1. Grading/Scheduling

3. Assessments There are two types of assessments:  Formative (40%)  Summative (60%)

4. Formative Assessments Examples of formative assessments: Quizzes Homework Notebook checks Minor tasks Mini projects

5. Summative Assessments Examples of summative assessments: Unit Tests Major projects Cumulative Tasks Performance Tasks

7. Connections The following connections classes are offered at HJMS: Spanish Art Math Connections Keyboarding/Computer Home Economics Chorus/Music Band PE

8. Spanish Spanish is only offered for a semester for 6 th graders. If you take Spanish in both 7 th and 8 th grade, you will receive high school credit for 1 year of a foreign language. You must score an 850 or higher in Reading/ELA on the Georgia Milestones test in order to qualify for 7 th grade Spanish.

9. Chorus and Band Chorus and Band are the only connections classes you can request. If you are interested in band, you must take it at the beginning of 6 th grade. If you did not take band in 6 th grade, you cannot take it in 7 th or 8 th grade. Both, Chorus and Band, are year long classes.

10. All other connections classes You will rotate your connections classes throughout your 3 years in middle school (except band, chorus, or Spanish). For example, if you wanted Art and didn’t get it this semester, don’t worry!! You will have an opportunity to take Art before you leave middle school.

12. Let’s see what you remember!! Give me an example of a formative assessment. What percentage of your grade is a formative assessment worth?

13. Let’s see what you remember!! Give me an example of a summative assessment. What percentage of your grade is a summative assessment worth?

14. Let‘s see what you remember!! What do you have to score in the Georgia Milestones test in Reading/ELA in order to get into 7 th grade Spanish? True or False: Spanish is a year long class in 6 th grade. True or False: You receive high school credit if you take Spanish in 7 th and 8 th grade.

15. Let’s see what you remember!! I didn’t get the connections class I wanted this semester! Will I be able to take it next semester? Do I have to take all of the connections classes before I leave middle school?

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