Thursday, August 22, 2019

Today, we will be continuing our work from yesterday:

General - Please open the Guided Reading Questions and "Most Dangerous Game, pt2" documents in Google Classroom. If you don't have a laptop yet, please get out the sheet of paper with the questions you wrote down yesterday. Everyone should have questions 1-6 completed for class today. Read through the notes we took yesterday to refresh your memory. Check your tab for any homework.

Honors - Please open up MDG pt.2 and pt.3, posted in Google Classroom. If you do not have a computer, please get a copy of the text from Mrs. Keith's shelf by the tech cart. Everyone will need their questions from yesterday (1-11 should be answered at this point).

STEM - You will be continuing your station activity from yesterday. Please check below to see what activity your color group will be working on today. You will need your laptop, your binder notebook, and headphones (headphones for Red Group only).

Red Group - EdPuzzle
White Group - Nearpod
Blue Group - Paper annotations

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Gradebook Explained

My grade book is on Power School for you to view. There are some things you need to know.

If you have a blank score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros appear after an assignment is due. If it is an assignment that they can still turn in late, the grade will also be noted as “missing” with an orange symbol. Students have 1 week from the original due date to turn in the work late; however, they are losing points from their grade on the assignment for every day it’s late.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. Please understand that I have a family and a life outside of school, and roughly 165 student assignments to grade, so sometimes grading takes longer for larger assignments/projects. Please be patient in waiting for these grades to be entered.

Student grades are based on meeting grade-level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is rarely extra credit offered, and typically is only offered to students who have done the original assigned work – you must show you can do the minimum in order to receive a chance to go above and beyond (extra credit).

Speaking and Listening points are your daily participation points for a total of 10 points per week; this totals around 100 points for each grading period. This can make-or-break your grade, so participating in class activities and discussion, staying awake, and actively working on-task are encouraged to earn these points every day.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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