Thursday, September 22, 2011

Notebook Check/ Start up Quiz

And finally we come to the last new procedure.  We've been in school for a while now and it is time to take up the notebook and check for the start ups.  These grades are designed to be easy and should boost grades.  Really all that is required is that the students did what I asked them to in class.  The work that goes in the notebook will be taken up.  I make sure the labs were completed and that the notes were wrote down.  Sometimes the students lose these papers which is why I've posted them on my previous blogs and why I announced what I would be taking up, both in class and in yesterday's blog.  If the student can't find it online then it is fine for them to borrow a classmates to get the information.  All I need is proof they completed the work.

Everyday when the students come to class I have a start up posted on the board.  The students are supposed to come into class and begin working on the start up.  I will be taking a test grade on these start ups today.  The students will be given five different dates.  Using their own start up paper, they will need to write the start up question and the answer for those dates down.  I take up the quiz and see if they wrote the right ones.  It is important to note that I don't expect the students to memorize my start ups, instead they can use their own start up paper as a reference to complete the quiz.  Up until today the students could have copied any start up they missed from my blog or from the master start up list I keep next to the board.  Again they can use a classmates start ups to get the ones they missed, but they cannot use their classmates start ups today during the quiz.
If these seems confusing please send me an email at mramsey@access.k12.wv.us so I can clarify.

Finally the students can completely clean out their science folder after today.  Starting tomorrow we will be working on new information and the old material will not be utilized in my class ever again.  When we review before WesTest I will provide for the review material they need.  Again, the materials I take up today and anything else in their notebook can be recycled or thrown away.

6 comments:

  1. what are the 5 dates

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  2. I'm not going to post the five dates because I want to see if you've done your start-ups in class. If I post the dates I'll ask for then there is no accountability for my students.

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  3. where are the startups how do we get there

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  4. The start ups can be found at the end of each post. I also post a list of the documents I expect to find in my notebook check a few days before I take it up.

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  5. I have looked and I still can't find the start ups at the end of the posts. What do i click on?

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  6. I guess I should clarify that not every post is going to have a start up but if there isn't a start up posted then you aren't responsible for it either. Sometimes we go to the computer lab or if there is a test we aren't going to have a start up for those days. They really are posted every day we have a start up. You just need to read the entire post.

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