Music Class Grading

Music class grading: Students earn points each week (Check Yourself, see below), completing a quarterly standards-based project or activities, and extra credit can be earned by going above and beyond in participation.

• Students complete the Check Yourself at the end of each class. Bonus points may be awarded for special effort, coaching other students, being brave, and other reasons. 
• Each quarter students have a long-term project that they work on as a practice at the beginning of every class. It can be a skill (finding the steady beat, singing a major scale, creating a rhythm pattern, playing, dancing, and/or singing tasks). 
• Ms. Turgeon assesses students via a pre-test and post-test checklist on Musical activities, skills, and objectives each quarter.

A typical "good grade" in Music is a 95. We don't start at 100 and subtract for errors, because no one begins with perfection, and we can always improve.   

Students can get up to 100 through extra credit and extra effort.

Please note, Check Yourself is a chance for students to reflect on their efforts. I negotiate with students who are too hard on themselves (common) or too easy (uncommon) to decide on a final grade, but most students are realistic and fair about their efforts!

Check Yourself