How will your child be graded in Social Studies class?
Homework = 15 %
Homework needs to be handed in the day it is due. It can be handed in for reduced credit ONE day after it is due. Students have been given a rubric which is in their notebooks describing this in detail.
Assessments = 85%
Types of assessment can include...
Comprehensive notebook check at least once a marking period (there is at least two day warning before this major assessment)
Quizzes
Tests
Skits and cooperative activities
Socratic seminar (7-8th grades only)
Speaking, listening and written assessment on specific thematic units
