Grading Key: Effort
& Skills
4 - Advanced E
- Excellent U - Unsatisfactory
3 - Proficient
G - Good
X - Not Applicable
2 - Approaching S
- Satisfactory
1 - Below N
- Needs to Improve
Days of Instruction: 54
Arithmetic: The areas of math Jacob
continues to study/practice are :
word problems factors
multiplication,division
fractions
multiples
addition
decimals prime factorization
subtraction
percents prime numbers
money math
number lines geometry
time/clocks
fact families times tables
real-life math experiences
Jacob is doing Saxon Math, Math CD roms and online math games.
Grade: 2 (S)
Reading: Jacob read selections from "The People Could
Fly: American Black Folktales" told by Virginia Hamilton, "African-American Real-Aloud Stories" edited by Susan Kantor.
Also, selections from "The Art of Loving Well: A Character Curriculum" by Dr. Stephan Ellenwood, were read. Grade:
3 (G)
Spelling: Jacob corrects misspelled words and rewrites
assignments so that spelling is correct throughout his work. Grade: 3 (G)
Writing, Grammar & Language Arts: This quarter
the homeschool used Scholastic Guides: "Putting It in Writing: Reports, Letters, Essays and More", Writing Stories: Fantastic
Fiction from Start to Finish", and "Writing with Style: Making Your Writing Stand Out" Grade:
2 (S)
Health & Safety: Poisoning prevention, gardening
safety, healthy nutrition, playground and sports safety. Grade: 4(E)
History: Quakes of 1811 & 1812 that created
waterfalls on the Mississippi, Ancient City of Al Rawda revealed in modern X-ray, ancient El Pantano traders, artifacts and
graves discovered in Mexico's Mascota Valley ; how English settlers who brought West Indian tobacco & European
livestock such as pigs to 17th century Virginia triggered changes that would bring that current ecosystem to an end while
replacing it with a new one; India's poor, caste system & child labor; the wall along the California-Mexico border
to keep immigrants out ; underpaid laborers in China. Grade: 2 (G)
Science: National Geographic: The Global Fish Crisis
resulting from high-tech harvesting & wasteful management, significance of wildfires, effects of pollution &
nets on aquatic life, the importance of honeybees in the world's agricultural future in light of recent colony collapse
syndrome (epidemic?), vanishing sea ice & its effect on creatures that live in the polar region, receding glaciers
and mountain snowcaps, bats in Panama. The homeschool also used "Science Crafts for Kids" by Gwen Diehn & Terry
Krautwurst. Grade: 3 (G)
Art: This quarter Jacob used computer
programs to create computer-generated art and photo collages. Grade: 2(S)
Music: Evolution of African-American Music: slave-era
music, blues, soul, jazz, rap, hip-hop etc. Jacob continues to practice guitar and piano. Grade: 2 (S)
Physical Education: Jacob has participated in running,
games of tag, scootering, walking and resistance workouts on the Total Gym. Grade: 3(G)
Typing & Computer: Jacob continues to type regularly
both for pleasure and completing his homeschool work. Grade:
3 (G)
Teacher Comments - 4th Quarter
Jacob is progressing at a satisfactory level in all subject matter.
He has had no absences from instruction this quarter. He has completed the required 225 hours of instruction.
Jacob is still struggling in math, however, he is putting forth effort and
concentration.
Submitted June 29, 2007 by Daniela
