Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Example of 7th grade homechool quarterly report for NYS

Quarterly Report

NAME OF CHILD:
ADDRESS:
DOB:
GRADE LEVEL: 7
QUARTER ENDING:
SCHOOL YEAR:
Absences: 0
Total Hours: 350 Hours

Mathematics
Hours: 50 hours Grade: 84%
(Child) has covered the following: Fractions: Terms: numerator, denominator, equivalent fractions
reducing types: proper, improper, mixed, complex: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
timed mastery, word problems, simplifying complex fractions, changing fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. Decimals: place value to the millionths’ place, mixed, reading and writing, comparing Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, timed mastery, word problems, rounding, money, multiplying and dividing by powers of ten, changing fractions to decimals, terminating, repeating, nonterminating and no repeating, converting repeating decimals to fractions. Ratios & Proportions Terms: antecedent, consequent, reading and writing equivalents, word problems, terms: means, extremes, reading and writing, finding missing terms, word problems Percents recognize symbol: % (percent), reading and writing: percent as a fraction, decimal, decimals as a percent, fractions as a percent subtracting from 100%, percents over 100% and under 1%, percents ending in fractions, word problems finding: percentage of a whole number, money, percents when given percentage and base, percent of increase and decrease, the base when given percentage and percent discounts, commission, rate of commission, amount of sales, percent given as more or less than. Measures: metric prefixes, length: English: inch, foot, yard, mile metric: millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter, decameter, hectometer, kilometer biblical: cubit, span, finger, fathom capacity: English: teaspoon, tablespoon, fluid ounce, cup, pint, quart, gallon, peck, bushel, metric: milliliter, centiliter, deciliter, liter, decaliter, hectoliter, kiloliter Biblical: log, hin, bath, ephah, homer, cor, Time: second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, leap year, decade, score, century, millennium Weight: English: ounce, pound, ton Metric: milligram, centigram, decigram, gram, decagram, hecto gram, kilogram, Biblical: shekel, dram, menah, gerah, talent, mince, litra metric-English approximate relationships converting measures within the same system, converting measures between English and metric systems, compound measures: adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing square measures: English: square inches, square feet, square yards, acres, square miles Metric: square centimeters, square meters, hectares, square kilometers timed mastery

English Language Arts
Hours: 50 hours Grade: 80%
(Child) has completed reading and comprehension lessons for the second quarter. Some of the (Child) chose for personal reading books from the library and purchased on his Nook are as follows: Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness By John Mason Brown, The Necklace by Guy de Maupasset, The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell, Marigolds By Eugenia Collier, 3:16 The numbers of Hope by Max Lucado, Battles Of The War Of 1812 By: Diane Smolinski, Henry Smolinski, Battles of the French and Indian war by Diane Smolinski, The Third Reich: day by day by Christopher Ailsby, The Servants of Twilight By Dean Koontz, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
(Child) has completed all of her second quarter grammar lessons as follows: parts of speech: recognizing eight parts of speech, verbs: recognizing action, linking, and helping verbs, distinguishing verbs from verbals (participles)using principal parts of verbs, regular verb endings, irregular verbs, using correct principal parts, verb tense: using consistent verb tense, avoid incorrect verb forms, use troublesome verbs correctly and avoid verb usage errors, use exact and vivid verbs, nouns: recognizing nouns: compound, common, and proper, recognizing collective nouns, keeping agreement of subject and verb, recognizing nouns as predicate nominatives, direct objects, indi rect objects, objects of prepositions, direct address, diagramming nouns as predicate nominatives, direct objects, indi rect objects, objects of prepositions, recognizing and diagramming nouns as appositives, using exact and vivid nouns, pronouns: antecedents recognizing: personal, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, compound, relative pronouns, keeping agreement of verbs and indefinite pronoun subjects, nominative case: for subjects and predicate nominatives, for appositives of subjects and appositives of predicate nomina tives, objective case: for direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions, for appositives of direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions, possessive case, adjectives: recognizing and diagramming: adjectives and proper adjectives, participles, distinguishing adjectives from nouns and pronouns, recognizing and diagramming predicate adjectives, using and diagramming: prepositional phrases as adjectives, participial phrases as adjectives, adjective clauses, using adjectives in comparison, avoiding double comparison and double negatives, using exact and vivid adjectives, adverbs: recognizing and diagramming adverbs, distinguishing adverbs from adjectives, using and diagramming: prepositional phrases as adverbs, adverb clauses, correct placement of adverb modifiers, using: adverbs in comparison, exact and vivid adverbs, prepositions: recognizing prepositions, prepositional phrases, and objects of prepositions, distinguishing between prepositions and adverbs, using prepositions correctly, conjunctions: recognizing: coordinating and correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, interjections.
All lessons in spelling and vocabulary have been completed.(Child) has a weekly spelling list of words that she is given. On Fridays, (Child) takes a spelling test of those words given at the beginning of the week. She does very well and rarely misses a word on each test. Along with his weekly words, (Child) is required to record words that she comes across in her reading that she does not recognize. She continues to utilize the dictionary to find the definition of those words.

Roots: dic, dict; quer, quest; and spond, spons
Prefixes: contra-, ob-, and pro-
Roots: specs; vid, vis; and par
Prefixes: ab- and dis-
Roots: sci and doc
Prefixes: ante- and pre-
Roots: sci and doc
 Prefixes: ante- and pre-
Roots: mov, mob, mot and ag, act
Suffixes: -ous and -ose
Roots: fac, fic; and opera
Adjective-forming Suffixes: -able and -ible
Early Latin Influences
Roots: tract, trah and pel, puls
Adjective- and Noun-forming Suffix: -al
The Old English Period




U.S. History, Geography  
Hours: 50 hours Grade: 87%
(Child) has covered all second quarter subjects as follows: Building an American Character From the Appalachians to the Rockies (1770–1828) Daniel Boone, Northwest Territory:Treaty of Greenville, Louisiana Purchase:, Zebulon Pike, War of 1812: Impressment and Embargo Act, Battles: Tippecanoe, Lake Erie, Thames River, Horseshoe Bend, Treaty of Ghent, Acquisition of Florida, Missouri Compromise , Monroe Doctrine. Jacksonian Era (1825–1842): President Andrew Jackson: Trail of Tears, suffrage, and abolition, National, Bank, States’ rights, Whig Party, Relations with Britain, Blessings of technology (1825–1865): Improved transportation and communication, Agricultural and industrial advancements, Christian influence on industry, Natural sciences: Louis Agassiz and James Audubon, Medicine. Second Great Awakening and its impact (1770–1860):Circuit riders and camp meetings, Charles Finney: Second Great Awakening, Cults and false philosophies, Evangelism among black and native Americans, Beginnings of American missions movement, Reform movements, Education and culture (1800–1858): American textbooks: Blue-Backed Speller and McGuffey’s Reader, Traditional education, Public education: Horace Mann’s normal schools, Romantic Era: schoolroom poets.
We utilized the textbook, America: The land I love, and the comprehensive questions at the end of each chapter.  Research and writing essays are a priority in each study. Drawing conclusions from information and being capable to articulate it properly is a emphasized across her curriculum.

Science
Hours: 50 hours Grade:     91%
(Child) has completed all of her studies in science for the her first quarter. Johanna has studied the following: Human Anatomy & Physiology : outward divisions: head, trunk, appendages , Cardiovascular system: arterioles, venules , blood flow through veins ,pericardium , pulmonary, coronary, and systemic circulation , respiratory system: nasal cavity, pleura . Digestive system: enzymes, peristalsis, duodenum, rectum, feces , Excretory system: urinary system, ureters, urethra . Lymphatic system: neutrophils, macrophages, phagocytes, Main types of lymphocytes. Integumentary system: Adipose ,Skeletal system: Axial and appendicular skeleton, Maxillary bones, mandible. Pelvis  Hinge joint, pivot joint, ball-and-socket joint , Fracture repair, Muscular system: Largest body system by weight, Nervous system: Impulses. Endocrine system: Gland defined, parathyroid glands, epinephrine, Types of diabetes mellitus. Reproductive system: eggs, sperm, tissue types, prenatal growth and development: pictures and detailed descriptions of development at weekly intervals: conception, fertilization, uterus. A healthy life proper nutrition: carbohydrates, fiber, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water: amino acids, lipids. Exercise: anaerobic aerobic, training heart rate, benefits, rest, outward appearance: cleanliness, grooming, sun exposure, acne, dental care. Introduction to disease: bacteria, viruses, Infectious, Noninfectious, congenital, Spread of pathogens, common diseases: common cold, allergies, cardiovascular disease, cancer. Substance abuse: medications, abuse, dependence, withdrawal, narcotics, hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants. Emotions: adolescence. Spiritual health: Bible study and prayer Creation & Science Design in nature: introduction, history, and evidence of design
Homology: similar structures, Information in living things: complexity, DNA, mutations, Natural selection: kind, speciation vs. macroevolution, specific examples. Three views of life: “tree of life”—evolution, “lawn view,” “orchard view”—creation science, A Christian’s faith: what I believe and why History of science: Materialism, Aristotle, Middle Ages, General and special revelation. Protestant Reformation The Bible and science: advances in modern life science. Law of biogenesis: experiments by Redi and Pasteur, World views and science: ordered or accidental, who determines truth, faith. Development of modern evolutionary thought: Darwin, Lyell, uniformitarian, missing links, evolution as a retreat from true science: chemical evolution, evolutionary relationships, recapitulation, vestigial organs, mutations, evolution of horses, whales, humans Mutations: most are harmful or deadly, gradualism, punctuated equilibrium

Music
Hours: 20 hours Grade: Good
(Child) has been using the book "Developing in Music" by published by Rod and Staff Publishers. (Child) has studied the following: Scale Patterns: Introducing the Scale, Different Kinds of Scales, and the Major Diatonic Scale, The Minor Diatonic Scale, Moods of the Diatonic Scale, The Chromatic Scale.

Visual Arts
Hours: 20 hours Grade: Excellent
(Child) has studied Cubism this quarter.  We have utilized pencil, pastels, paper cuts and collage.  She has also been practicing with digital drawing using a Wacom. She has covered some artists such as: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse.

Phys. Ed.
Hours: 40 hours Grade: Good
(Child) gets daily exercise through daily dog walks, outside play. We have focus daily fitness and diet. (Child) has utilized the Wii Fit. Bowling has been part of her winter Physical Education. We are also members of the YMCA

Health/Safety (integrated into science, and daily family life)
Hours: 20 hours Grade: Excellent
(Child) has covered Health as follows: First Aid: Practicing good first aid: Treating an injury with clean hands, keeping the bandage sterile, letting scabs heal, cleaning open wounds, treating blisters, bruises, burns, broken bones, sprained joints, strained muscles correctly, Removing an insect stinger or a tick
Health: posture: sitting, standing, walking, bending, pulling, lifting, pushing. bones: skull, scapula, clavicle, humerus, sternum, ribs, vertebrae, pelvis, femur, patella, phalanges. Good posture habits: head up, shoulders back, back straight, abdomen in, toes forward, muscles, exercise, and rest: Muscles: voluntary muscles: skeletal muscles, biceps, triceps, trapezius, abdominal, facial, tendons, involuntary muscles: heart and cardiac muscle, diaphragm
In Safety, (Child) has covered the following: Safety: Learn to play safely: not playing in the street, not playing around workmen, listening to your body concerning rest Being a good sport
practice street safety: around strangers; pedestrians, crossing a busy intersection; dusk, setting out of a bus, know these traffic signs: stop sign; warning sign; railroad warning and crossing signs, school sign
street safety habits: Where to safely walk on a street, crossing busy street; between parked cars, light-colored clothing for walking at night .


Practical Arts / Technology (integrated into math, science, and daily family life)
Hours: 50 hours Grade: Excellent
(Child) has been helping the family with balancing budgets, creating shopping list, cooking and recipes and daily chores. (Child) has explored jewelry making this quarter. (Child) also continues basic sewing. I have been also showing (Child) the basics of crocheting. She has continued practicing the single, double, treble crochet.


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