Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

I apologize for being out today. I had an emergency come up (yes everyone is okay!) this morning; I had no intention of being out today at all. However, I expect nothing but the absolute BEST behavior while I am out.

Your class may be in the library today, or it may be in our classroom with a sub. Either way, you have work to do on the computer. This should be the ONLY thing you are doing in class today - absolutely no games, music, videos, or other websites. Doing any of those (or sleeping) will be given a referral and I will be contacting home. For some of you, that may ruin your eligibility to go on the field trip, participate in homecoming or sports, etc.

Today, you need to log in to IXL through ClassLink (click those words to open ClassLink). You will then login to IXL by clicking the app that looks like this:

Once logged in, you will see in the upper right corner a link that says "Teacher Suggested Skills." Click on this and you will see that I have assigned you 5 different ELA skills to work on; you may also see some math skills your math teacher has assigned. You should choose one of those skills and begin to work your way through it. If you finish, move on to the next skill. To work through all 5 skills, it should take you the entire class period. If you finish early, go to your diagnostic page and clock "recommended skills" to work on those. You should not be doing anything outside of IXL at any point during the class period. No exceptions.

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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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