How to Study for MATH

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework is always due the next day
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• Homework assignments can always be corrected and resubmitted up to a week after they were returned.
  • Final grades on corrected work are the average of the original and the revised grades
• Students will complete the Independent Practice (IP) or Extra Practice (EP) assignments each night. However, only the EP assignments will be recorded in the final grade. The IP assignments are intended as practice, which will be corrected during class to help students increase their understanding of the desired concept.
  • Independent Practice Assignments include the front page and two HOT questions of student choice.
  • Extra Practice Assignments include the front page and the Spiral Review

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• Each chapter will have one quiz at the midpoint.

Test:

• Tests are worth 60%
• Each chapter will end with one cumulative test.

Review:

• Remember to review all lessons in a chapter before the test.
  • Use the examples at the beginning of each lesson to review. Read the examples and work through some of the problems listed after each example.
• Review the vocabulary transcribed in student notebooks.

How to Study for HISTORY

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework is always due the next day.
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• Review questions may be corrected and resubmitted on the following day.
• Homework is assigned every reading day (Red and Purple days). The assignment is review questions on the current textbook reading. These should be glued in the student’s notebook. They can also be found on Google Classroom.
  • Correctly answered questions will be stamped. However, the grade will not be entered into focus until each chapter is completed.
  • Individual questions without stamps may be corrected and receive stamps.

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• Quiz assignments for history will be the Activity Manual Study Guide pages assigned throughout the chapter.
  • These quiz assignments will be completed at home and are due the next day
• During 1^st Semester, failing AM Study Guides can be corrected and resubmitted up to a week after they were returned. During 2^nd Semester, Study Guides may not be corrected.
  • Final grades on corrected work are the average of the original and the revised grades

Test:

• Tests are worth 50%
• Each chapter will end with one cumulative test.

Review:

• Review the Key Words, and Review Questions in your Notebook.
• Review the AM Study Guide pages.

How to Study for SCIENCE

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework is always due the next day.
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• Review questions may be corrected and resubmitted on the following day.
• Homework is assigned every reading day (Blue and Purple days). The assignment is review questions on the current textbook reading. These should be glued in the student’s notebook. They can also be found on Google Classroom.
  • Correctly answered questions will be stamped. However, the grade will not be entered into focus until each chapter is completed.
  • Individual questions without stamps may be corrected and receive stamps.

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• Quiz assignments for science will be the Activity Manual Study Guide pages assigned throughout the chapter.
  • These quiz assignments will be completed at home and are due the next day
• During 1^st Semester, failing AM Study Guides can be corrected and resubmitted up to a week after they were returned. During 2^nd Semester, Study Guides may not be corrected.
  • Final grades on corrected work are the average of the original and the revised grades

Test:

• Tests are worth 50%
• Each chapter will end with one cumulative test.

Review:

• Review the Key Words, and Review Questions in your Notebook.
• Review the AM Study Guide pages.

How to Study for ENGLISH

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework is always due the next day.
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• During Grammar units, homework will be daily Independent Practice pages from the English Workbook
• During Writing units, homework will be completion of the in-class assignment
  • Usually, this involves typing or completing a worksheet. This work must be finished at home for students to be prepared for the next day’s activity
• During 1^st Semester, failing English workbook assignments can be corrected and resubmitted up to a week after they were returned. During 2^nd Semester, workbook pages may not be resubmitted.
  • Final grades on corrected work are the average of the original and the revised grades

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• During grammar units, students will complete one in-class quiz on the current topic.
• During writing units, the outline materials for each essay will count as a quiz score.

Test:

• Tests are worth 50%
• Each grammar unit will end with one in-class test.
• Each writing unit will end with a final draft. This will count as a test grade.

Review:

• To study for grammar quizzes and tests:
  • Correct the returned Independent Practice pages.
  • Review the blue box at the top of each Guided Practice page.

How to Study for BIBLE

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework will be completed in class. If the student does not complete their Bible study in class, then it must be completed at home and submitted the next day.
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• On the first and second day of each unit we will read core Bible passages together in class. Students will be expected to complete their own follow-up Bible study using the Bible study questions.

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• The first week of every unit will end with a fill-in-the-blanks quiz on the Bible Memory Verse assigned at the beginning of the unit.

Test:

• Tests are worth 50%
• Each test will include review and reflection questions based on the current topic. It will also include a verbal recitation of the full BMV.

Review:

• It is important that students review the BMV for a few minutes each day

How to Study for READING

Homework:

• Homework is worth 20%
• Homework is always due the next day.
• Late assignments are accepted only the day after they were due with a 50% reduction in grade.
• Homework is assigned every reading day. Students will complete one Summarizing or one Visualizing page in their Reader’s Journal
  • Each page can only be completed once

Quiz:

• Quizzes are worth 30%
• There will be at least four vocabulary quizzes for each novel, depending on the length of the novel.
  • Vocabulary for the quiz will be given at the beginning of each section and must be studied throughout that section

Test:

• Tests are worth 50%
• There will be at least two comprehension tests for each novel, depending on the length of the novel.
• Some novels have additional projects associated that will also count as test grades.

Review:

• Do not skip a chapter.
• While we read each chapter together in class, it is valuable to reread the chapters on your own, or to read ahead before the class reading.
• Make sure to study the vocabulary words a little bit each night.