Agenda
1) Warmup
What does your score on the practice test say about your value as a human being?
2) Grade practice test
Homework
None
Today we graded the practice test in class; I gave the answers and the kids graded each other's tests. I hope to give everyone a gradesheet tomorrow, with their current grade in the class. Just so you know, on the five week report, all students with either an A, B, or C will just get a slash. I don't feel we've had enough high-stakes work at this point in the semester to saddle kids with a letter grade. However, per LAUSD policy, any student earning a D or F will get that grade, as an alert to the parents.
By the way, today's warmup was an attempt to help students analyze the way their grades affect their sense of self worth. I certainly want kids to understand that grades do reveal something about you. But I don't want kids who get bad grades to think of themselves as bad people, or even bad students.
