This page is intended to serve as a resource for you during the 2009-2010 school year. Please refer to it often, especially when you have questions about grades, homework, units of instruction, and long term projects.

Grading policies were be reviewed in class on September 1, 2009. Information was sent home with students on that date. Homework is worth 10% of the total grade; class work is worth 50%; assessments and projects are both worth 20% of the final grade. On occasion, mid-term reports might not include assessments and/or projects. When this happens, grades will be adjusted accordingly with the value of any missing category being added to the class work average. For example, if a grade report does not include a project grade, that 20% of the grade will be added to the class work grade.

WHAT'S IN MY GRADEBOOK? This section of the page will include an ongoing list of what should have been turned in for a grade. If an assignment in on the list below and you still have it in your binder (without a grade), you need to turn it in immmediately.

Unit information for the third quarter will be available by January 26.

You can expect Reading Calendar homework nearly every week. Vocabulary homework may also be included at times, but not every week - at least in the early part of the year. Homework will be checked at the end of each week, and you may decide when you can best complete the work according to your schedule. Remember, though, that homework such as your Reading Calendar is meant to be an ongoing reinforcement of your reading skills throughout the week rather that something you do at the last minute. Reading often (at least four days per week) is an excellent way to increase or maintain good vocabulary and reading fluency.