February and March is when we started doing something about it and keeping closer track of whether or not we were in school.  I would love to say that has made a huge difference with our data, as I believe that giving the kids the knowledge and tools to make a difference really does impact the outcome. 

This is where family support comes in.  Earlier this week when the kiddos created their attendance goals for April they also listed some things that would help them be more successful. I want to share these with you because  as the parent/guardian you can help with many of them.   So I encourage you to talk with your child and choose 1 or 2 of these ideas to work together on for the remainder of the year.  I’d love to also hear about what you’re working on!

Here are the suggested “Plans of Action” that the students created:

Set the alarm

Tell mom/dad that I need to be at school

Go to bed on time

Ask mom/dad for help

Wake up when I’m supposed to

Get ready quickly in the morning

Thank you so much for your support and helping to get your kiddo to school on time each and every day.  Having your support helps them to see that you, too, value their learning and want them to be the best that they can be! 

                                        

Our CCI Goals

CCI.  Goals.  Data Binders.   Have any of these words come up in your child's conversations?

Hopefully at some time this school year they've at least been mentioned!  If not, this post will be your brief summary.  If you have heard of these words then keep reading to hear how those words are key parts to our learning, still today!

CCI stands for Continuous Classroom Improvement. It revolves around the idea that we can always improve on something. We pick a goal, decide what we're going to do in order to be succesful with that goal, and then we track our progress.  At the end of the goal's cycle we check how we did and assess what strategies worked or what we might have done differently.  And then we choose a new goal or repeat an old goal that we need to continue to work on.  This whole process is student led; I get the opportunity to just be the one to write their ideas down and help them figure out strategies.

One goal we've been working on for about 3 weeks now is to remember to bring back our daily folders.  They realize the importance of these daily folders: help keep organized, help them to get papers to/from home, helps Mrs. E and myself do our jobs in getting families information, and helps them work on being responsible.  

They've come up with several strategies and several kiddos have become successful.   Notice one of their strategies is to ask for help...that's where the parent and teacher support come in!  Students were to ask parents for help in remembering to bring back their folder each day.   So as you help your child with daily homework, be sure to help them remember to get that folder back in the backpack.

We also have data binders that keep track of our successes throughout the year.  We focus on important areas that affect our learning. Every day we track our attendance (HUGE area when it comes to learning!).  Each quarter we track our reading and math scores on our quarterly test and set new goals for the upcoming quarter.  And whenever the kiddos request, they track their progress on our weekly CCI goal.

 Hopefully this post will give you a better glimpse and understanding of how we are tracking our progress and creating goals that will make a lifelong impact!