Grading Policy

Category Weight
Summative Assessments
(Embedded Assessments)
60%

Formative Assessments (Daily
Activities, Notebooks)
30%

Reading (Teenbiz/Independent
Reading)
10%


th
2014-2015 School Year
Welcome to Mr. Pecks 7
th
Grade English class!

I hope that all of you had a wonderful summer
and are exited back in the classroom. In this
class we will be focusing on developing
proficient reading, writing, language, and
speaking and listening skills that are important
to your success in school, in college, and in a
career. Our focus this year will be on the theme
of choices. As we read and learn, our class
will be exploring this theme.

Our BIG Goals:
-Read 1 Million words
-2 years reading growth based on AR/Achieve 3000
-Succeed on the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium):
Replacing the HSA
Ewa Makai Middle School:
Ewa Makai Middle School's vision is for all students,
staff, and the community to empower, excel, and
explore, together. The school is striving to cultivate a
safe, nourishing, and rich environment, to engage in
a dynamic and responsive curriculm to produce life-
long learners, to foster a sense of pride in our
students by building relationships with people and
businesses in our community, and to emply
technological advancements in our school to help our
students to be productive and successful citizens in
the futue.

Teacher Contact Information
Mr. Peck
christopher.peck@ewamakai.org
Extension Number: 79456
Units of Study
Springboard English Language Arts
(Consumable Student Edition)

1. The Choices We Make
(Narrative)
2. What Influences My Choices?
(Argumentative/Expository)
3. Choices & Consequences
(Analysis & Presentation)
4. How We Choose to Act
(Oral Presentation)

the Department of eDucations
General Learner Outcomes (GLOs):
1. Self Directed learner
2. community
contributor
3. complex thinker
4. quality producer
5. effective
communicator
6. effective and ethical
user of technology
Grading Scale
A 4 (Exemplary)
B 3 (Proficient)
C 2 (Emerging)
D 1 (Incomplete)
F <1


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Please have your child return the bottom portion to Mr. Peck
Student: ______________________________________________________________________ Period: _______________

Student Signature: ________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________________________________________________









Negative Consequences Positive Consequences

1
st
Offense: Warning
2
nd
Offense: Recess Detention
3
rd
Offense: Recess Detention, written
explanation of offence with action plan to
prevent future misbehavior, and Parent Contact
4
th
Offense: Referral

Note: There are other, specific rules that, if broken,
will automatically warrant a write-up. There are no
exceptions. These infractions include, but are not
limited to: skipping class, theft, fighting, harassment,
vandalism, and profanity.



Gaining knowledge and power!
Verbal praise!
Listed as a Best Performer or Rising Star
Positive phone call home!

Never ask for a reward. If you do, you will not get
one. Do the right thing because it is rightnot for a
reward.
CLASS
EXPECTATION
S
Materials
Come to class with all
materials, learning mindset
and positive attitude.

Entering the Classroom
Enter the classroom quietly, take
out necessary materials, copy
homework into planner and
begin the warm up. Have your
pencil ready, desk clear, planner
in the top right corner of their
desk, and backpacks underneath
the desk.
Warm Up
Begin working on the warm-
up before the bell rings.
Violators will be marked as
tardy.
Leaving Seat
You are to stay in
assigned seats unless
given direction or
permission to get up.
Dismissal
Mr. Peck dismisses the
students not the bell.
You will wait until Mr.
Peck says Have a
great day to pack up.
Make sure your area is
clean, you have all your
materials, and push in
your chair.
Absence If you are absent, you will be held accountable for absent work, obtaining any
missed notes, and it is your responsibility to complete them.
Late work Each day that work is turned in late will receive an automatic full letter grade
deduction from what the assignment would have received.


1. Follow Directions the first time they are given
2. Before the bell rings, be in your assigned seat writing down the homework
3. Be Respectful
4. Be Responsible
5. Follow all School procedures and policies