Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Today you're going to be finishing up the notes from yesterday.

Important info about IXL: You've been assigned 6 new skills in IXL. You can find them assigned in the IXL program, and you can see a list with info about grading and due dates posted in the IXL Skills tab at the top of the blog. It's your responsibility to locate these skills and work on them on your own between now and the end of February when I take them for a grade. However, you are NOT to work on them during class time unless instructed to - this is work to be done outside of class only.

If you were absent yesterday:

Check the blog post from yesterday for important information
Get a blank copy of the notes from the sub
This evening, check Google Classroom for the notes you missed from yesterday

If you were here yesterday, get out the notes you started taking; we will be finishing those notes today. Go ahead and put your laptop away for now.

Once you're done taking notes today, you'll need to click here to complete the Nearpod activity. However, if you try to complete this before finishing the notes, it's going to be a lot harder to work through the Nearpod.

All classes: For homework tonight, there is a CommonLit article posted in Google Classroom. This is due tomorrow.

Honors/STEM only: You have an extended response sheet that the sub will give you. Please complete this before coming to class tomorrow. It will be due to the drawer at the start of class on Thursday.

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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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