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QUARTERLY REPORT
2006-2007 School Year
ZACHARY XXXXX
D.O.B. : May XX, 1994
Age: 12
Grade: 7
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: 49
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 is getting more comfortable with working in these mathematical areas
using Saxon Math, math CD roms, and math websites on the internet.
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 is nearly finished with reading Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Also this quarter, Zachary read Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Scholastic’s Version). In addition
he read various magazines, websites and books on subjects such as technology, babysitting & first aid, skiing, and slavery.
He has read poetry by Rudyard Kipling. Grade: 4 (E)
Spelling: 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 is posting 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 utilized The
Ultimate Grammar Reference Easy to Use Guide. Grade: 3 (G)
Health & Safety: Zachary took a Babysitting
Certifying Course through the Red Cross on November 4th, and is certified for the next 3 years. The course included
instruction in topics such as basic first aid, emergency phone numbers, household rules and play, basic care, telephone safety,
personal safety, emergency prevention in & outside the home, handwashing, picking up and holding children, bottle &
spoon feeding, food & kitchen safety, diapering, toileting tips, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), preventing illnesses
& injuries, bites & stings, burns, choking & breathing dangers, drowning, falls, fire, illnesses, poisoning, riding
toy/vehicle injuries, wounds, violence, crime, electrical storms, safe play - age appropriate playing, all using the Red Cross’s
book “Babysitter’s Training Handbook” in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Grade: 4 (E)
History: This quarter Zachary has studied
slavery throughout history from ancient Babylonia, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Middle Ages, the Spanish colonies in
the 1400-1500’s and in the English Colonies in the 1600’s to the Civil War era. Historical figures such as Aesop
(Greek), Spartacus (enslaved Roman gladiator), Nat Turner (African Slave), Frederick Douglass (anti-slavery activist), Robert
Smalls (escaped African Slave), among others were studied. Other topics covered were: Slavery’s impact on
the Southern economy, it’s reliance on cotton, tobacco, sugarcane and other cash crops, the plantation system, the Cotton
Kingdom, Wilmot Proviso, the cause and effect of Triangular Trade, the Middle Passage, the Constitutional Convention of 1787,
the American Colonization Society, the formation of the Confederate States of America, significance of Fort Sumter in 1861,
Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Zachary has also memorized all the Presidents of the United
States in chronological order, and
half the capitals (so far) of the United States. Grade: 3 (G)
Science: The study of minerals and their properties
were the focus this quarter. Properties such as luster, color, cleavage & fracture, streak, specific gravity, hardness
were investigated through hands-on study via field trips to Albany Pine Bush Nature Preserve, Indian Ladder Farm, Lake George.
These trips also afforded the opportunity to find rocks and discuss their qualities; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
rocks, and the effects of weathering, erosion, compaction, cementation, and lithification (the rock cycle). In addition,
fossils were found in a number of places, allowing first-hand discovery of preservation, via petrification, molds and casts
and trace fossils. Zachary memorized the Mineral Scale of Hardness. Grade: 3 (G)
Art: Zachary made many drawings of Japanime characters
that he has grown an interest in. Some of the drawings were in pencil, others in pen, colored pencil and marker. Grade:
4 (E)
Music: Zachary practiced guitar and piano this quarter, with only sporadic periods of violin
practice. He is debating giving up playing fiddle. Grade: 3 (E)
Physical Education: Zachary enjoyed biking, scootering, heelying, skateboarding, walking, running,
hiking, & on nature walks. 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 - 1st 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 & guitar continue to
be areas where he shows real interest and talent. He also discovered he can draw rather well if he simply takes
his time and concentrates on the task at hand.
I have no major concerns with Zachary’s academic progress. Math is the one area I will be spending more time in the
2nd quarter since we are ahead in numerous other subjects.
Submitted November 14, 2006 by Daniela
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