Hello scattered friends and family in Messiah Yeshua! Today's post is just a few of the things we utilize to keep home and school organized. ENJOY! Recently we added the rolling cart (seen above) to our homeschool and it has worked marvelously! The top bin is for me, and the next 3 bins are for our children. {art boxes and each book I need to grade their individual class work} This way I am not carrying 12 + books everyday back and forth. The cart just gets rolled into the area where we are doing school. Each child has a binder with divider folders by subject. 1 side of the folder has a month of work in it and the other side is where I put their graded papers for the wk. Each day I can pull out the work for the day, after grading it, it goes in the other side of the folder until Friday. Likewise, each subject "section" has notes and re-usable aids to help them in their work. Instead of laminating we just put the papers in sheet protectors and the kids can use a dry erase marker on those and wipe it clean to be re-used. This is the 1st year I have used a lesson plan and it has helped tremendously. I just got mine from Hobby Lobby but you can find them all over. The last picture is of a blank version of the grading app (bleow). The app is available on google play store or the apple store for free. I set it up so that each child has a profile with their classes assigned to them. The Grade Pal app totals their percentage out of points available.
I assign the letter grade on the basis of the above grading scale. ie:88.6% =B+ if it is bordering two letter grades for example 89.6% is bordering a B+ or A- if the decimal is .5% or higher it is rounded to the next grade so the 89.6% would be graded =90% A- if it were 89.4% it would = B+. I would like to note in our state -> grade keeping is not required. I choose to keep grades (for myself) to have a general idea & record of how the kids are doing. The benefit of homeschooling is when troubles arise...we can "pause" and practice until they catch on before moving ahead. These are just a few of the organization tools that we use. Every homeschool adjusts as needed to what works for you and your family!! What a fun adventure may your journey be blessed in Messiah Yeshua! YOU CAN NOW CONNECT WITH US ON OUR FACEBOOK HERE! Pursuing the upward call | Facebook This is a public "personal blog" pg via Facebook to make it easier for readers to connect and share. Stop in for a visit, invite a friend. Hope to see you all there! Until next time: May Adonai bless and keep you as you: press on pursuing the goal for the reward of the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua. Phil 4:13 *side note DISCLAIMER: I do not receive compensation from ANY of the resources I share or use. They are just resources, curriculum, etc that have blessed our family and may bless yours!*
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Hello friends and readers! I hope you are well. I just recently got my "grade book" ready for 2022-2023!
We have had our curriculum books for a long time because I order them well in advance. But they are out on the shelf now. I use an app called Grade Pal to keep track of grades that is available for free in the Google Play Store. It calculates the percentages for me and I pair it to the grade scale that we use. Our Grade Scale is as follows: 97-100 =A+ 93-96 = A 90-92= A- 87-89 = B+ 83-86= B 80-82= B- 77-79= C+ 73-76= C 70-72= C- The kids never get below a "C" though because if we observe that they are struggling and missing points they will lose points on the assignment, of course. But we will stop where they are and focus on "practice assignments" typically through IXL. Until they grasp it, understand, and become comfortable with that topic. Here is a blog post about that "pause and practice approach" Math Level 4 and Long Division - Pursuing the upward call of God in Messiah Yeshua- Phil 3:14 Homeschooling has given us the ability to help teach our children coping mechanisms for the tough times. You press forward, you got this, and it's ok if it's hard. Our kids do not get left behind as a class pushes ahead. When they struggle we meet them where they are and work through it until it makes sense to them and THEN we move on. Anyhow come August 1st we are ready to roll into 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade!! YAY! Blessings and Shalom as you continue to "pursue the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua"-Phil 4:13 *side note DISCLAIMER: I do not receive compensation from ANY of the resources I share or use. They are just resources, curriculum, etc that have blessed our family and may bless yours!*
Hello friends and readers! This is one I am excited about, taking back our living room!
Now each of the kids has a "school bin" that goes under the table that the TV sits on with their school books, and supplies in it they can pull out what they need for the day and slide it right back under the table neatly again. They now each have a foldable lap desk as well. Eventually the 2 desks in the living room will be gone and the TV will be hung on the wall. The table will then be where I place their binders and assigned work for each day, ready to go! They are using the bins and foldable desks now but some of the changes will be ready for next school yr. We have about 2 weeks left of our school yr. So we can use the upcoming summer break to wind down and get the living room in order, de-cluttered, and ready for August! Organization makes me happy y'all!
Until next time, Blessings and Shalom as you continue to "pursue the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua"-Phil 4:13 |
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