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hi everyone!! quick question for you.

we are very blessed to live in Texas (never thought I would say that as I really don't like it here), in the way that we have no reporting to do, no testing, nothing.

Although, now Delainey is starting dance company at a great christian school, and one of the main requirements is that they have to maintain at least a "b" average and wants report cards turned in once very 6 weeks (which is the grading terms here).

So do are there any great ideas that I can keep track of work, grades and averages in order to turn something in?? Her teacher is working with those of us that homeschool (there are several), but I still want to have something to show, and Delainey wants to have something to show and be proud of when the other girls are turning their stuff in.

Also, Chandler is starting a golf school here over the summer and they require grades and report cards too, to stay in the program and to earn incentives.

Any thoughts???

Oh, we are working thru LHFHG now and going to start Beyond in the fall if that matters for Delainey. And Chan is working thru LHTH now and will start Little Hearts in the fall

Thanks!!

Dawn,

That's a hard one...especially for LHTH! I don't think I've even seen and public schools that grade for preK or K!

Kansas is also a really easy state to hs in with no reporting to do, but I'll be interested to see what others say in case I ever have to report grades for activities like you are. I'd think that it would be fairly easy for math...and spelling when you got to Beyond...but other than that I wouldn't know where to go.

Kathleen

PS I love your kids' names! I have a cousin with a Delainey who is my dd's age...and my maiden name is Chandler.

Wow, I've never seen any place want to keep track of grades. I don't think grades represent how hard a child works. And IMO I think that it only suits the good grade students. Kids shouldn't be punished for having a hard time in class, but for working hard. I'm sure this is something that is not intentional.

Personally, and this is just me, I would talk to these instructors and mention this. They would be better suited to have a child bring in their homework (we do this in karate). Then they get a reward. For us in karate, kids bring in 20 pages of homework and receive a star for their patch. They bring in the list of 20 books that the child has read or you read to them and recieve a star as well. Now for us, they give us slack on the homework pages as homeschoolers don't fill their days with twaddle. But it shows that the kids worked hard all week in addition read books.

Because why should a child who works hard, but is still getting less than pleasing grades not be able to participate? Plus this makes it easy for both homeschoolers AND ps-ers.

Hmmmm, this is a tough one. I'd say you should keep the time involved in this grading tracking to as little as possible, while still giving your dd something that looks "official" to share. Could you perhaps make a simple weekly or monthly or quarterly chart of the core subjects, depending how often she needs to show it? I know for most K programs they just use some type of lettering system rather than the grading system. My mom used to teach 1st grade, and she said they used this system: H = high, S = satisfactory (average), S+ was a little above, S- a little below average, N = needs improvement. Sometimes 1's, 2's, 3's are used instead. Personally, I'd give my child all "H's" and "S's"!

In Christ,
Julie

annaz wrote:Wow, I've never seen any place want to keep track of grades. I don't think grades represent how hard a child works. And IMO I think that it only suits the good grade students. Kids shouldn't be punished for having a hard time in class, but for working hard. I'm sure this is something that is not intentional.

Personally, and this is just me, I would talk to these instructors and mention this. They would be better suited to have a child bring in their homework (we do this in karate). Then they get a reward. For us in karate, kids bring in 20 pages of homework and receive a star for their patch. They bring in the list of 20 books that the child has read or you read to them and recieve a star as well. Now for us, they give us slack on the homework pages as homeschoolers don't fill their days with twaddle. But it shows that the kids worked hard all week in addition read books.

Because why should a child who works hard, but is still getting less than pleasing grades not be able to participate? Plus this makes it easy for both homeschoolers AND ps-ers.

Very good point - we just put all of our HOD work we want to save in a binder with clear sleeves. Could you do that and share that instead? We do have to be careful catering to these demands because soon our freedom we love in homechooling could be taken away.

In Christ,
Julie

I make up tests for math and grade them. I also grade spelling. It's more because my daughter wants a grade. Maybe make up a little card with some of the basics and just mark, O for outstanding, A for average, I for improvement or do a number thing from 1-5 and circle the number. For the exchange they needed a report card for something, it's been awhile, but I made up a card similar to what my daugther recieved in K. I have been to a few places that wanted to see a report card for discounts so I would just make up my card and give it to them. I also have a name for our homeschooling and put it on top of the card.