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: 48
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 the abridged edition
of Shakespeare's MacBeth, and "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle.
Also, over the summer, he read "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry. 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
Jacob has been using "Hot Words for the SAT" to study Vocabulary, and "English Made Easy" & "Punctuation Made Easy" for
Grammar & Language Arts. Grade: 2 (S)
Health & Safety: This quarter Jacob learned
how to stay safe while using the internet, and how to avoid child predators who stalk minors online. Grade: 4(E)
History: Jacob went on a trip with our homeschool
to Philadelphia and visited The Ben Franklin Institute Museum. The homeschool prepared for the trip by reading
and researching the history of Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein and the Wright Brothers. Exhibits featuring these important historical
figures were very educational and entertaining. In addition to the exhibits on Physics, Flight, & Electricity,
were those on trains, sports, space travel, and optical illusions. Grade: 2 (G)
Science: Jacob went on a field trip with the
homeschool to Camden, NJ, to The Children's Adventure Aquarium. In preparation for the trip, Jacob read about and
researched aquatic life and underwater ecosytems. Grade: 3 (G)
Art: Jacob has been learning about some of the
great artists in history: Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Monet, and Picasso. Grade: 2(S)
Music: 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 - 1st 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.
Submitted November 13, 2007 by Daniela
