Social Studies 8th grade 2018-2019

Mrs. Poketha Ruffin

Teacher Planning:
Blue Days:
(757) 850-7416
10:30am – 12:00pm pruffin@hampton.k12.va.us
White Days: Room 208
12:05pm-2:10pm
Teacher Webpage:
http://pruffin.weebly.com

Grading Scale
Welcome!
A 93-100 Welcome to another great year at Jones Magnet Middle School. I
A- 90-92 hope you are as excited as I am to get started!
B+ 87-89
B 83-86
Eighth grade students will cover U.S. government and economics,
B- 80-82 which includes foundations of government, functions of the three
C+ 77-79 branches, and an introduction to economics in the U.S. and
C 73-76 throughout the world. All eighth grade students will take the
C- 70-72 Virginia SOL test at the end of the course.
D 64-69
F Below 64

Supplies:

Please provide your student with the following supplies.

Social Studies
Grading Scale 1. 1 Notebook (spiral only 120 pages)
2. 15-20 glue sticks (will be used throughout the year – student
Homework 10% should start with one and replace as necessary)
Classwork 35% 3. Colored pencils
Tests / Projects 35% 4. Pencils / Pens
Quizzes 20%
If you ever have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at
5. Highlighters
any time. I look forward
6. Scissors with you and your child this year!
to working
7. 1 boxRuffin
Mrs. Poketha of tissues

**Textbooks will not be issued to students they will be used as a resource

in the classroom.**
Classroom Policies
Chromebooks
Mrs. Hume
Your student is expected to follow
HCS procedure and policy when
using their Chromebooks in the
classroom. Any violation of the
policy may result in a referral to
administration and loss of
Chromebook privileges.
Google Classroom
Your
Class Notes, Homework Checks, and some
classwork assignments will be posted on
Google Classroom. Check with your student
on how to use this site.
Homework Checks
A unique homework assignment that I often
use is a homework check. A homework check
is a 5-10-question assignment on Quia that
will evaluate student learning. Students will be
assigned to study the notes from class and
complete the check upon the next class
meeting for a homework grade.
Test Correction Policy
Upon return of a test, students not scoring a 100% will be
able to complete test corrections.
- Each corrected question is worth ½ of the original
value of the question. (example: 25 questions on
the test, 4 points each – all corrected questions are
worth 2 points. A student that originally missed 5
questions scored an 80% after doing the test
corrections that student’s grade is now a 90%)
- Directions
1. Rewrite the ENTIRE question (for all missed
questions)
2. Rewrite the ENTIRE correct answer
Quia
Your student will be creating an account on the
website Quia.com. They will have a personal
log-in and password. Quia is accessible from
school and home. Mutilple assessments and
classwork will be administered through the Quia
account. The test format will mimic the end of
the year SOL test for 8th grade students. Your
student’s account will store all assessment
results for later viewing. The Quia site also
contains practice quizzes and games for each
SOL. Please encourage your student to log on
and review.