Keep your students’ parents and guardians informed of how their children are doing in your class with these weekly progress and behavior update forms. In English and Spanish, with both digital and print versions, these progress monitoring tracker forms are quick and easy to fill out.

Resource at a Glance:

★ What will students learn?

* How they did in your class each week in the areas of academic performance, behavior, attitude towards learning, and any other area you wish to comment on.

★ Who is it for?

* Parents and guardians (all caregivers) of all middle school students as well as students themselves.

★ How does it help teachers?

* When used on a weekly basis, the info on these progress monitoring forms provides a picture over time of your students’ academic progress and responsibility for learning in your class and allows you to see any patterns that need to be addressed or reasons for praise.

* Students see how they are doing in your class and helps keep them accountable for their learning by telling them if they need to make up work.

* It helps keep your students’ caregivers involved in their children’s education by creating a productive partnership between you and students' parents and guardians so when report cards come out, they are not surprised by any low grades or hearing about a behavior issue for the first time.

* By sending home these weekly progress tracking forms, you’re showing parents and guardians that you care about their children, which helps families trust you more if a problem ever arises in class or in the home that the caregivers or you need to know about.

* The forms are low prep — just make a copy of either the print or digital form for each student, then it's easy to quickly fill out the form.

What educators who have used this resource say about it:

♥ "Thank you for your thoughtful, age-appropriate ways to assess overall progress!" -- Jody K.

♥ "I needed something like this so badly. Glad I found your product." -- Lindsay G.

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What you get in this product:

In the PDF file:

★ Cover page (1 page)

★ A list of materials in the PDF file and in the Google Drive™ resource (1 page)

★ A "Notes to the Teacher" page with background information (1 page)

★ Instructions on how to access the online forms (1 page)

★ A weekly progress update form in English (1 page)

★ A weekly progress update form in Spanish (1 page)

★ Copyright, related products, and social media information (1 page)

In the Google Drive™ materials:

★ Cover page (1 slide)

★ A weekly progress update form in English (1 slide)

★ A weekly progress update form in Spanish (1 slide)

More Info:

Use these weekly progress report forms to monitor and track academic progress as well as changes in attitude and behavior. The forms can be used in schools using traditional letter grades and in schools using a standards-based assessment system.

You can use them at conferences with caregivers to show the progress their kids are making in academic and behavioral areas. Just save the forms with other student work to create a portfolio that both the adults and students will appreciate.

Sending these progress update forms home every week also lets caregivers and students see how they are doing in class between report cards and lets them know if they need to make up any missed assignments.

How to use the weekly progress forms:

* For each of the 5 items, circle the appropriate description; you can also write a comment underneath if you wish.

* Add a general comment in the space provided — writing something positive helps foster a positive relationship with your students’ families.

* Send them home on Friday for parents/guardians to look at and sign; there’s space for parents to write a comment, too, if they wish.

* Students bring them back to class on Monday and give them to you or or parents/caregivers email them to you by Monday.

* Save the forms in a binder or folder to show progress over the school year.

These weekly progress update forms are simple to fill out, with short sections addressing:

* Overall Performance

* Quality of Classwork

* Homework

* Behavior

* Attitude

When used on a regular basis, these progress monitoring forms can help with classroom management: Recording an on-going behavior issue on the forms helps you document the problem so you can discuss it with your student’s family.

It takes only a couple minutes to complete a form for each student. Your students' parents and guardians will thank you -- mine did!

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