What can you do
to be successful
in social studies
this year?
How will you earn your grade?
•Doing homework/being prepared for class
10%
•Doing your best on classwork assignments
25%
•Studying and doing well on quizzes
30%
•Performing well on tests / completing
projects to the best of your ability
35%
About homework…
Homework supports what you learn in class.
It is important !
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Copy it into your assignment book!
Take your materials home (text, worksheet)
Complete it!
Have it ready to review at the beginning of class!
You will start each marking period with a 100%
HW average. For each incomplete assignment
you will lose 5 points from that average.
When you do not complete homework…
~ You will be asked to write the reason on a slip
of paper.
~ You are expected to complete it on your own
time and show it to me.
~ The homework slips will be collected by the
Explorer Teachers.
~ For every 5 slips you accumulate, they will be
attached to a parent letter and sent home.
~ Appropriate team consequences will occur.
About being prepared for class…
Bring to class each day…
•Binder & current worksheets
•Assignment Book
•Pencils
•Black Flair marker
•Completed homework
You will start each marking period
with a 100% “being prepared for
class” average.
Each time you forget something,
you will lose 5 points from that
average.
Your challenge is not to lose
any of the 100 points throughout
the entire marking period !
Quizzes and Tests
will never be a surprise!
~The date of the quiz or test will be
announced ahead of time so you
may prepare
~A number of suggestions will be offered
for how you can study for the
assessment
~Your notebook is a great study tool
Sapphire Community Web Portal
~Parent Portal~
•Allows your parents (and you) to see
your grades in each subject
throughout the marking period
•More info will be shared at Parent
Information Night
Social Studies Average
Your grade will not be a surprise!
•Teacher will remind you to check your
grades at mid-marking period and at
the end of a marking period
•Student access to Portal
–Check it periodically
–Good to do during homeroom
Our School District’s
Grading Scale
A
B
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F
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93%
86%
77%
70%
69%
- 100%
- 92%
- 85%
- 76%
or below
Welcome to Social Studies Letter
For homework tonight…
•Share it with your parents
•Contains the same information as this
presentation
•Ask them to sign in the signature box
•Keep it in SS section of your binder
•I will check for parent signature in
class tomorrow !
QUESTIONS?