I have at least 4-5 different classroom 'events' that I need to blog about. Keep checking back- my goal is to do at LEAST one by Sunday! If only I could blog while driving- I'd have everything up-to-date all the time!
I do want to address a few issues in our classroom.
The biggest issue by far is missing work! I have never had as many missing assignments as I currently do. PLEASE check your child's agenda daily- I make note of missing assignments. The only exception to that is if they are missing their Reading Log.
Currently, we have:
41 missing assignments in Math
22 missing assignments in Language Arts
63 missing assignments in Reading (most are reading logs)
4 missing assignments in Social Studies
16 missing assignments in Science
I would say roughly 20% of that is make-up work that I never received. I just don't understand the other 80%. Except in extremely rare cases, the kids work on all of their assignments in class. So I know they have part of it done! Yet they never turn in the partial assignments. A partial assignment is better than no assignment!!!
So, I am BEGGING- please, please, please help me by checking your child's agenda for notes and making sure the work gets turned in! Out of 135 grades (5 grades x 27 kiddos), only 5 are F's with no missing assignments. And they are all in the 67-69 range which means they are so close! That is pretty typical compared to previous years for me. The problem I am currently having is the fact that I have a number of students who are failing due to missing work. Which is why I am asking for your help!
Another thing regarding progress reports/grades- Per the Rowan-Salisbury School System's policy, grades are weighted. 55% is classwork, 10% is homework, and 35% are assessments/projects. This means that a bad test can pretty much kill their grade. Right now, I have only given 1 test in reading, 1 in math, and 2 in science. I hate that 35% of their grade is based on ONE test. As a solution, I am going to work in more quizzes. I'm hoping this will take the pressure off of the cumulative unit tests, and it will also be a more accurate reflection of their ability.
Coming up:
Math- fractions, fractions, and more fractions!
Science- the transfer of heat
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