Some parents have been asking about our new grading system here at Great Works. Along with a new report card comes a new grading system. Everyone at Great Works is now using a 4-1 scale for most assignments. Occasionally you might see a check (or check plus, check minus, etc) or a percentage, but I am working hard to start converting everything to the 4-1 scale. Here is a breakdown of the new 4-1 scale.
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Academic Grading System
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Exceeds (4)
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Proficient (3)
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Developing (2)
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Not Yet (1)
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The
student demonstrates in-depth understanding of basic and extended concepts
and skills. Performance is characterized by self-motivation and the ability
to apply the skills with consistent accuracy, independence, and high level of
quality.
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The
student demonstrates understanding of basic concepts and skills. Performance
is characterized by the ability to apply the skills with accuracy, quality,
and independence.
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The
student has moved beyond the beginning of understanding of basic concepts and
skills. Performance is characterized by the ability to apply skills with
increasing success.
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The
student is beginning to demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts and
skills.
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I have spent a lot of time in the classroom working with this rubric to help the students understand what their scores mean and how to earn them. A score of "3" means your students is exactly where I want them to be. "2" mean they are working on the skill or developing it, but are not quite proficient with the skill I am assessing. A "1" mean they are not yet understanding the skill and may need extra help, reviews or mini-lessons on the skill. A score of "4" is very hard to get. When a student gets a score of "4" they have showed me that they can go above and beyond what I am asking them to do. Here is a kid/parent friendly poster to help explain it.
Here's what we've been working on in other subjects.
In Math, we finished up Unit 2 this week. We took the assessment and worked on our Open Response answers. The Open Response questions are hard, critical thinking math questions that we need to practice answering! Then we began Unit 3: Geometry Explorations and the American Tour. I will be sending home the Family Letter for Unit 3 today, I'm sorry it's late!
In writing, we are working on revising our Personal Narrative Stories. We have Flash Drafted two drafts, learned how stories usually go (Rising Action, Problem, Conclusion) and added Thought-Shots to our drafts. We still have quite a bit of work to do on our drafts before we have a final draft.
In Reading last week and this week we studied the story, "Turquoise Horse" by Gerald Hausman. This is a story about a girl who has a vivid dream about a turquoise horse - a dream related to the holy people of her Navajo ancestry.
Our Social Studies presentations on European Explorers are almost done! We will finish up the final touches today and begin presentations on Monday. I will also be sharing presentations with you, using the email you have provided. You may have to sign-up for Google to view these presentations.
Next week is our first night of parent/teacher conferences. If you have a conference scheduled for Thursday, October 23rd, please be on time. My schedule is packed back to back that day, so we will all have to be on time! :)
Last, but not least, we attended a presentation by The Cromwell Center for Disability Awareness this morning. This was a great opportunity for our class. Be sure to ask your child about it!
Happy Friday!
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