Math Mates are given on Friday and are due the following Friday There are some problems that students may need to research in order to solve. After 4 Math Mate sheets, students are quizzed on the material.
GRADING PRACTICES:
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS COUNT AT 70% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE.
Summative Assessments – higher stakes learning tasks (eg: end of unit tests, final draft essays, projects, culminations) which are designed to measure whether or not students have mastered long-term learning targets or course standards once a unit of instruction is complete: Assessments of Learning.
INTERIM ASSESSMENTS COUNT AS 20% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE
Formative Assessment – a range of smaller stakes learning tasks (eg: teacher observations and journal entries) designed to give teachers and students a sense of where they are on their journey towards meeting short-term or long-term learning targets in the midst of an instructional unit. The results of formative assessments should help inform students and teachers what to do next in order for students to master the target: Assessments for Learning.
HABITS OF WORK COUNT AT 10% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE
TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE 5 P'S: PROMPT, POLITE, PREPARED, PERSEVERING, PRINCIPALED
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS COUNT AT 70% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE.
Summative Assessments – higher stakes learning tasks (eg: end of unit tests, final draft essays, projects, culminations) which are designed to measure whether or not students have mastered long-term learning targets or course standards once a unit of instruction is complete: Assessments of Learning.
INTERIM ASSESSMENTS COUNT AS 20% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE
Formative Assessment – a range of smaller stakes learning tasks (eg: teacher observations and journal entries) designed to give teachers and students a sense of where they are on their journey towards meeting short-term or long-term learning targets in the midst of an instructional unit. The results of formative assessments should help inform students and teachers what to do next in order for students to master the target: Assessments for Learning.
HABITS OF WORK COUNT AT 10% OF A STUDENT'S GRADE
TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE 5 P'S: PROMPT, POLITE, PREPARED, PERSEVERING, PRINCIPALED
MATH GAMES/LINKS:
RAGS TO RICHES-LCM GAME