Update on Grading

Hello All!

I am grading as much as I can as fast as I can, and getting those grades in as soon as possible. 

I wanted to give you an update about grading in general that Mr. Wagner relayed to us this morning at the faculty meeting:

Yes, a lot of students are not doing well right now due to the 80% summative 20% formative grading system.  In my classes alone, I have a staggering amount of students currently failing.  However, they are failing because we've only had 2 Summative grades and that is bringing their grades down if they haven't preformed well on the Summer Reading quiz or the Vocabulary Unit 1 quiz.

This shouldn't be a signal to give up; it should be a signal about what is neccessary to pass this class.  The class is not a sprint, it's a marathon.  You have to work hard every day, study every night (for about 10 minutes), in order to gain long-term knoweldge so that you do well on those summative assessments.  Some of the assessments coming up will be written.  Some of the assessments will be in class tests.  Every day that we take notes, I give hints about what information will be on the tests.  Every night, you should be looking over your notes, quizzing yourself, studying your vocabulary, in order to do fabulously on that Summative grade coming up. 

You can pull up your grade.  You just have to work hard, every day, to do it.  I believe in you.

If you need or want extra help, I'm here most mornings, I can sign you up for tutuoring.  Let me know what help you need.  Any questions or concerns, feel free to talk to me.  Email is best (I've gotten it fixed now, so you should actually be receiving my responses): kimberly [dot] bundschu [at] cobbk12 [dot] org.

Remember, all large emails, like powerpoints, or emailed informtion should go to my gmail: mrsbundschu [at] gmail [dot] com