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by Nealewill » Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:08 pm
My oldest will also be in WG next year and I am also feeling a bit timid about the whole grading thing. But....I do teach college accounting, finance and math and there are actually some papers due. When I grade those students, I use a rubric and I grade based off of what was asked. Did they follow the directions? Did they complete the assignments and on time? Did they take care in what they wrote. Sometimes you are just grading for completeness and that is okay. I also at times envision that I will probably just review their work as a whole and think about what type of work it was. For example, if you have a struggling writer who you give a lot of help to for them to complete their papers, I don't view them as an "A" student. I would probably give them a B. Some parents may disagree. And I'm not saying that you can't provide guidance, help and a rewrite. But students who struggle or who can't get through the paper alone probably wouldn't have gotten an A in regular school. Likewise, if my child finishes the assignments fully and they are done well, then I will give her an A. On a side note, my dd is always shortening the length of her written narration. Even though they sound fine, because they are short, I would take off points for this. Any box left blank on the notebooking pages, boom....points gone. I actually graded her math book this year. All of the homework assignments were grade to where she could earn 1/2 credit problems she got incorrectly. Reviews weren't graded. And test and quizzes were grade regular. I noticed that she has a regular habit of skipping over things and not answering them. She only got 1/2 credit on those too. That is how I plan to grade her notebooking assignments and her living library assignments as well.
I know I kind of gave a hodge podge of info but i don't know how much I will formally stick to a rubric. The rubric is helpful and I will definitely start with it. But some of it can be intuition and parental discretion I think as well.
Daneale
DD 13 WG
DS 12 R2R
DD 10 R2R
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