tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719663751933579109.post3629971249188120832..comments2024-03-29T02:13:13.934-07:00Comments on I Love My Classroom: Progress Reports (Already)Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147574424558973052noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719663751933579109.post-38416809039576194802013-09-20T19:19:32.013-07:002013-09-20T19:19:32.013-07:00In my district we don't give actual number gra...In my district we don't give actual number grades until 6th grade! We start giving letter grades in 3rd grade, but they aren't based on averages or points accrued or anything. We're supposed to use a performance rubric to grade them. It can get really dicey and hard to explain to a parent why their child got a B instead of an A when we can't give an average or list of points attained to back up anything!<br /><br />The amount of actual content a chid has learned doesn't play into their grade at all. It's more about the effort, desire to learn, and growth... which is a slippery slope and a theory of grading that I don't support 100%.<br /><br />I still give my kids number grades based on rubrics for some assignments (reading response journals weekly, research projects in SS and Science) because I think they need the exposure before it hits them in the face in 6th grade...but the numbers aren't supposed to play into our grading really.<br /><br />I sometimes miss the black and white days...<br /><br />-Nick<br /><a href="http://sweetrhyme-purereason.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sweet Rhyme – Pure Reason </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5668407/?claim=nf9fpvj9be9" rel="nofollow">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Nick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196172452046126841noreply@blogger.com