FIAE Chapter 14

This chapter was not any better than chapter 13. I feel that these report cards would simply confuse students and parents when they received them. If I were using a differentiated curriculum with a student, I would sit down before hand and discuss with the student and the parents what the report card grade would be reflecting. I feel this would eliminate the need for special report cards because the student and parents would understand what the grade meant.

FIAE Chapter 13

The ways that this chapter says to manage your grade book seem a little ridiculous to me. The only one that made any sense to me was the one that listed assignments by the date with color-coding. I feel like this would be the most effective way for me to keep my book. The other ways don’t make any sense at all. They all feel like they would take more work than their value at the end. Reading about it, let alone keeping my grade book that way, confused me.

Chapter 12

I cannot imagine making a rubric for every single assignment that I give my students. No matter how many times I make a rubric, it is going to be time consuming and pointless for some tasks. I don’t even see how I can use a rubric to grade a math test. On a math test, a student can get an answer wrong or right, but there is nothing in between. I feel that a 100-point scale is better for math because I can give partial credit for steps that they get right. I do not think that a rubric can obtain this same effect.

FIAE Chapter 11

The whole dilemma with putting a zero in the grade book for not turning in an assignment is difficult to decide on. I see why a zero should not be put in; it drastically drops a student’s grade. However, I do not completely agree with giving a student who doesn’t do any part of the assignment a 60. What if a student completes the project, but doesn’t do well, like they earn a 60? I don’t think it is fair that a student who does nothing on the project gets the same grade. It’s not fair to the student who actually did the work. However, I do not want to put a zero in the book because mathematically it is awful. I just don’t know what the best way to do this is.