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Homeschool Record Keeping

1/19/2011

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Homeschool Record Keeping Homeschool Record keeping does not have to be overwhelming! However, no one told me that when I first started homeschooling!

How was I to keep all my children's homeschool records? What records do I need? How was I to grade every paper every day?



Tips for Keeping Good Records
  • Have a Homeschool Record Keeping Check List
    1. Check to see if your state has specific record keeping requirements.
    2. Gather school information if your child has already attended private or public school.
    3. Begin keeping a portfolio if your child is just beginning school.
    4. Keep a list of all the subjects your child was taught in one school year.
    5. List all the curriculum used and/or books read.
    6. List all immunization records.
    7. Keep Attendance records.
    8. Have a progress report or report card filed for each subject.
    9. Begin a high school transcript for grades 9-12th.
    10. Keep tests, writing papers, art work, etc... as samples of your child's work in a portfolio.
  • Follow a Good Homeschool Schedule!
  • Each home will have their own homeschool schedule that works just for that particular home. Looking at guidelines for setting up a homeschool schedule is the best way to personalise your own.Do you have a great homeschooling schedule that works for you? Share it here!! Read other homeschooling schedule examples.

  • Keep Grades
  • Colleges and universities rely on GPAs when it comes to scholarship funding for higher education. Therefore, your child’s eligibility for scholarships needs to include a transcript with a GPA. Therefore, you must keep accurate grades for 9th - 12th grade!

    If you are using a standard curriculum that includes tests and quizzes, simply calculate a grade based on your student’s work on those tests, quizzes, and papers.

    This is where homeschool record keeping comes in.. keep a notebook where you can record all the grades for each subject.

    At the end of each 9 weeks or 18 weeks, you simply add up all the total points missed for the tests,quizzes, and papers then divide it by the points possible to determine your child's grade.

  • Record Grades in Grading Charts!
  • You need to decide who will keep the homeschooling records. Will the child help grade? Will you do all the grading? Where will the grades be put? My son created these charts to help me keep all our children's' grades organised.

    What I love about these charts is how easy this makes for recording grades.

    Plus, The child and I know exactly what they missed right away, making it easy for them to understand what they did wrong.

    Free Down-Loadable
    Homeschool Recording Sheets for every subject! Choose between Girl or boy Sheets
    Boys:
    Bible English Math Reading Spanish Handwriting Science History
    Girls:
    Bible English Math Reading Spanish Handwriting Science History How It works...
    1. Finish the Homework, quiz,or test.
    2. My children tell me they are finished with that assignment.
    3. Show me the finished assignment.
    4. Grade their work near me.
    5. Record it in these charts.
    6. I sign the chart to show its completion.
    7. The child knows what questions were missed and fixes the wrong answers right away, and I have instant records of their grade!
    Print one chart for each subject needed.

    if you are having trouble printing these links...go to homeschool record keeping.
    1 Comment
    Larry H. link
    1/19/2011 11:25:05 am

    Great post! We are home-preschooling and have been working on our record keeping, but it is hard getting started. We are not as organized as we should be, but we are getting there.

    Thank you for the tips and resources.

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      She’s a coffee loving homemaker, 12-year home educator, mother to 11 children, Pastors wife, creater of  Pros-and-Cons-of-Homeschooling.com and consultant for HomeWorks by Precept.

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