Homework
Quizzes
Tests
Mixed Bag
About Mr. Sahr
100

This should be done by yourself.  Procedural help is OK, checking answers and discussing differences is OK, but copying answers is NEVER OK.

Homework/Independent Practice

100

This is how often you can expect a quiz

every 4-5 lessons

100

You will have this at the end of each 8th grade unit.

Test

100

These are those small electronic nuances that could get you in trouble.

Cell Phones

100

This is how old I am:

37

200

This is what your homework grade will be worth if it is more than a day or two late.  

Bonus for the highest grade you can get after a week...

80%

60%

200
True or False:  You can fix a quiz for full credit.

False

200

You will have this at the end of each review unit or smaller skill unit.

Quiz

200

This is the percent of your grade that is based on tests

50%

(HW 30% and Quizzes 20%)

200
This is how many kids I have:

3

300

This is allowed if you turned your assignment in on time and shown all of your work.

Fix for full credit

300

True or false:  Notes will be allowed with quizzes.

False, it's a quiz to see what you know

300

Are notes allowed on tests?

Nope

300

These are the three required materials:

Binder or Folder

Pencil

Pen

300

This is my favorite type of music:

Rock

400

This has to be shown NO MATTER WHAT, and the assignment won't even be looked at without it...

Work/Steps

400

True or false:  You don't have to show work on a quiz.

False

400

True or False:  Test can be fixed for full credit.

False, they have to be retaken as a test.  

400

These are the three classroom rules:

Be Respectful

Be Productive

Be Positive

400

This is my favorite Movie/TV genre:

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

500

This is where you can find work that you may have missed or lost.

Folder in the back of the room.

500

True or False:  You can ask for help on a quiz.

True!  I'll help guide thinking, not tell you how to do it though.

500

True or False:  Vocabulary will not be included in a final unit assessment.

False, vocabulary will be very important in this class.

500

This is a great way to get a write up and zero on an assignment:

Cheating!

500

This, I believe, is the number 1 factor for success:

Attitude