NWEA MAP Data Progress Trackers with a Freebie!

Does your school district use NWEA MAP assessments to track student progress? Do you need a way to organize all your data by class? I've been tweaking this product for the last two years to show my student's growth with my administrators, co-teachers, and students' parents.

I like using the class tracker sheets and I highlight the student's scores to see if they performed below, at, or above grade level based on the Student Status Norms from the NWEA MAP website. Also, I put the grade level norms on the top under Fall scores, Winter scores, and Spring scores so I know what the target grade level score is for the trimester. These scores are very important to track because it is part of our teacher evaluations. Here's a closer look on what I do with the class set for the reading and math assessments.

 

 For individual students, I like to give my 4th graders their own MAP progress sheets that they have to track on their own. There is a section on the bottom where they fill out their goals and write their actual scores. On the bar graph, I mark the NORM so they can visually see if they are on grade level.

I print out the parent letter form from the NWEA MAP website but it can be very confusing for many parents to understand all the graphs on that form so I made this supplement form to go with them so parents can see if their child is below, at, or above grade level. I also included the next steps on what their child will do at home and at school to improve their next scores.

I like to give pretty binder covers for my students and also my own teacher data binders so I included them in the product.

Check out this product! It has all the data progress sheets for grades Kindergarten - 11th grade.

Each grade level includes:

• Student data binder cover page
• Student NWEA MAP progress sheet with AT-Level RIT scores marked on bar graphs for each subject. 
• Parent guide: What My NWEA MAP Score Means & next steps 
• Class data trackers with numbered (1-25) and blank rows
• Class data binder covers with school years (2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022)

Click on the pictures to check this out at my TpT store or click here!

If you read all the way down to here, I have a NWEA MAP freebie for you! In my district we have to post how our kids are doing with the reading and math tests each trimester. No student names are attached to the data but it shows where most kids are performing at each trimester. I use it as a reflection tool and talking point with my kids. Click on the picture to download it for free!

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It's Summer and I'm Back to Blogging!

It's been TOO MANY YEARS since I've last opened up my blog. I've been very neglectful since I got engaged back in 2014! 😳 Well, I'm back and I hope to do a future post of what has been with me in the last four years.

When it comes to summer, this is when I get a lot of my pleasure reading done! I try to mix up the genres I read. But I find myself falling back to YA novels. They are just too good to not read! Also, when I read upper elementary and middle school books, it helps me prepare for book clubs in the fall. Anyone else do this too or is it just me?

I'm hoping to do "Book Highlights" on incredible books I can find online or at your local bookstores. As a person of color, I like to look for protagonists who reflect my students.

So let's hop to it and let me show you my first Book Highlight!

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Drama

By: Raina Telgemeier

If you like the gravel novel book, Smile, then you will love her newer book, Drama!

My 4th graders, especially the girls, love reading Raina Telgemeier's Smile books! They always beg be to buy more copies or ask when so-and-so is done with it. The kids cannot get their hands off of these books! So when I was online shopping on Scholastic Book Clubs, I came across Raina's other popular books and Drama stood out to me. And I knew I had to buy a copy for my class.

Drama is a charming graphic novel centered around a middle schooler named Callie. A great aspect of this book is its diverse portrayal of characters. There are several POC (people of color) as well as LGBT characters, some of which are already out and some of which are still figuring things out being doing so-- and this is the only aspect of the story where there is no drama whatsoever and it's all presented very positively! This is a quick and easy read that ALL kids should read! It's a female-positive story; however, I don't like pointing out that the protagonist of this story is STILL a white, middle class, cisgender character and everyone else are secondary characters in the main character's drama.

If you like the gravel novel book, Smile, then you will love her newer book, Drama!

I hope you can add this book to your classroom library if you haven't already! Click on the book above to buy online! It is a must read and this would be a great back-to-school read for your students in the fall!

Happy Summer Reading!!