2. Sponge Activity
Reflect and respond to the following questions.
1. How does attendance affect grades? What
happens to you when you miss a class?
2. How does behavior affect the classroom and
learning environment?
3. In the past, can you recall a class where other
students’ bad behavior affected your learning
experience? How?
3. Progress Reports
• Today we will-
– Hand out progress reports
– You will do the following:
• If you have some of the assignments that we did not
include in your grade report, you will put a post-it
note on the assignment and show it to us. This
is your responsibility.
4. Progress Reports
• Student Reflection
– Map Score
– Grade
– Attendance
– Suspension
– My observation on your behavior in this class
– You will review, reflect, sign and return
– Students who do not have parent/guardian sign form will not
get credit and your parent/guardian will get a phone call home
• We will be calling the homes of students who-
– Are currently failing (you have 2 weeks to turn things around)
– Have poor attendance
– We believe have issues with their behavior
– Social worker referral forms have been started
5. Progress Report Wrap-up
Now that you have reviewed and completed your
Student Reflection Form, please take out a
sheet of paper and reflect on the following.
You will hand this in. (10 points)
1. How can we improve our learning
environment? Provide suggestions.
2. How can you contribute to this effort?
3. What do you suppose we are trying to
achieve? Why do we need a place were
students are safe, responsible, respectful?
