When Grades Are Not What You Expect

When Grades Are Not What You Expect…

1. Talk to your student before you contact me, please.

2. Check your student’s planner. (If there is no planner, that is the problem.)

3. Does your student use the planner to work out a plan for homework?

- Is it due tomorrow, later this week, next week, or later?

- Will he/she need materials purchased or prepared?

- Will it take extended time to complete?

* If there is no homework plan, that is probably the problem.

4. With your student, check my homework posted on RenWeb. (If a student claims not to know what an assignment is, paying attention may be the problem.)

5. If your student is organized and completing everything in a satisfactory manner, check the bottom of your student’s backpack or backpacks. (Get a folder for homework, watch him/her place all completed work in it, and check it in the afternoon to see if work has been submitted.)

• A "P" (Pending) means that the teacher HAS received the assignment but has not graded it yet. Do not be concerned about a PENDING grade. This is usually only for writing assignments.

• An "I" or "INC" (Incomplete) put in RenWeb by me means that I am trying to get YOUR ATTENTION to turn in an assignment that your student has not turned in an assignment, and that it must be turned in to me ASAP!

• A "O" (ZERO) means that the assignment/assessment has not been turned in by the student. It is long overdue. Occasionally, work is turned in without a name, but otherwise, it is NOT in my possession. I would not put a zero if I had not checked everything. Points WILL be taken off for late work.

• Other than quizzes*, work with zeroes may still be turned in but for partial credit at the teacher's discretion.

*Quizzes: Always announced; students have dates for reading and know what will be on the quiz. No make-up quizzes. Student must come to class prepared.

1. A " ___" (blank) means quizzes have not yet been graded.

2. An "A" means your student was absent.

3. A "O" (zero) means your student missed every single answer and is likely the only one in all my classes to score that poorly. The best remedy is to study harder for the next quiz.