Report Card

Student Name ____________________ Grade 3 ____ 4 ____

Teacher _________________________ School Year _______
Performance-based graduation requirements focus on student mastery of the proficiencies. The
curriculum and written progress report are geared toward preparing students for this task. A date (for
example, 11/93) indicates where a student is performing on a continuum of progress based on the fifth-
grade exit standards.

Basic Proficient Advanced

Language Arts Actively listens, Actively listens for Actively listens for purpose,
Proficiency 1.Listens, demonstrates purpose, demonstrates demonstrates
interpreting verbal and understanding, and understanding, and understanding, clarifies with
nonverbal cues to clarifies with questions clarifies with questions questions and paraphrasing,
construct meaning. and paraphrasing. and paraphrasing. classifies, analyzes, and
appies information.

Language Arts Appropriately speaks to Appropriately speaks to Appropriately speaks to

Proficiency 2.Conveys inform, explain, inform, explain, inform, explain,
meaning clearly and demonstrates, or demonstrates, or demonstrates, or persuade.
coherently through persuade. Organizes a persuade. Organizes a Organizes a formal speech
speech in both formal speech and uses formal speech and uses with details and transitions
and informal situations. vocabulary to convey a vocabulary to convey a adapting subject and
message. message. vocabulary. Uses eye
contact, gestures, and
suitable expression for an
audience and topic.

Language Arts Reads varied material, Reads varied material, Reads varied material,
Proficiency 3.Reads to comprehends at a literal comprehends and draws comprehends literally and
construct meaning by level. Recalls and builds inferences, recalls and interpretively. Synthesizes
interacting with the text, knowledge through builds knowledge and explores information,
by recognizing the related information. through related drawing inferences. Critiques
different requirements of Begins to use strategies information. Applies author's intent, analyzes
a variety of printed to develop fluency, strategies to increase material, analyzes material
materials, and by using adjusting rate when fluency, adjusting rate for meaning and value.
appropriate strategies to reading different when reading different Applies strategies to
increase material. material. increase fluency, adjusting
comprehension. rate when reading different
material.
Language Arts Appropriately writes on Appropriately writes on Appropriately writes on
Proficiency 4.Produces assigned or self-selected assigned or self-selected assigned or self-selected
writing that conveys topics. Clear main ideas, topics. Clear main ideas, topics. Connects opinions,
purpose and meaning, few details. Weak interesting details, clear details, and examples.
uses effective writing elements in the organization, Effective organization and
strategies, and beginning, middle, end. sequencing, varied sequencing, meaningful
incorporates the Sentence structure lacks sentence structure, edits sequencing structure, edits
conventions of written variety and contains to reduce errors. to eliminate most errors.
language to errors. Appropriate voice and Appropriate voice and word
communicate clearly. word choice. choice.

Figure 1. Cherry Creek School District Polton Community Elementary School

Fairplay Progress Report (Language Arts Section) (continued)

As compared to the class in the area of Language Arts, your child...

Marking Periods 1 2 3

Displays strong performance

Demonstrates appropriate development

Needs practice and support

Editor's Note: The teacher places a check in one box per marking period to indicate child's status in
language arts.