Checking your grade – Grades will be updated approximately every 2-3 weeks throughout the school year. You will need to know your student I.D. number to check your grade. Links for checking grades: ParentVue StudentVue
Grading – YOU earn your grade! You earn points for participating, investigations, homework assignments, and quizzes.
In 7th grade Science, student work is weighted by following categories:
Category % of grade.
Assignments 60%
Assessments 40%
Making up work before/after school
- I am available to help students most M,W, & Th before school from 8:00 - 8:45.
- After school (3:35 - 4:00) help is by appointment only.
Late Work – To encourage students to turn in the work on time, the late work policy is outlined below:
- Assignments must be completed and turned in on time for full credit
- Late assignments will be worth 50% of the points earned
- If you turn in assignments late, you need to know that grading late work is the lowest priority on my “to do” list, therefore it may be a while before it shows up on your grade.
Cut-Off Dates – To allow me to meet school district 4J grading deadlines, there will be periodic cut-off dates for late work. These dates are listed below. After a cut-off date no late/missing assignments that were due prior to this date will be accepted. This may include assignments that have not been uploaded to StudentVue. Cut-off Dates also encourage students to finish their work in a timely manner.
Assignment Cut-off Dates:
Monday, October 7th – Fall midterm
Friday, November 22nd – Fall endterm
Monday, January 27th – Winter midterm
Friday , March 6th – Winter endterm
Monday, April 27th – Spring midterm
Friday, June 5th – Spring endterm
Grading Rubric for most SN work
Description | Points |
Most of the work is incomplete. Many responses are unclear, imprecise, and lack important details. | 1 |
Approximately half of the work is complete. Most responses are complete and clear but are lacking science terms or use science terms incorrectly. | 2 |
Most work is complete. Most responses are complete and clear and show some appropriate use of science terms. | 3 |
All work is complete. Most responses are complete and clear and use appropriate science terms accurately. | 4 |
Grading Rubric for Science Writing
2 Developing | 3 Nearly Proficient | 4 Proficient | 5 Highly Proficient |
Does not answer the question;
Content contains inaccurate information |
On topic, but may not answer all parts of the question;
Generally accurate; |
Clearly addresses all parts of the question accurately;
Uses science terms/concepts; |
Clearly addresses all parts of the question accurately;
Uses science terms/concepts to provide details. |
Grading Rubric for Claims, Evidence, Reasoning
Not Proficient (2 pts) | Developing Proficiency (3 pts) | Proficient (4 pts) | Highly Proficient (5pts) | |
Claim | Does not make a claim | Claim is unrelated to the question or is unclear | Claim answers the question. | Claim answers the questions clearly. |
Evidence | Does not provide evidence, or only provides inappropriate evidence (evidence that does not support claim). | Provides appropriate, but minimal evidence to support claim. May include some inappropriate evidence | Provides appropriate and sufficient evidence to support claim, but is missing minor details. | Provides appropriate and sufficient evidence and details to support claim. |
Reasoning | Does not provide reasoning, or only provides reasoning that does not link evidence to claim. | Provides reasoning that might link the claim and evidence, but does not include scientific principles. | Provides reasoning that links the claim and evidence. Repeats the evidence and might include some scientific principles, but not in sufficient detail. | Provides reasoning that clearly links evidence to claim. Includes appropriate and sufficient scientific principles. |