Character Development
       We are promoting KINDNESS this year.
       We are looking for students who are showing
       kindness and do kind deeds for others. We will   
          be celebrating students that do kind deeds 
    each month. It is based on the novel Wonder.
        Ways to be Informed:
   • School Messenger
        
   • School website: 
         www.wmes.madisoncity.k12.al.us
   • Teacher Website
        On WMES Website / Staff / Teacher’s Name
   • Principal’s Newsletter
       
    Curriculum/ Assessment
    • Alabama Common Core Standards
       Alabama College and Career Ready Initiative
         www.alsde.edu/home/general/alccs.aspx
    *  DIBELS: Dynamic Indicator of Beginning Early Literacy Skills
          3 times yearly (all students) / Monthly in each classroom
           First Grade Goals:                                Fall         Winter       Spring
           Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)                                  58                 58                   58
           Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)            (CLS) Correct Letter Sounds  70
                                                                            (WWR) Whole Words Read    21
             Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF)                  51                 51                   51
             Oral Reading Fluency (ORF)                                  ---                  34                   69
             
        
           Report Card / FRY / STAR / AR
       •   Grading Scale – 1, 2, and 3 
          Progress Reports every 4 ½ weeks/ Report Cards every 9 weeks
              First Progress Reports shows Behavior Skills only
              Report Cards are standards based – Parents will receive a detailed explanation of the 3, 2, 
           1 grading system with the first report card in mid-October
       •   FRY Words – 50 in Kindergarten / 150 in First Grade
              Lists will come home to practice / Daily practice in class 
       •   STAR testing – Reading and Math Computer Tests
               5 times a year
       •   AR – Accelerated Reader – Students read library books on their
               reading level and take computer tests for points. Please ask your teacher for more 
               individualized details.
          Reading Curriculum
   • Wonders Reading Series  (30 Lessons)
           Weekly test (usually on Friday)
        Based on the College & Career Ready Standards (CCRS)
   • Spelling words & tests
          Classwork, homework and test (usually on Friday)
   • Weekly Newsletter
           Contains spelling pattern(s), vocabulary words, weekly story 
     titles and important classroom or school information
   • Reading textbook
            Two stories weekly / One “cold read” covered on Friday test