Reporting Student Learning

12 Reporting Student LearningDevelopment of Learning Skills and Work HabitsNotice that, because there is a single comment box for both achievement of curriculum expectationsand development of learning skills and work habits in the Secondary Provincial Report Card,the comment in row three, below, for “Self-regulation (Grade 10 student)”, is repeated from thetable above. The portion that relates to learning skills and work habits is emphasized.Learning Skill/Work HabitIndependent work(Grade 7 student)Organization(Grade 5 student)Self-regulation(Grade 10 student)Sample CommentIn independent work, Warren is learning to develop plans so he isnot frustrated by the demands of research and investigations. We arebreaking up the learning goals into small steps, so he can complete someactivities each day. At home, Warren could be encouraged to review thesteps and talk about what he will complete in class the next day.We are working with Jelena by using agendas in class to record goalsand plans. At home, you could encourage Jelena to review the agenda forthe next day and remind her to complete any unfinished assignments shebrings home.Petra needs to check her understanding of facts and conceptsat regular points as she is learning, and to take steps to clearup difficulties – for example, by attending lunch-time tutorialsor making use of the interactive software we have in theclassroom. At home, you could ask Petra to tell you about what she islearning and how she is checking her understanding.