GRADING SCALES FOR ALGEBRA 1 & PRE-CALCULUS
Pre-Cal
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60% TESTS (ANY MAJOR TEST, POP QUIZ, OR ANNOUNCED QUIZ)
15% CLASSWORK AND HOMEWORK*
15% NOTEBOOK CHECK
10% CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION**
Algebra 1
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50% TESTS (ANY MAJOR TEST, POP QUIZ, OR ANNOUNCED QUIZ)
20% CLASSWORK AND HOMEWORK*
20% NOTEBOOK CHECK
10% CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION**
*HOMEWORKS WILL BE GRADED IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS:
1. HOMEWORK WILL PERIODICALLY BE COLLECTED AND GRADED FOR
CORRECTNESS AND RETURNED THE NEXT DAY.
2. A NOTEBOOK MUST BE KEPT WITH ALL HOMEWORK AND CLASSWORK. AFTER
EVERY 2 WEEKS A NOTEBOOK CHECK WILL BE ADMINISTERED.
3. PERIODICALLY, HOMEWORK WILL BE CHECKED IN CLASS SO THAT I CAN SEE EFFORT
ON THE STUDENTS PART. THIS HOMEWORK IS CHECKED FOR ATTEMPTS NOT
CORRECTNESS.
**EACH STUDENT WILL RECEIVE A 100 ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH NINE-WEEK PERIOD.
EACH TIME A STUDENT COMES TO CLASS UNPREPARED, HE/SHE WILL LOSE 5 OF
THOSE POINTS. OTHER OFFENCES THAT WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF 5 POINTS
INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CLASSROOM DISRUPTIONS, TARDIES, UNEXCUSED
ABSENCES, AND EXCESSIVE BATHROOM TRIPS.
RETEACHING AND RETESTING WILL NOT BE A NORMAL PART OF THE GRADING IN
THESE CLASSES. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK EXTRA HELP WHICH IS
AVAILABLE AT 7:30 EVERY MORNING IN A-1. STUDENTS IN Alg 1 WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE TESTS THAT THEY SCORE LESS THAN 77 ON PROVIDED THEY
FIRST RECEIVE REMEDIATION.
EXTRA CREDIT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS THROUGH A QUESTION OF THE WEEK
AND THROUGH A RESEARCH OF MATHEMATICAL HISTORY WHICH IS OFFERED TWICE
PER GRADING PERIOD. EXTRA CREDIT IS AWARDED AS A 5 POINT ADDITION ON
CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION.