Grading Policy

Grading:

Grading in this class will be broken down as follows:

Homework/Warm-ups/Fluency: (weighted as 10% of total average)

• Homework, warm-ups and fluency skills will be graded for effort not accuracy. The goal of these assignments is growth not perfection. Students should spend NO MORE THAN 20 minutes outside of the school day on homework. If a student is struggling please email me.

  • Students will be graded on a 0, 1, or 2 point scale

2 = assignment is completed with obvious effort and all computations/work is shown.  Any questions involving explanations are written in complete sentences

1 = assignment was not completed entirely/little work was shown

0 = assignment was (nearly) blank when checked

• I reserve the right to collect homework at any time as proof of student work.

Classwork: (Weighted as 45% of total average) 

Any assignment listed under the Classwork section on Parent Portal may be corrected at any time during the current marking period up to a 100%. Classwork will vary, but will always include assignments where significant teacher supported time was given during class to complete. This may include but is not limited to topic practice worksheets, online IXL Skills and Exit Tickets.

• IXL

  • IXL weekly skills: SmartScore of   0-25 =    0/4

           26-40 =  1/4

            41-60 =  2/4

           61-79 =  3/4

            80+ =     4/4

• IXL “quizzes”: students will get the accuracy grade presented to them after the problem set is submitted (X/10 points). 

  • Please note that IXL labels these problem sets as a quiz but it will not be recorded as such in my grade book. 

• Exit Tickets: Are short check-in assignments covering current content and graded for accuracy. 

Tests & Quizzes: (weighted as 45% of total average)

There will not be corrections offered on tests and quizzes but retakes (using an alternative assessment) will be offered.

• Quizzes: Students should expect a quiz at the end of each Topic. 

• Tests: Are typically given 2-3 times a marking period.

• There will be a few times throughout the year that project based learning is used in place of a standard assessment. When this happens students will be informed that the project grade will fall under the Tests & Quizzes category in the gradebook.

Grade Reporting: Students should expect a printed paper grade report from me after each quiz or test.  Grades can also be made available at any time by signing up for ParentPortal or upon request via email at jaccordino@svcsd.org.