•Students participate in an online vocabulary program weekly, which is Vocabulary.com. We work on this program on Fridays during language arts. Students are ONLY allowed to take the quizzes during class time. Their homework grade comes from their progress on the assigned list, so every student should be able to receive 100% on their weekly vocabulary score. (Some students might take more time than others, as if they continue to miss a word, it goes back into the pool or words until they prove mastery.) Students MAY work on the homework from any computer with the internet, and they may practice these words from home. If a student wants to re-practice a list and erase their progress to start from the beginning again, it will NOT erase their grade progress. (Students can't make their grade worse if they chose to do additional practice.)
•In literature, Mondays and Wednesdays are set aside for Reading Workshop. Therefore, homework assigned on Tuesday is due Thursday. Homework assigned Friday is due Tuesday. I encourage students to work on homework the night it is assigned, but I allow the extra time because I know how busy schedules become.
• Each student should always have a novel to read for Reading Workshop/Accelerated Reader. Students should always be reading, even after they have their grade points for the nine weeks.