Grading Policies
General Grading Policies
Grades are updated often on Aeries. Please check regularly to see the most up-to-date grade for your student.
(use your child's username and password)Unless otherwise noted in class or on Google Classroom, homework is due the following day at the beginning of the class period.
Please note, on-time work is graded first. Late or missing work is graded after all current assignments are in the gradebook. In order for late work to receive a grade, students will need to notify Mr. Laffin, via email, that the assignment has been submitted online (this goes for work wanting a rescore as well).
There is no deduction of points on late work. However, the score will be marked as "missing" (carrying a score of zero) until it is submitted.
All work (specifically, late work and rescore requests) must be submitted with an emailed request to score by the Friday before the end of the quarter in which is was assigned.
Sometimes, students SWEAR they've turned an assignment in, yet it's a zero on Aeries. The quickest way to combat this is to have them show you by clicking the assignment open on Google Classroom.
It's really easy to mark an assignment as "turned in" without actually completing the work. Checking it regularly helps solve this problem.
The problem may be as simple as the assignment was turned in after I originally scored it. NO BIG DEAL! Have your child email me and I'll take a look at the assignment and update the score.
Grading SCALE
***MOST*** assignments can be revised for a higher score.
The student is responsible for emailing Mr. Laffin to request a rescore after revisions have been made from the feedback provided.
What the letter grades indicate:
A: Student is able to show their understanding of the concepts clearly and well; work is complete. Mostly/all "above standard" scores (4/4) on the rubrics throughout the year will get your child here.
B: Student mostly understands the concepts and is able to show their knowledge clearly; work is mostly complete. Mostly/all "at standard" (3/4) scores on the rubrics throughout the year will get your child here.
C: Student understands some of the concepts; work is missing some detail/elaboration; minimal work may be incomplete or missing. A mix of "at standard" (3/4) and "approaching standard" (2/4) scores on the rubrics throughout the year will get your child here.
D: Student shows little understanding of the concepts; work is missing a lot of detail/elaboration; work is largely incomplete. Mostly/all "below standard" scores on the rubrics throughout the year will get your child here.
F: Student does not understand the concepts or is unable to accurately show their understanding; work has minimal detail or elaboration. A mix of "below standard" scores on the rubrics and zeros throughout the year will get your child here.
0: a score of "0" (zero) means that the work was off-topic or not done/not submitted at all.
Gradebook Categories
Assignments in the gradebook are weighted. This means that each assignment will fall into a category that carries a specific weight in the overall gradebook. All assignments within that category add up to equal a maximum of that category's weight in the final grade.
Assignments in class will fall into one of three weighted categories:
Practice (20% of the total class grade)- this is the daily work we do in class (quickwrites in the Writer's Notebook, word parts, and EdPuzzles). These assignments help students hone their understanding of skills by working with them in a low-risk way.
Reading & Thought Logs (20% of the total class grade)- The work in this category is preparation for Literacy Club (book club) discussions. This work is done over the course of two class periods and is due before the discussion.
Because Thought Logs are preparation for the discussion and we spend a great deal of time working on them in class, all scores on Aeries are final; these assignments are not eligible for rescores or regrades.
Summative Assessments (60% of the total class grade)- these assignments are where students "show what they know" after we've learned new concepts and practiced them. These assignments are done over the course of two class periods, minimum.