How Grading Works
Grades in Mrs. Harris' Class are Weighted
Points are put into the gradebook. You'll see letter grades there too, but grades are weighted. That means certain assignments carry more weight in the overall grade of the course. See below for the weighting.
7th ELA
30% Writing
25% Projects & Performances
20% Summatives (tests & bigger quizzes)
15% Formatives (daily work & small quizzes)
10% AR (this is policy for 6-12)
USD 268 Grading Scale
90 - 100 A
80 - 89 B
70 - 79 C
60 - 69 D
59 F
how the teacher uses features in Power School to communicate with parents & students
7th ELA
Beware that items make look different on a cell phone vs. a computer or laptop.
When looking in PowerSchool, click on the percent for the course. All the assignments that make-up that score will appear.
For Mrs. Harris’ classes, the most recent assignments are listed first. For symbols, consult the legend at the bottom where PowerSchool explains what the symbols signify.
For each assignment, the teacher provides a description. Click on the word VIEW on the far right to see that ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION.
If a SCORE COMMENT pops up first, that’s a personal note left by the teacher about the student’s performance on that assignment. The ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION is next to it.
Within that ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION, sometimes the teacher has provided a link to the digital copy of it on the teacher’s webpage. This is not the student’s work; it is the handout given to the student.
For 7th ELA, students keep graded work in their ELA pocket folder, in their personal file folders in the classroom, or in our GDrive shared folder.