Welcome to Term 3!

If this is your first time on board, welcome! If you are a returning member, I’m glad to have you back!

So glad I got to meet all of my present students (unless you were a dork and ended up sitting in Mrs. Bollato’s class for the entirety of Block 1).

If you were absent, you can probably catch up without staying after school, but you’ll need someone to explain the details of what we did.

I did explain a few key differences of my class: namely, that I am on a point system. There most points you can earn for the term is 1500 points. That means that if you have 1500 points at the end of the term, you will have earned 100%. If you earn 130/1500 points, you’ll have earned a 90, 1200 points earns an 80, 1100 points is a 73, and 1050 points is a 70.

The first thing we did on day one was create to characters for The Pride of Riley. The things that I’ll be focusing on when I grade them are your Nature, Demeanor, Attributes, and your (4) R’s. If you weren’t here, you can find this material in BB under Welcome to the Ship: First Day Stuff: Gamification.

The big things that I will be grading are your Nature and Demeanor, your Attributes (7/5/3), and your R’s. Remember to copy your nuggets down each day while I’m taking role: those are your learning objectives!

Most classes were able to do the First Day survey (located in First Day Stuff: A Few Assignments). It’s a pretty short survey, so 2nd block can do it tomorrow.

And lastly, we did a neat little test circling numbers. It was more of an experience than an assignment, so if you missed it, you missed some fun.

See you all tomorrow, mateys!