Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Hope you guys had a fabulous long weekend!

First thing: TURN IN YOUR VOCAB MENU PROJECT BY 2:30PM TODAY! If you don't have it turned in by 2:30pm, you'll need to turn it in before February 4 with a late slip. Every day it's late, you're losing more points from your project grade, so don't wait too long. After February 4, it's a 0 and you will not be able to make it up.

All Classes: Turn in your chapter 5 questions in Google Classroom today.

Honors/STEM: You should have turned in your Rhetorical Speech Comparison activity (Old Major vs. MLK Jr vs. John Lennon) in Google Classroom last night. If you turned it in after 11:59pm last night, you need to complete a late slip in the drawer before I will accept it and grade it.

Today you will be watching a presentation by Mrs. Karls and the guidance department. If you missed class today, you'll want to check with a classmate or with Mrs. Karls directly to find out what was discussed and what is important to you for next school year.

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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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