Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions
of students and parents.
- What is a "Triple Step" assignment?
- What is PAWR
- What are rewrites?
What is a "Triple Step" assignment?
This is a requirement on PAWR projects, GeoAdventures, and other
big
assignments in room 301.
Step 1: Do entire assignment in pencil.
Step 2: Outline the MAIN lines with a thin, dark colored marker.
Step 3: Add color--crayon, colored pencil or marker is acceptable.
Also, ALL space must be colored unless it is something that is
supposed to
be white (i.e. snow, teeth)
What is PAWR
PAWR stands for Program for Assessing Writing and Reading and can
be used in conjunction with AR for students who choose AR books.
AR is not required in 6th grade, however.
Students read chapter books, complete story maps, and
choose projects from a list of performance, writing, and artistic
options.
See your middle-schooler's red PAWR folder for a thorough
procedure as well
as the project list.
What are rewrites?
Rewrites can help grades if students are willing to put forth a
little extra
time and effort. Rewrites (which I also sometimes call
corrections) can be
done for all tests and quizzes in my class. When a test or quiz
is returned
the students have the option to write out all questions/items AND
answers
for any they missed. These are then stapled to the front of the
original
test or quiz and handed in to the rewrite basket. For quizzes
the grade is
averaged (1/2) and for tests the rewrite is 1/3 of the grade.
Students can
use resources (books, notes, parents, computer etc.) to get the
right
answers on the rewrites. My philosophy on this is that if they
see it, read
it, write it one more time, it just might stick!
DLR is just slightly different because all three sentences (1-3)
on the quiz
must be written out for extra practice even if there were no
errors. Then
for the multiple choice only the missed items need to be written
out.