I'm wondering how middle school teachers give a grade (report card) for reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing, and English grammar. Do you have just one grade for Language Arts? Or do you give a separate grade for reading, spelling, etc.?
I need to be aware of what is being taught in L5 reading for all three grade levels so I can supplement with writing and grammar, spelling and communication skills. That gets a little complicated since all three LA curriculums deal with different levels, plus I need to fill in the blanks of all of the lessons that these ESL students didn't learn in 5th grade since they were in pull-out programs back then and that usually happened during LA time.
MelissaOne for reading and one for English On 6/29/11, Patti O'Connell wrote: > I'm wondering how middle school teachers give a grade > (report card) for reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing, > and English grammar. Do you have just one grade for > Language Arts? Or do you give a separate grade for reading, > spelling, etc.?
On 6/29/11, hsteach wrote: > Is anyone successfully using this process of giving student > friendly learning objectives with a self assessemnt > component? I can see the value but cannot see how to > communicate these. I do use (in high school) objectives I > have very intentionally worded to cover each unit > requirement, but I admit that students do not use these > much. Targeted learning objectives tend to be even more > specific and ideally have the assessemnt component too > (such as a 1 to 4 scale). I envision that these would need > to be done daily, or even more frequent on a 4 X 4 block.
On 6/29/11, wig wrote: > My unit plans are the most detailed. I pull out what I need > from the unit plan on a weekly basis. Before I go home I > update my plans for the next day and make certain I have all > of the materials ready to go. IF for some reason I am not > in the next day, a sub could follow what I have because we > are blessed with super subs - all of whom have degrees in > education. However, if my absence is a planned one, I > usually revise my plans for the sub to make it easier.
On 6/29/11, judy5ca wrote: > Wig, do you have unit plans for every subject? Are they units > you've written yourself? > Judy > > > On 6/29/11, wig wrote: >> My unit plans are the most detailed. I pull out what I need >> from the unit plan on a weekly basis. Before I go home I >> update my plans for the next day and make certain I have all >> of the materials ready to go. IF for some reason I am not >> in the next day, a sub could follow what I have because we >> are blessed with super subs - all of whom have degrees in >> education. However, if my absence is a planned one, I >> usually revise my plans for the sub to make it easier.
Its very...See MoreSince we are required to use the basal series and the math series...we have one person each week responsible to "plug in" the required components.
Then its sent out to everyone and they can personalize it if they are doing something different....but all the required things like benchmarks and standards are already there.
Its very nice to not have to invent the wheel every week.
At first I didn't think I'd like doing this, but we've done it this way for a few years and it has worked out well.
On 6/29/11, Tallytchr wrote: > Since we are required to use the basal series and the math > series...we have one person each week responsible to "plug > in" the required components. > > Then its sent out to everyone and they can personalize it > if they are doing something different....but all the > required things like benchmarks and standards are already > there. > > Its very nice to not have to invent the wheel every week. > > At first I didn't think I'd like doing this, but we've done > it this way for a few years and it has worked out well. >
I'm working through a series of new features and functions for our lesson plans. Stand by for announcements (and unannounced roll-outs) as we introduce improvements to this collection.
I think one of the most important statements made is that you have super substitute. We have subs and many are in science education but usually a day missed is a day to be made up later.
On 6/29/11, Catherine Douthard wrote: > I have to submit lesson plans on a weekly basis to admin. I > keep an "Week At A Glance" copy on my desk for reference. It > is an outline of the weeks activities with Essential > Questions and Standards. I have more detailed plans I use to > supplement the outline. There are two files per week: the > first is for Mon-Tues and the second is for Weds-Fri. When > printed out, it lays in a 3 ring binder with the M-T page on > the left and the W -F page on the left, so I can see the > whole week. Here are links to a sample and the template if > you want to see if it will work for you. It has for me for > 20 years. :-) > > Lesson Plan Week Template for M-T: [link removed]
Catherine DouthardThanks so much! I even have a more detailed plan for subs! I think lesson planning is very important to make sure you are doing what is right for the students!
I hate writing everything down for a week at a time. It seems like I don't get to everything that is written down. Now I copy off the things I plan on doing and put the papers in drawers.Then I plan each day as it comes. Things are already done and I add it to my plan.
On 6/29/11, Teri wrote: > On 6/29/11, ar wrote: >> I hate writing everything down for a week at a time. It >> seems like I don't get to everything that is written down. >> Now I copy off the things I plan on doing and put the >> papers in drawers.Then I plan each day as it comes. Things >> are already done and I add it to my plan. > > Every school I've ever worked at required us to turn in lesson > plans at least one week in advance. I've always thought that > it would make more sense to turn them in for the previous week > since, from what they tell us, lesson plans are kept as a > reference for what occurred in the classroom. If that is > there purpose, wouldn't it be better if they weren't just > our "predictions" about what we will be teaching?
Kath/KsMy principal asks that we have the week written out in case of an emergency so a sub could be ready without warning. She occasionally will stop by to check that they are on our desks and observe for a few minutes. Then, we turn them in at the end of each quarter.
At the bottom of the spreadsheet, I change the tabs to reflect the week. That way, I can easily change things and and enter things from week to week. I used colors to make it easier to read. My entire year is on the one spreadsheet.
I'm to put my homework on my school class page. I had to log in so many times to do one thing and I couldn't do it from home. grrr. So, I have my spreadsheet loaded into google docs and 'shared it' with the school website. Now I just open google and make any changes i want. Close it and it is automatically update on the school website! I only have to open one thing and log on once. Sweet!