What Standards are used and how are scores calculated in Infinite Campus:
English I uses the Common Core English Language Arts Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/
We are a Standards-Based classroom, so all scores are tied to a standard. We also utilize Project-Based Learning for most of our units. Students work on presentations and research as a means of learning and demonstrating mastery of standards. All summatives are scored on the following scale E= Exceeds Mastery (A+), M= Mastery (A), AM=Approaching Mastery (B), PM=Partial Mastery (C), N= No Mastery (F). The traditional letter grade equivalent is listed in parenthesis next to the score. Grades are divided into the following cateoriges: Formative Practice (All Learning Standards listed and filled in based on formative checks) Does not count as a grade, Map Test Scores Does not count as a grade, Life Skills scores (indicators of behavior in class) Does not count as a grade, and Summative Assessment (All Standards listed and filled in based on final Summative Assessments) GRADE!
What does Class Look Like:
We complete a variety of activities daily in class. Everything is run through our GoogleClassroom page. Students have access to GoogleClassroom anywhere they have internet. All work is archived in students' GoogleDrive. There are copious resources under the "About" tab in Classroom, as well. Throughout a class period, students will work on vocabulary, read, work in small groups, discuss, write, question, and think critically. It is our mission to develop students who are college and career ready and equipped with 21st Century skills that will make me them ideal employees in a competitive job market.
What you can do to help your child be successful in my class:
1.) Ask what they’ve learned each day. They should be able to tell you the project we are working on!
2.) Go over vocabulary words each week.
3.) Discuss students’ college or career plans—a study published in The Atlantic says that talking to high school students about college and career is incredibly beneficial to a student’s success in the classroom.
4.) Sign up for Remind 101—Instructions attached!
5.) Encourage your student to attend school—good attendance is the single most important aspect of your student’s freshmen year—if you send them, I will teach them!
Commonly asked questions:
-What will students learn in your class? How to be better readers, writers, speakers, listeners, critical thinkers, and observers of the human condition
-What will you read? Any or all of the following: A variety of short stories, articles, essays, advertisements, visual texts, non-fiction texts, speeches by former and current politicians, Romeo and Juliet, and a variety of fictional texts.
-How can I stay “in the know” about this class? Please make sure I have your email address. You will receive monthly announcements from me detailing upcoming assignments, projects and other pertinent info.
-Do you have a syllabus? You can find the class syllabus at any time on our class website. Students have a hard copy in their binders, as well. The syllabus is under the “About” tab on the homepage of my class page.
-How is your class organized? We are using Project-Based Learning this year in my class in order for students to go into greater depth with and develop personal meaning of the Common Core Standards.
English I uses the Common Core English Language Arts Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/
We are a Standards-Based classroom, so all scores are tied to a standard. We also utilize Project-Based Learning for most of our units. Students work on presentations and research as a means of learning and demonstrating mastery of standards. All summatives are scored on the following scale E= Exceeds Mastery (A+), M= Mastery (A), AM=Approaching Mastery (B), PM=Partial Mastery (C), N= No Mastery (F). The traditional letter grade equivalent is listed in parenthesis next to the score. Grades are divided into the following cateoriges: Formative Practice (All Learning Standards listed and filled in based on formative checks) Does not count as a grade, Map Test Scores Does not count as a grade, Life Skills scores (indicators of behavior in class) Does not count as a grade, and Summative Assessment (All Standards listed and filled in based on final Summative Assessments) GRADE!
What does Class Look Like:
We complete a variety of activities daily in class. Everything is run through our GoogleClassroom page. Students have access to GoogleClassroom anywhere they have internet. All work is archived in students' GoogleDrive. There are copious resources under the "About" tab in Classroom, as well. Throughout a class period, students will work on vocabulary, read, work in small groups, discuss, write, question, and think critically. It is our mission to develop students who are college and career ready and equipped with 21st Century skills that will make me them ideal employees in a competitive job market.
What you can do to help your child be successful in my class:
1.) Ask what they’ve learned each day. They should be able to tell you the project we are working on!
2.) Go over vocabulary words each week.
3.) Discuss students’ college or career plans—a study published in The Atlantic says that talking to high school students about college and career is incredibly beneficial to a student’s success in the classroom.
4.) Sign up for Remind 101—Instructions attached!
5.) Encourage your student to attend school—good attendance is the single most important aspect of your student’s freshmen year—if you send them, I will teach them!
Commonly asked questions:
-What will students learn in your class? How to be better readers, writers, speakers, listeners, critical thinkers, and observers of the human condition
-What will you read? Any or all of the following: A variety of short stories, articles, essays, advertisements, visual texts, non-fiction texts, speeches by former and current politicians, Romeo and Juliet, and a variety of fictional texts.
-How can I stay “in the know” about this class? Please make sure I have your email address. You will receive monthly announcements from me detailing upcoming assignments, projects and other pertinent info.
-Do you have a syllabus? You can find the class syllabus at any time on our class website. Students have a hard copy in their binders, as well. The syllabus is under the “About” tab on the homepage of my class page.
-How is your class organized? We are using Project-Based Learning this year in my class in order for students to go into greater depth with and develop personal meaning of the Common Core Standards.