Students are sometimes afraid to attempt assignments or feel that a grade is not worth the effort. Some have even said, “I don’t need the grade. I already have an A or a B”; “I don’t care about grades”; or “I just want to pass.” But I think that the success of this contest was due to the sense of community and the excitement of competition.
A Letter Home about “Grades”
It is the end of my second quarter minimizing grades and focusing on feedback. Here is the letter I emailed to parents explaining what the letters mean for our reading class on the grade reports going home today. 7th Grade Reading Hello, Parents, Guardians, and …
Dear Mom: 7th Graders Write Midterm Letters
How can we communicate learning to students and parents? Self-assessment letters go home with midterm reports in a seventh grade writing class.