Monday, October 21, 2019

Welcome back from Fall Break! I hope everyone had a chance to relax a little and have some fun. Thank you guys for your patience with grading - things have been updated and everything has been put in if you haven't already checked it.

To start the new grading period, Mrs. Karls is going to come in and talk to you today about grades, your GPA, and setting SMART Goals for your academic success.

In preparation for that, please complete the following steps:

Go to PowerSchool and check your grade for N1. When you login, you will see that it's automatically going to show you your N2 grades. In the upper corner, where it says N2, click the dropdown arrow and select N1 instead. Remember your letter grade AND your percentage.
Go to this Google Form and answer the questions based on your N1 grade in PowerSchool
Put your laptop away and wait quietly

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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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