May 18, 2007 at 2:21 pm
· Filed under Announcements, Grades, School-wide
Parents and Students: Remember, iParent will be down so that teachers can have access to finishing grades for the semester. If you would like to see your grades (for my class only) after finals, you may email me and I will send you a progress report. my email address
an email from Tech Support to all teachers:
Purpose:
Information regarding I-parent access.
Background:
In order to provide the District with the highest quality of service and availability for SchoolMAX during Finals Week and the End of Year (EOY) processes, the following key dates are being provided to allow advance notice for planning purposes:
iParent - Disabled 7:00 am, Monday May 21 until 7:00 am Monday June 4, 2007
Disabling iParent during Finals Week has proven to alleviate performance issues associated with the EOY activities.
Action:
Do not attempt to access I-Parent during this time period–it will be unavailable. iParent will be enabled again at 7:00am, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Closing:
If you have any questions, please contact the Customer Care Center at 770-426-3330
Thank you for your patience and support.
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May 14, 2007 at 11:38 am
· Filed under Help, Announcements, Absent/Make-Up, Assignments, Grades, Physics, Chemistry
This Wednesday, May16th, at 7:30 a.m. is the VERY VERY VERY LAST MAKE-UP SESSION!
If you have anything to make-up, you MUST SCHEDULE WITH ME AHEAD OF TIME so that I may have your assignment ready.
If the assigment you need to make up is old (more days than you were absent), you will have to get a SUPER LATE PASS. The Super Late Pass must be signed by your parents and turned in no later than May 16th.
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May 1, 2007 at 9:20 am
· Filed under Grades, Physics, Chemistry
In answer to the age-old question “What grade do I need on my final?”, I have the following:
Use one of these gradesheets to calculate your grade in the class right now. Use i-Parent to get your individual grades if you haven’t been keeping up. E-mail me and ask (nicely) for a grade printout if you don’t have access to i-Parent. You can use this gradesheet to calculate hypothetical grades too! They’re both in MS-Word format so you can edit as needed. Of course, I’d like to point out that you do not need Microsoft Word to read/edit these. Use Google Documents online for free!
gradesheet-chemistry.doc
gradesheet-physics.doc
Click here to see a formula to figure out what grade you need to get on the final exam. (This works for any weighted-system with a final exam equal to 10% of the total grade. I made a document somewhere that outlines how to calculate this for other percentages. I’ll add a comment to this post once I find and post it so you can use it for other classes.)
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March 23, 2007 at 10:05 am
· Filed under Announcements, Grades, Projects, Chemistry
Since our chemistry test today was so much fun, I thought we’ d do some more on Monday!
Seriously, you will have 30 minutes Monday morning to complete today’s test.
Don’t forget to bring your moles!
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March 19, 2007 at 10:23 pm
· Filed under Help, Bonus, Grades, Physics
Congratulations to those of you who made over 100% on the Chapter 9 Test in physics! (Chemistry students might wish to read this post too!)
If you made less than an A or B, you’ve got some work to do! Why? All semester long I’ve been preaching that to be successful in physics relies on practice. The more you practice, the better you understand. Physics is not a spectator class. Just like sports, music and foreign language, if you don’t spend time practicing, you will find yourself behind - fast.
The method for practicing in science/physics is typically spending time solving word problems. That means you need to know your vocabulary, read critically (analyze sentence structures, look for verbs, nouns and measurements) and keep practicing your math. Most of the math we do in class is pre-algebra. (multiplication, division a square root or two…) And the math techniques are nearly the same all semester! If you can’t do equation transposing or dimensional analysis by now, you are behind and need to get help!
About the Chapter 9 Test:
- There were 35 total points.
- 14 of those points were word-for-word from the practice quiz
- The practice quiz was homework.
- The answers to the practice quiz were posted on the bulletin board in the back of the room.
- All the other HW worksheet answers were posted there too, as usual.
- 3 of the points on the test were from PE 6-1, #2. (The names were changed.)
- The other word problem on the test closely matches Solved Example #4.
- 49% of the test points came from homework.
- The bonus for the test was a series of questions asking about the method for solving word problems. I’ve been teaching this method since chapter 2.
- The bonus was worth 12%
- The test was open Homework!
Why did I make the test from homework and then allow the test to be open homework? To reward those who are doing their homework! If you weren’t part of that crowd, now you know what you must do!
Remember to study old tests for your Mid-Term Exam this week! Some old test questions will be on it!
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February 5, 2007 at 11:20 am
· Filed under Announcements, Bonus, Grades, Physics, Chemistry
Everyone gets progress reports in their classes today!
As an incentive to pay attention to grades and increase communication with parents about grades, I will bring in a special treat for any entire class that brings back their progress report signed by parent/guardian within two school days! But if one person forgets…
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