Welcome to the first day of term 3! We have a nice mix of returning students, new students, and even Saydi is back! Yay!
This is a really easy way to catch up on what we did in class yesterday (or any day, for that matter). Just make sure that you are looking at the blog post for the B class since I’m also teaching the A part of the class at the same time.
We started today off with a brief welcome! A few things about myself – yes, I am pregnant and expecting boy/girl twins in May. I do things a little differently than a typical English teacher – I’m not afraid of looking like a dork if it’s going to help you remember material. We work in this class everyday, but it’s generally not hard work. I usually don’t freak out over cell phones unless you are spending more time on your cell phone than your actual class work OR if you are on your cell phone while I am directly teaching.
We signed up for Dyknow as well. I use it more for an educational tool than a babysitting tool, but I still use it. 🙂
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 1300/1500 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 the nuggets are your learning objectives!
We then did the First Day Survey. You can find that in BB, but the link can also be found here.
Lastly, you guys drew me a picture for my belated birthday present! We ran out of time to get the reflection questions done, but we’ll start class with that tomorrow. Bryan, that means the only thing you’ll need to do on your own are the character sheet and the First Day Survey.
