Grade_Reflection Fall/Back To School

GradeReflection

Fall/Back to School

REAL NAMES

Not a race!

No Leaderboard This Time :)

Grow-Hope-Try!

In Amanda Gorman's poem The Hill We Climb she encourages us to hope, grow, and try in the face of challenges.

Open Ended

How does hoping, growing, and trying apply to you right now OR in the future?

Think about the challenges of schoolwork and or even life right now during this time in our history.

Poll

👍 What topics or activities did you enjoy the most? 👍

You may choose more than one.

• CNN10

  On the Road

  Rumor Guard

  🖥️🗞️

• News & Media Lit
  (Spotting the Fake)

  + Checkology🗞️🔍

• Sketchnoting✍️

  Warm-ups

  Timelines

  Notes

• Physical Geography

  (Earth's natural features and processes)

• Human Geography

  (how people live, work, and change the world around them)

Grading Overview

• We do lessons together!

• I Do - You Do - Check​ w/others - We Review

• Can you edit?? YES, YOU CAN!​

• Graded on reasonable best effort.

• We reviewed expectations, links/assignments shared multiple times, participation encouraged frequently.

• Make-up were posted (and sometimes reposted).

• Make-up work days provided in multiple classes.

• Lesson audio and video clips often included.

• Some assignments dropped.

​Sample

Poll

Google Classroom

"To Do" or "Missing"

(especially if you were gone...)

BE HONEST!

• I used it to stay up to date and make-up work.

• I didn't have anything missing so I didn't need it.

• I had some missing work but didn't use it.

• I made up a little, but should have done more.

Grade Comments -
Whether written on paper, in Google Classroom, or PowerSchool -

Are you paying attention and using them to your advantage to improve?

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Poll

Based on this feedback in the assignment comments - what do you think was the major reason for some people to have a lower grade then expected?

• Students were here, but stopped participating or submitting work.

• Students were absent but made everything up.

• Students tried everything and finished everything.

• There was no pattern to issues.

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​Grades are MATH,
not MAGIC

Open your SS Grade in PowerSchool to last marking period.

Look for areas of success and maybe also improvement.



Note: No audio -
Teacher Talk Over for Hour by Hour Differences

Poll

What was your overall grade for SS?

• A :

  90-100%

• B :

  80-89%

• C :

  70-79%

• D :

  60-69%

• F :

  59% and below

Open Ended

What assignments for SS did you have the best grade in?

If a good grade in all, which did you feel the most confidence in?

Poll

What will you specifically do to maintain or improve your best grade?

If you have all good scores - what will you keep doing?

• Complete work IN-CLASS while it is easy to get the points.

• Keep myself on task.

  Follow directions.

• Trying my best on EVERY question – no blanks. And, ask questions.

• Make-up missing work.

• Ignore distractions & drama.

Open Ended

What assignments did you have the worst grade in for SS?

If a good grade in all, which did you feel the least confidence in?

Poll

What will you specifically do to improve your worst grade?

If you have all good scores - what will you keep doing?

• Complete work IN-CLASS while it is easy to get the points.

• Keep myself on task.

  Follow directions.

• Trying my best on EVERY question – no blanks. And, ask questions.

• Make-up missing work.

• Ignore distractions & drama.

Poll

I would HONESTLY rank my overall behavior.

✅ Listening

✅ Pencil & Chromebook

✅ Talking on Topic

✅ Less Playing

✅ On Task

✅ Respectful communication

✅ No Karens - Best Effort

• 1 (not very good)

• 2

• 3 (ok)

• 4

• 5 (always very good)

Poll

I would HONESTLY rank my overall FOCUS:

(good habits of work and learning during class and on your own)

• 1 (not very good)

• 2

• 3 (ok)

• 4

• 5 (always very good)

Poll

Select 3 overall goals for this new marking period specific to YOU. Be honest.

• Maintain or show improvement daily assignments in class.

  Use class-time wisely!

• Listen and participate well in class.

  Fix answers.

• Have fewer tardies and/or absences.

• Maintain or show improvement by making-up work.

• Take more ownership for my actions and grades.

  More "best effort."

Poll

What support would help at home? Check all that apply.

• More quiet time or quiet space for class and work-time.

• View my grades with me on PowerSchool.

• Checking in with me about progress online. Viewing Google Classroom with me.

• Encouraging me and using supportive words.

• Being on time to school with fewer absences.

Open Ended

How do you see your success next marking period?

What does it look like and sound like to you as we finish out the year?