Just as I am trying to get a feel for the new classes, and where they should be in relation to the other sections, one of my students tells me that he is going to Europe with his family for about two weeks. So tomorrow I need to give him work for two weeks in advance. I barely have a feel for tomorrow in that class, let alone Friday. So I checked what the pacing and recommended HW was from the teacher's edition and wrote it out. So if he does it, he could come back a day or two ahead, behind or right where he should be. We will see.
I started a conversation with two of the other teachers teaching Algebra 3/4 with proficiencies about the scoring. This will be continued tomorrow during PLC, so I will probably write more tomorrow. But it centers on how much lenience we should allow in grading, both in following the rubric and in granting A's. I also found out that a mistake I thought brought down a score from a 7 to a 6, another teacher thought should bring it down to a 4. The difference between A+ to A or A+ to C. I can see the point the other teacher made. However, I am not sure I completely agree, and I do not want to be out of line. Also at that point I was not going to regrade the entire test, but it is something to think about while grading the next assessment.
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