Hello-
Quite a few things going on here. Will update you as clearly as possible. Please let me know if you have questions.
First, this week is the end of the quarter. Please note the following:
1. All late/ missing work needs to be handed in by Thursday 11/4
2. Vocab Exam on lessons 1-4 is on Thursday 11/4 (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
3. Pink Reading Log sheet is due Thursday 11/4
4. Shelfari Book Report is due Thursday 11/4 **** If kids are finishing up a book, and they give me their pink sheet on time, showing that they reached their goal, they may have until 11/12/10 to finish the Shelfari report. I will give them full credit on it until that point. If I don't get it by that date, I will change their grade, which may impact their Quarter 1 grade retro-actively.
Next up is an issue relating to grades. My grade book had to be revamped. I have explained this to your kids and hopefully they can convey it to you. Essentially, my weighting system was not being applied to quarter 1. Grades are weighed the same across the department. Here is how it breaks down:
Formative Assessment (homework, in class writing, worksheets) = 40%
Formative Vocab Assessment (vocab quiz, vocab lessons) = 10%
Summative Assessment (end of unit exams, large essays, certain writing assessments) = 40%
Summative Vocab Exam= 10%
However, it was only today that I discovered that although I had set this up for Semester 1, it was not being applied to Quarter 1. I have changed the scale and thus grades have changed as well. The bad news is that they went both up and down depending on the student. The good news is that a) there are more assignments yet to be entered and that will help most grades go up and b) some assignments, like the reading contract, are carrying a lot of weight right now and will make a big difference when handed in. I am sorry for the oversight, but moving forward I am confident it will be helpful to kids grades.
Please let me know if you have questions!
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