As an effort to raise our Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) math scores, I have tightly aligned all of our class work and assessments with state benchmarks. Each math skill your student is expected to know has been broken down as “I Can” statements that align with Hawaii Content and Performance Standard Benchmarks for 7th grade math.
* I will be using a
Standards-Based Grading System, so students’ grades (A, B, C, or F) are based on the number of “I Can’s” completed for the course (showing me what they can do).
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Individual Support: Students can come in for help before school, at lunch, and after school for tutoring and re-taking of quizzes to master the “I Can” Statements.
*This
website is a tool to help students achieve success. For each “I Can” there is an explanation for students to read, a voice thread for students to listen to and watch, as well as multiple practice problems to complete.
*Students can have
unlimited retakes of any assessment to get credit for an “I Can”. In order to retake an assessment, students are advised to listen to the voice thread online to deepen their understanding of the concept. Then students can complete “Round 1” practice problems and check with the answers provided on the bottom of the website. Once students have relearned the concept and practiced it, they should complete “Round 2” practice problems and show me them in order to retake an assessment.
Effort and practice must be shown in order to retake a quiz so that the same mistakes aren’t made again. I want students to master the concepts!
*Please
encourage your student to work hard in math. In order for your child to be successful, there needs to be cooperation between students, parents, and teachers. Students need to be responsible and accountable for their own learning. Your student has
math homework 4 nights a week and can use this website for practice problems and clarification of the concepts.
It is a joy to work with your children!
-Miss Blohm
