130 minutes a day Three grades: Academic, Work/Study Habits,

Social/Behavioral Academic Grading Scale: A = 90-100% B+= 85-89% B = 80-84% C+= 75-79% C = 70-74% D+= 65-69% D = 60-64% F = 59-0%

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/

Reading Textbook Anthology-6 Units

Changes Excursions Across Time Accomplishments Challenges Discoveries Taking Action

40% of total LA grade Unit Test NeSA Practice Weekly Assessments Independent Reading

District requirementsDistrict requirements

4 main writing types—

Descriptive Essay Realistic Fiction Research Persuasive Essay

30% of total LA grade Process Writing Writing Post Prompt Grammar, usage, and

mechanics

Selected words from our anthology

Academic Words

Language questions on Unit Assessment (context clues)

Written Application Assessment (meaningful sentences)

Weekly Vocabulary Assessments

Vocabulary

10% of Language Arts Grade

Pre-Test on Day 1 Post-Test on Day 5

Students must independently study their spelling words

Weekly tests Homework

assignments

Listening Comprehension

Oral Presentation

Speaking and Listening Rubric

Oral Presentation Rubric

Informal Assessments

Counts for 20% of overall Language Arts grade.

May include homework or formative assessment.

Recorded assignments will vary by week at teacher’s discretion.

Listens

Follows oral and written directions

Is on task

Participates in class

Strives for quality work

Seeks help as necessary

Completes assignments on time

Is organized

Comes to class prepared

*Homework is often graded by students during class. It may not always be recorded in the grade

book.

Work/study habits are important predictors of achievement and are reported for each course.

Graded separately from the academic grade on the report card:

Commendable (COM)—always or consistently exhibits

Satisfactory (S)—usually exhibits

Needs Improvement (N)—work habits interfering with learning

Enter the classroom quietly and prepared

Follow directions

Begin work promptly/on task/work until done

Keep hands, feet, objects to yourself

Signal to speak

Use respectful language

Listen to others

Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible

7 Learning Community Expectations

Graded separately from the academic grade as a Commendable (COM), Satisfactory (S), or Needs Improvement (N).

need to have planner with them to earn the reward.

have the possibility of earning up to 12 stamps in a 3 week period of time.

need at least 9 of 12 stamps to earn the reward.

earn byBeing preparedBeing on timeHomework completed by due datePlanners filled in

Students will…

Teachers will…

randomly choose behaviors from the four categories to reward.

stamp in the planner on the calendar pages.

reward students who meet the 9 of 12 expectation with a 30 minute activity time at the end of the 3 week period.

tschrick@lps.org

Synergy-you may sign on at any time to see grades, missing assignments, tardies. . . However, it will not be

available the first two weeks of school to parents.

Teacher website will be updated regularly.

http://wp.lps.org/tschrick/home/

Aardvark dollars First in lunch line

passes Free dessert

coupons Aardvark store Green hallway

slips Excellence Award

Orange hallway slips

Hallway sweeps Recovery Timeout

Be Respectful. Be Responsible. Be Safe.