FIAE Chapter 13

   In this chapter Wormelli seems to focus on having the gradebook illustrate mastery and differentiated instruction. In terms of my own personal formatting of a grade book I like when all the assignments are listed in boxes at the top and the number or the grade goes in the single box below. A major thing that I don't seem to agree with is when Wormelli says that it is ok to change the weight of indidivdal students assignments for the quarter. I understand the title of this book is Fair isn't always equal, but in schools giving certain students different weights because of their individual learning styles is not fair to all the other students. Maybe I just misunderstand what he is saying, but in this chapter as well as chapter 11 I feel like he focuses too much on helping the students on the one end of the spectrum and not the other. I don't think it's fair to all the other kids just as I didn't think it was fair to give a student who did absolutely nothing a 60. I am focused on the students who are engaged who it seems that teachers don't need to focus on because they have the concept of school down.