Procedures Grading Percentages and Assignment types Formative 40

Procedures

Grading Percentages and Assignment types Formative 40% examples: quick checks, quizzes, other graded assignments n Summative 60%: n n Examples Unit Assessments, Major tasks/assignments

Units for First 9 weeks • Geography • Early Inhabitants • Settling Georgia • Revolution

Notebook: o Each student should have a 3 ring binder or a spiral with sections: n Bell Questions, n Unit Notes and Assignments, o A table of contents will be kept for each Unit and you will be responsible for completing and keeping each assignment in your Notebook

Notebooks: o Some Units will have an assessment that you will be able to use your notebook to complete. n Example question: o The United States Constitution is organized into different articles what is Article VI, known as and explain what it means. (E#2) o These quizzes will also help you review how much you have learned before the final unit assessment.

Bell Question n n Each day come in and do the “Bell Question. ” The bell question will either be a question or an activity. The question will be written on the board you are to write the DATE, and the QUESTION. You must ANSWER the question in the first few minutes of class. It is your responsibility to find the answer to the questions.

Bell Question (Cont. ) Bell Questions will be assessed. n Again make sure to WRITE the DATE n Example: Give the question and answer for the following date 8/4. n

Absent • If you are absent a day, make sure to check Ballew’s News and/or the notebook in the classroom for the day’s events and bell question. If there was a worksheet it will be in the crate under the appropriate Entry number.