10/15 - Progress Check

Today, we were doing a progress check of grades so far. I handed out progress report slips that I made for students while other people helped me return work that had been assessed.

We went over how to do the revisions for the unit 1, set 1 roots and prefixes and talked about what would need to be revised for other work (anything marked with an "?" or below a "3"). In their writer's journals, everyone responded to the following:

Write a list of work that you need to complete or revise based on your progress slip.

Write down any questions that you have for me about your work.

How has class been going for you so far? What do you like so far and what would you change?

After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, people shared out their responses. The notes that I got from this discussion were as follows:

+ (Positives)
Keeper or Creeper Songs
Reading Night
Fish Bowl Discussions

∆ (Elements for Change)
How to get a 4
More discussions around books
Less fish bowls (people watching you... a class bowl maybe? an aquarium? Get more comfortable with each other)

Everyone then had the rest of the period to finish working on their WWII / Holocaust research question. After this, people were looking at revising and completing assignments from the progress check and working on set two roots and prefixes (we will have a quiz for these on Friday).

Set 2 - Roots/Prefixes
Set 2 - Roots/Prefixes Practice

While everyone was working on their research, revised/incomplete assignments, or set two roots and prefixes, I met individually with people to answer questions about assignments and grades.


Homework:

Finish writing up a discussion of the response to your WWII / Holocaust research question (due Thursday - 10/16)

Work with the set two roots and prefixes (quiz on Friday).

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 3.