Daily grades include Daily Assignments, Weekly Engagement Grades & Participation Grades.
Weekly Personal Engagement grades are given each week for dressing out and being able to be fully engaged in movement each day. Students are given a 100 for the week and lose points based on not having their dance attire and/or not displaying dance professionalism by having their hair pulled back.
not having a PRMS Dance shirt (or another APPROVED t-shirt) = -5 points/day
not having black dance pants = -5 points/day
not having black socks or black jazz shoes = -5 points/day
not pulling hair back = -5 points/day
Major Grades include Unit Quizzes, Performances, Major Projects, Movement Evaluations and Breakin' It Down Daily Journal
Movement Evaluations are evaluations of dance combinations learned in class. Students will perform in small groups and be evaluated based on individual progress during the learning of each dance combination.
Breakin' It Down Daily Journal is completed daily in class to review previous learning, celebrate student's individual successes and to set a personal goal for the upcoming lesson. Journals are graded every 3 weeks based on the following scale:
15 entries x 6 points each = 90 total points
Complete sentences x 5 points = 5 total points
Numbered Correctly x 5 points = 5 total points
Total grade = 100