Grades posted weekly in Skyward: https://www.pfisd.net/skyward

Major Grades: Students will have the opportunity to retest major grades, with completion of reteach and test corrections, up to an 80.

Minor Grades: Students will have the opportunity to retest minor grades, with completion of redo work, up to a 70.

Prerequisite work should be completed within 3 days of the date the student received the original grade.

Retest Request Form

https://forms.gle/DKNGmr6PnuGrRB3q8

• Up to 20 pts. may be deducted.

• Students have 5 days past the initial due date to complete work for credit.

• Late work will be entered as “0/Missing” in the grade book until it is regraded.

Late/Missing Assignment Form

https://forms.gle/DKNGmr6PnuGrRB3q8

• It is the responsibility of the student to check for missed work immediately upon returning to school.

• Students have three days to make-up missed work for absences without any penalties. After the third day, any missing assignments will be considered late and will be graded according to the policy.

• Missing work will be entered as “0/Missing” in the grade book until the assignment is received and graded.

• Any classwork that is not finished becomes homework.

• Homework may be assigned by the teacher to be completed by a certain date. Metacognition Reading Logs might need to be done at home if student is not utilizing opportunities provided during the school day.

• Homework help will be available M - F from 7:45 - 8:15 AM or by appointment.

• Knight Lab is available in the mornings from 7:45 - 8:15 AM in the library.

Academic dishonesty will NOT be tolerated under any circumstances. Cheating, copying, or plagiarism of any form will result in the following consequences:

• failure of the assignment

• disciplinary referral

• parent contact

Please be aware that doing any of the following will result in disciplinary action:

1. Continuously disrupting the class/use of inappropriate language

2. Cheating on an assessment or quiz

3. Horseplay of any nature, including with friends

4. Actions that violate the Student Handbook and Student Code of Conduct (https://www.pfisd.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1239)

We will be reading daily. Each student should bring a book to class every day. We visit the library every 2 weeks.

We will begin working on Metacognition Reading Journals, which will count for major grades throughout the year. Students will have time in class and Catapult, but may need to work on it as home.

• The Outsiders

• The Giver

• Hidden Figures

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

• We Beat The Street

• Lions of Little Rock

• We will be continuing to write in different genres this year, including personal narrative and persuasive pieces.

• There will be a focus on grammar and editing.

In 7th grade students take State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in Writing, Reading, and Math.

• STAAR Writing 2020-2021 (Tuesday, April 6)

• STAAR Reading 2020-2021 (Wednesday, May 12)

https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/testing/staar/staar-resources