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February 1, 2006 - April 25, 2006 Quarterly Report

ZACHARY XXXXX
D.O.B. :  May XX, 1994
Age:  11
Grade:  6
 
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:  43 (5.2 hrs/day average)
 
Arithmetic:  The areas of math Zachary continues to study/practice are :
word problems     factors                         3 digit multiplication,division
fractions                multiples                     squares, square roots decimals               prime factorization    factor trees
percents                prime numbers          money math
number lines         geometry                    time/clocks
fact families          times tables                real-life math experiences
powers                  communitive properties
 
Zachary works hard, but still needs to improve working with percents and square roots. Grade: 3 (G)
 
Reading:  Zachary continues to show excellence in his ability to read with accuracy,appropriate inflection and intonation, poetic expression, and full comprehension.  He continues to be proficient in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues.  Zachary enjoys reading for pleasure, especially magazines dealing with technology.  He regularly uses dictionaries for vocabulary assignments. Zachary has finished reading the first book in The Little House on the Prairie Series, entitled Little House in the Big Woods. He also read White Fang by Jack London, If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine and listened to Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear on audiotape. He is currently reading the 2nd book, Little House on the Prairie  in our homeschool as part of our Prairie Primer curriculum.  Zachary has also been reading selected poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and from A Child’s  Anthology of Poetry (Sword & McCarthy) and The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry (Untermeyer) in addition to classic fairy tales, scriptures from the Bible, non-fiction articles in National Geographic, and other reference sources for his upcoming  research project on Western Frontier.  Grade: 3(G)
 
Spelling: Zachary has completed and mastered ten spelling & vocabulary lists. Zachary corrects misspelled words and rewrites assignments so that spelling is correct throughout his work.  Grade: 3 (G)
 
Writing, Grammar & Language Arts: The homeschool curriculum has been integrating the Vocabulary Vine Latin & Greek Roots program, which is challenging and fun. Zachary prints and writes in cursive daily, however he requires constant reminders in order to stay neat. Zachary continues to develop skills such as note-taking, brainstorming, and organizing ideas.  He has posted his ideas, assignments and essays on his internet homeschool webjournal. He has typed emails, improved his writing abilities by continuing study of proper grammar; parts of speech, sentence structure, and phrases.  Zachary continues to respond to literature through writing and narration. This quarter he has spent much time on reviewing basic skills and concentrating on content he is expected to be tested on through standardized tests. Grade: 3 (G)
 
Health & Safety: The focus this past quarter has been on dangers and effects of narcotic drug use, “gate-way”drugs such as marijuana and cigarettes, alcoholism, gambling & other addictions. Also the topics of malaria, West Nile Virus , mosquitoes & importance/impact of eliminating their breeding sites and UV-ray protection from the sun were covered.   Grade: 3(G)
 
History:  Our homeschool has concentrated on The Revolutionary War, The Civil War, WWI & WWII this quarter. The Biblical significance of these wars were studied as well. The class created a timeline of these wars and studied key characters in history such as Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, Hitler, and several U.S. Presidents. The children spent much time on memorizing the map of the United States, as well as the maps of Central and South America. Zachary has been reading the historical fiction of Laura Ingalls Wilder through her Little House on the Prairie series of books. Grade: 3(G)
 
Science: The study of electricity & circuits evolved into an ongoing electronics project. Zachary has also learned  taxonomy(classification of living things), studied fossils, types of cells and viewed various cells through microscopes. Other topics investigated were macaque monkeys and how they bond in social groups, their social order (hierarchy), the Blue Nile and the highlands, gorges, surrounding cultures.  Grade: 3 (G)

 

Art: Zachary has created a poem-inspired, tissue-paper watercolor project, which has been posted on his homeschool website. Also he has continued to make hemp necklaces and a drawing of his winter ski trip to Stratton Mountain.  Grade: 3(G)

Music:  Zachary continues to practice guitar, piano and fiddle regularly in addition to singing weekly at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. He has mastered the Theme Song from Love Story (by Francis Lai & Carl Sigman) on piano. Video of this has been uploaded onto his website.  Grade: 3 (G)

Physical Education: Zachary has participated in many physical activities including swimming at the XXXX, skateboarding, scootering, sledding, skiing and snowboarding. Also in March Zachary spent time in Florida and rollerbladed while there. He also visited Disney World, Universal Studios, two different zoos, and the Atlantic Ocean. He spent time in West Palm Beach, Melbourne and Cape Canaveral.  Grade: 4 (E)

Typing & Computer: Zachary continues to progress at typing with proper hand positioning and developing speed and accuracy. His computer literacy skills also continue to improve as he increases fluency in several programs and internet research to aid in completion of schoolwork, as well for the purpose of finding information for personal interests. He continues to improve his punctuation skills with the use of various typing programs. He is managing his computer files in an organized fashion. Additional skills worked on include: copying, pasting, using key controls, linking, site organizing, weblogging, checking email, using SiteBuilder to prepare for future instruction in XHTML.   Grade: 3 (G)

Teacher Comments - 3rd Quarter

Zachary is progressing at a satisfactory level or above in all subject matter. He had no absences from instruction this quarter, and has completed the required 225 hours of instruction.  Science, math, computers and guitar are areas where he shows real interest and talent.

I have no major concerns with Zachary’s academic progress. However, I do plan on having the children continue their math education even during the so-called “summer break.”  They will also continue to do various science experiments throughout the summer.

Our homeschool curriculum for this past quarter has included the use and guidance of the Prairie Primer. I am very pleased with Zachary’s academic performance so far this year.  He will be taking the PASS(Personalized Achievement Summary System) standardized test in May.

 

Submitted April 25, 2006 by Daniela