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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Current Events Blogging revised post

No letter grades in Surrey!


Right now Surrey schools are planning on getting rid of the letter grade system and instead of having letter grades the student will be having more information on how he/she is doing in school. The letter grade system was easier because parents can see how they are doing right away on the letter grade. Know the students have some information but it will not show the students there improvements in the letter grade. Students and parents will only get feedback and info on their kids progress in school. 

The Principal of George Vanier Elementary in Surrey thinks the new program has more understandings. He believes that the new system helps the children and the parents better understand their strengths, weaknesses and better discussion . Instead of having A, B or C the information will help the parents get a better understanding. they are planing to change into the new system by this summer and it will be changing 101 elementary schools and 19 secondary schools. Most parents are willing to see the new system and get a better understanding and feedback. 

 What the system we have now and the new system are similar because when I see a bad grade I will try my hardest next time to get a better grade and having the feedback will also be the same if i'm not doing good enough i will make the feedback even better then before.  So these systems connect but in a different way of sharing it with parents and kids. 

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2 comments:

  1. Alice Z.January 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM

    Hi Merna! Great post. I like the detail you put into your post, and your quick summarization of the original article. However, there are some things you need to fix: try not to confuse "know" and "now", and "there" and "their". Also, please check your sentences for run-ons (last paragraph). Lastly, some of your "I"'s are not capitalized.
    Good work!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 12, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    Good job Merna! I thought you did a good job of summarizing not too much but not too little, just enough so that the reader understands the topic. I think you should add some indents at the beginnings of your paragraphs (3-4 spaces). You don't need to add a space in between the last last letter of your sentence and the period/exclamation mark, though don't forget to add a space between the period/exclamation mark and the first letter of your next sentence! Good job overall though!

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