Dear parents and students,
For the last few months I have been trying to make the adjustment to middle school easy on families by not giving credit for IXL. I wanted the students to take responsibility for themselves and complete assignments that were indirectly affecting grades. As a result, the same students are doing all of their work while others are doing none of it. I would like to reward those great students with some points, while giving the others a chance to complete the missing IXL skills.
I have decided to begin to offer credit for CERTAIN IXL assignments because of skill importance and accountability. Many of our students are dong the right thing and holding themselves accountable. Other students, however, are not completing their IXL and expecting to be able to take quiz retakes on skills they never begun, let alone completed. I will continue to offer laptop use before and after school in my room. (You will not be allowed to complete IXL in my room during electives if you have been kicked out of art class for misbehaving. )
If a skill is assigned as a review assignment for a test, I will be counting it for credit. It must be completed to be eligible for a retake.
All assignments are worth 4 points based on completion, not correctness. Homework is for practice, not expected to be perfect. As always, my grade book is transparent and updated daily, as is my blog. I will continue to post IXL assignments in Google classroom and on my blog for parents to be aware. As a parent, you can ask your student to see their IXL practice by logging on in front of you and looking at their sores for each skill. It requires a student to login after 20 questions in case they forget. This way they cannot tell you they did their work and just “forgot” to log in.
Thank you in advance for helping me hold students accountable for their learning,
Ms. Bissonette