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 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
Zach is also using Saxon Math, math CD roms and online math games.
Grade: 3 (G)
Reading: Zach 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:
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: 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: 3 (G)
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: 3 (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 Zach used computer programs
to create computer-generated art and photo collages. Grade: 3 (G)
Music: Evolution of African-American Music: slave-era
music, blues, soul, jazz, rap, hip-hop etc. Zachary continues to practice guitar. Grade: 3 (G)
Physical Education: Zachary has participated in running,
games of tag, scootering, bike riding, skateboarding, walking and resistance workouts on the Total Gym. Grade: 4 (E)
Typing & Computer: Zachary continues to type regularly
both for pleasure and completing his homeschool work. Grade: 3 (S)
Teacher Comments - 4th Quarter
Zachary is progressing at a satisfactory level or above in all subject matter.
He had no absences and has completed the required 225 hours of instruction.
Zachary has been preparing for the PSAT's.
Submitted June 29, 2007 by Daniela
