Open House and all

Well everybody, so far I'm not living up to my expectation of updating this blog twice a week. I suppose an optomist might look at such a failure as an opportunity for improvement, so I'm aligning myself with the side of positivity at this point. Last night we held Open House here at HTM, which is basically our version of Back to School Night. Typical of both Kendall and me we went well over our alotted time slot for addressing the parents, but I still feel like the night was an overwhelming success. Thanks are due to all those who made it, I know Kendall and I both appreciated your thoughts and compliments, and if you weren't able to make it out last night, maybe you'd like to stop by and talk with one or both of us after school. Some of you may have already noticed that a couple of grades were entered into Powerschool over the weekend for my class. The first was for the Math Binder that each student submits to me on Fridays with their handout notes and practice problems completed, and the second was a score for the quiz we had on Friday. Overall I was very pleased with the quiz scores from both classes, with both averaging an A-. On Tuesday I offered an optional assignment for those students who may have not acheived the score they desire.
The assignment is called Quiz Corrections and allows each student the opportunity to earn back half of a point on their quiz for each point they missed. To complete their Quiz Corrections, a student must do three things on a separate sheet of paper:
1. Correctly solve the problem they missed.
2. Tell why they made the mistake and missed the point.
3. Explain what they will do during the next exam to get the question correct the first time.
Finally, the student must staple their Quiz Corrections to their original quiz and submit it on the day after they received their quiz back. (Usually I return the quizzes on Monday, so the quiz corrections are due on Tuesday).
While Quiz Corrections are an optional assignment, I strongly encourage all students who missed any points on their quiz to do the assignment. Since I round each student's Quiz Corrections score up instead of down, this means that a student who missed three points can earn back two points, raising their grade from a seven to a nine or a C- to an A-. If there are any other questions regarding quiz corrections, please don't hesitate to contact me. (I promise I'm working on having a student or two post something here, maybe it will happen today?) -Mr. H