With a new grading period comes higher expectations. The first grading period was a lot of review and learning about grades (since this was your child's first year for them). The second grading period brought on new challenges as we worked more with 3rd grade curriculum and pacing. Most students are able to keep up with instruction on a daily basis, but at times fall a little behind. Learning is all about how to deal with the little bumps along the way and I am always there to pick students up when they slip a little behind. The third grading period will continue to move at a steady pace and there will be more independent work, which means students need to be self aware of their work completion. I will still be there to guide them along, but I also want you to be aware of how your child is doing. As I enter grades into GradeBook Wizard, I will be allow the website to send you an email if your child has missing work or gets a D or F on a paper. During this quarter D's and F's will stand as is in my grade book, but the assignments will still need to be fixed and turned back in. At the end of the grading period, I will drop the lowest score in each subject and then average the grades. Therefore, if a student get's a F on an assignment and every other grade was OK, that F will not lower the grade.
