tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post3908065885747280297..comments2023-04-12T10:34:24.029-04:00Comments on Jaana's Writing Blog: Help me Mrs. via e-mailJaanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-40187810852299942692013-03-12T21:27:13.294-04:002013-03-12T21:27:13.294-04:00Tara, I did not reply either! We had a class conve...Tara, I did not reply either! We had a class conversation on how to write e-mail to teachers!Jaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-5038914460871299342013-03-12T21:26:17.295-04:002013-03-12T21:26:17.295-04:00Isn't that the truth!Isn't that the truth!Jaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-26671193242773089952013-03-12T21:25:46.673-04:002013-03-12T21:25:46.673-04:00Yes, we had a little conversation today. We also d...Yes, we had a little conversation today. We also discussed how to word e-mails to teachers. A few remarks were quite funny:)Jaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-83890586784094281702013-03-12T21:19:06.220-04:002013-03-12T21:19:06.220-04:00Our grading quarter ends next week, so some of my ...Our grading quarter ends next week, so some of my students are starting to get this exact tone, Jaana! I do like the fact that this student has a plan, even though he/she didn't complete the original plan (study and do well the first time)! I often wish that grades weren't such a big deal so we could focus more on the learning, not the grade... but alas, that's not the world we live in!JenniferMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603450967368808356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-12215488477740310592013-03-12T20:44:47.323-04:002013-03-12T20:44:47.323-04:00Oh, Jaana, Sounds like a high school student two d...Oh, Jaana, Sounds like a high school student two days before grades are due! Today I had hard conversations about students' work in their academic journals. We looked at their work, I reviewed notes and reminders I'd written in their journals since September and asked them why they weren't doing it (if they weren't) and praised them if they were off and independently on their way to word learning. I was only looking at their vocabulary practice, their word collections. The conversations take time (that I sometimes don't think I have) but always make me feel better about what's happening once I have them. Usually we come to some solution together. That keeps everyone going.Lee Ann Spillanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650009312001849617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-23641888290882385492013-03-12T17:44:24.171-04:002013-03-12T17:44:24.171-04:00The panic in this kids email is so evident...too b...The panic in this kids email is so evident...too bad they did not think to put some time into studying first so that the email would not be necessary. I don't respond to my students when they ask such questions - better to talk in person!Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-17520287130388194182013-03-12T15:46:52.363-04:002013-03-12T15:46:52.363-04:00Since I am retired I don't get emails from my ...Since I am retired I don't get emails from my students...but I did have some wonder why I "gave" them a poor grade. Looks like times never change. And, yes, why do they want to do all of the extra credit, when studying for a quiz would have been enough! Jackie http://familytrove.blogspot.com/Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407984356664747500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-42225477602508871092013-03-12T15:45:04.447-04:002013-03-12T15:45:04.447-04:00Since I am retired, I do not get emails from stude...Since I am retired, I do not get emails from students...but I often had them ask why I gave them a grade...and of course, I informed them that they earned that grade. I am sure that did not register in their minds at the time. I, too, wondered if they thought teachers liked 'giving' poor grades. Your guy sounds like he really 'wants' to work on that grade...so it will be interesting to see if he does. Jackie http://familytrove.blogspot.com/Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407984356664747500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750433799993991153.post-16853876320962304052013-03-12T15:12:01.594-04:002013-03-12T15:12:01.594-04:00It is such a hard concept that the grade you recei...It is such a hard concept that the grade you receive is in relation to the quality of the work completed. I don't think they ever get that. I take it an E is not a good grade?elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348895330633879894noreply@blogger.com