Language Arts Grading
Reading:
Currently we are
in the process of adding grades to the online grade book where you have access
using your pass code sent home in your beginning of the year packet from
the office. This will allow you to stay in the loop with your child's
performance in the classroom. Your child's Reading grades are set up into
a weighted average of the following categories:
1. Summatives
(tests) - 60%
2. Mini-Summatives
(quizzes) - 30%
3. Skill Review
Activities - 10%
During each
quarter your child will have 1 larger Summative assessment at the end of the
quarter encompassing all taught information, 2 mini- summative
assessments that encompass 3-4 standards, and multiple ongoing skill
review activities to check on student learning. Our mini summatives
(quizzes) and skill review activities are an opportunity for us to
provide reteaching and remediation should your child score below a 70% on
the activity. After remediation is complete, your child will have an
opportunity to retake the quiz and score up to a 70%. These shorter quizzes
along the way help students build the skills to accomplish the larger
assessment towards the end of the quarter. The end of the quarter assessment
can not be retaken, however we will provide remediation on the skills if it is
needed.
Writing Grades:
Your child will be receiving 3-4 writing rubric scores during each quarter. We
will be using a 4 point rubric on the 3 forms of writing- Opinion, Narrative,
and Informational. Your child's final grade will be an average of these scores.
Word Study Grades:
Your child's Word
Study grade is also a weighted average of 2 categories.
1. Word Study and
Phonics- 50%
2. Language and
Grammar - 50%
These grades will
encompass spelling assessments, phonics lessons and activities, grammar skills
and assessments and Language Mechanics skills and assessments.
Math Grading
As we approach the
midpoint of the grading period you will begin seeing grades in PIV (parent
internet viewer). Your child's math grade will be a weighted average of
these three categories:
1. Summatives
(tests) - 60%
2. Mini-Summatives
(quizzes) - 30%
3. Skill Review
Activities - 10%
During each
grading period there will be at least one summative assessment, several mini-
summative assessments and several skill review activities. Our
mini-summatives will almost always be worth ten points. Students who
score below 7 out of 10 will receive remediation (re-teaching) and be given an
opportunity to retake the quiz. They can increase their quiz grade up to
70% (7 out of 10).
