[ola] Re: Grading questions
- From: Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 04:55:54 -0500
No. Not dense at all. It's so new. We will elaborate. I'll do a search for
old list serve emails for you. I believe Arnold has written about this.
Nanosh, is there a way for Cathy and others to go to old emails before they
joined?
I recommend a mopi training for helping with this too. Especially with
Arnold because he relates it back to classroom application.
On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, Cathy Bird wrote:
> What does that mean? I am sorry if I appear dense here, but how do I
> evaluate and give a letter grade/percentage for writing? or oral? Do you
> give NM an A and NH a B? I had planned to evaluate students on their
> progress from one level to another, but that isn't something I can evaluate
> yet...only one month in.
>
> And what are your tests? Open ended writing? What about quizzes? I know
> what to do in traditional, but need more explicit ways of equating a grade
> for the work done in class.
>
> Cathy Bird, via iPad
>
> On Nov 5, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Caleb Zilmer
> <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx');>>
> wrote:
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I have gone almost entirely
> proficiency/performance. 90% of the grade (50% tests, 20% final and 10%
> quizzes) is based on what they can do other the language.
>
> That's an important note, actually: it's about what they CAN do, not what
> they can't do. I have stopped nitpicking discrete points if grammar, etc.
> Can they communicate a message at approximately NM, NH, IL? Good enough! It
> makes the grading go much quicker and easier, and more students succeed,
> too :)
>
> Enviado desde el iPhone de Caleb Zilmer
>
> El 05/11/2013, a las 17:28, "Cathy Bird"
> <cathy.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'cathy.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');>>
> escribió:
>
> Hello, OWLers. I need some help. I am in my first month of OWL in my
> French 1 class and it is time to get some grades in the book. I have a
> number of grades from the first month of traditional, but nothing really
> from the past month of OWL. Originally I imagined giving grades on HW,
> class skills (ie: OWL goals), writing and speaking, but it is as clear as
> mud right now.
>
>
>
> My standard break-down for grades is *20% Homework; 25% Quizzes; 25%
> Tests/Projects; 10% Participation; 10% Preparedness; 10% Citizenship.* I
> feel good with HW, participation, preparation, and citizenship… but tests?
> Quizzes?
>
> Here is what I have…
>
>
>
> 1. During English week, I said that students would earn 10 points
> per day – 6 pts for speaking in L2 and 4 pts for homework being done. I did
> not assign a lot of homework, but I did note who had done it or not, so I
> have a homework grade for them.
>
> 2. I evaluated their alignment with OWL goals and gave them
> feedback, asked them to argue with me if they felt I was off base, but I
> feel a little uncomfortable grading that document. Is ‘meets’ an A,
> ‘approaching’ a B, and ‘just beginning’ a C?
>
> 3. I gave them a pre-assessment writing activity that I could grade
> as a quiz/test. It was a homework, rather than an in-class assessment.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Merci
>
>
>
> Cathy Bird
> Middle School French
> Colorado Academy
> 303-986-1501, x.2622
>
>
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Ashley Uyaguari
Spanish Teacher 6/7/8
Team Curriculum Coordinator
Innovation Academy Charter School
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
978-649-0432 x3301
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