In a message dated 4/4/2000 1:21:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rere2089@... writes:

<< PS--This is what our school system asked homeschoolers to sign.  I would
  not.  I scanned it into my computer so there were a bunch of errors.  I'm
  not sure if I fixed them all, so keep that in mind please. >>

Wow!  Am I ever spoiled!!  How do you get around not signing it? Are you with
an umbrella school?

Thanks, and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

I also use HER for issuing grade cards.  Last year I just issued a final grade
card at the end of the year using HER.  I used colored card stock and printed
the grades on the inside and designed a colorful cover on the front using our
Publisher program.   It looks very "official".

I loved this program when putting together my "end of the year" records.  Last
year I spent the day after our final day of school printing off reports to put
with the kids' records.  I printed off the Books Read report and progress
report.

Great idea about daily back-up.  I usually only back up once a week, but I agree
it would be difficult to re-create what was lost if something should happen.

~Anita
Mom to Matt (13) and Alyssa (11)

I am also from MO--St. Louis, and new to this list.  I really have not
worried much about the hours.  We do 8-10 units of study per day.  I set my
program to have one unit last 30 minutes.  Our spelling lessons last only 15
minutes, but the other Language Arts  that we do balances out.  I have loved
the program, trying in the past to do things manually.

I'm not really into the report card thing, but the my children love to have
them when other kids get them, so now I can print them with great ease.

Good to be on the list, and look forward to hearing more about other
homeschoolers organization techniques.

Diane
St. Louis

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>      Thank you, Anita!  That certainly simplifies things.  Can you tell this
> is my first year homeschooling? <grin>  With a toddler and an infant to deal
> with as well, this has been a learning experience for ME also!
>      BTW, where in MO are you?  We're in Columbia.
>      Kim
>

Wow!  We have quite a few here from Missouri.  I live in the country between the
Butler and Nevada area. This program has simplified things for me!  At any time
I can print out a report and determine how many "hours" we have.  This is our
2nd year homeschooling and I have learned SO MUCH in that time.  I struggled in
the beginning with keeping track of the hours manually (which was a real
pain!).  Keep in mind that if your child does a lesson in spelling, reading, and
grammar--that would be 3 credit hours for that day.  The "hours" do add up
quickly so we never have a problem with the required "hours".

~Anita

PS:  Kim, we are going to be in Columbia this weekend for the MO Christian
Convention! °Ü°

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>      Thank you, Anita!  That certainly simplifies things.  Can you tell this
> is my first year homeschooling? <grin>  With a toddler and an infant to deal
> with as well, this has been a learning experience for ME also!
>      BTW, where in MO are you?  We're in Columbia.
>      Kim
>

Wow!  We have quite a few here from Missouri.  I live in the country between the
Butler and Nevada area. This program has simplified things for me!  At any time
I can print out a report and determine how many "hours" we have.  This is our
2nd year homeschooling and I have learned SO MUCH in that time.  I struggled in
the beginning with keeping track of the hours manually (which was a real
pain!).  Keep in mind that if your child does a lesson in spelling, reading, and
grammar--that would be 3 credit hours for that day.  The "hours" do add up
quickly so we never have a problem with the required "hours".

~Anita

PS:  Kim, we are going to be in Columbia this weekend for the MO Christian
Convention! °Ü°

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On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:38:33 EDT kwar64@... writes:
>      I have always entered multiple lessons on each day, and never
> experienced any problems with it.  Just make sure the time you enter
> in the
> last column is the amount of time you want credited to that subject.
>   For
> example, I will make three Language entries on a day, but the total
> time I
> want credited to that subject is one hour.  So I will enter 60
> minutes on one
> of the lessons and leave the other two at 0.  Make sense?


Yup.  I don't use the time though because here, you are supposed to have
a ridiculous amount of time, and I know I would never come near that, so
I figure it's best not to have any record of time.  LOL  What I do is
I'll give a number, 1-5, 1 being the best, 5 the worst.  I'm only doing
grades K and 1st, so grades aren't very important to me yet.  The 5=A,
4=B, etc.   So, if they do great at listening, and really try hard, then
they get the 5, even if they did get one wrong.   If they didn't listen
very well, were acting up, and got one or two wrong, then I would give
them a 4.  And so on.  Do most people use the time?  I started out doing
that, but then changed my mind.


>    As for the attendance/absence question,  hours and days are only
> calculated from what I enter in.  When I set it up, I put in an
> amount of 4.5
> hours equals one day.  So if I don't enter in time spent, it doesn't
>
> calculate any days.  I hope I'm doing this right!  I'm awful at
> keeping up
> with records, so maybe I'm not a great one to give advice! :)
>   HTH,     Kim
>

LOL  As you can see, I'm also awful at keeping records, otherwise I
wouldn't be having the problem.  LOL

Thanks for the reply!

AnnMarie

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That's a good idea Anita.  I just leave it blank.  So far, nobody has
even contacted me about progress reports or anything.  I was just sent a
packet of stuff in the beginning tell me what I had to do, and there was
something for me to sign, which I would not because it was asking for all
kinds of ridiculous things, things that I'm not obligated to do under the
law.  I just sent in my stuff (copies of lessons from the books, etc.)
without the signed paper, and I haven't heard from them since.  I'm
guessing I was approved seeing how the school year is almost over and
they haven't told me my daughter needs to be in public school.  LOL

AnnMarie

On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:45:36 -0500 Byers <muddyroad@...> writes:
>
>
>
> >    OK, so what do you do then for your records?  I'm having a
> struggle to
> > meet the hourly requirements for my second grader also, so I'm
> anxious to
> > hear how you deal with this one.  My seventh grader definately
> gets his hours
> > in, but it doesn't take long to do lessons for the lower
> elementary grades!
> >
>
> Kim,
>
> Hi!
>
> You live in Missouri, right?  Me too.  I always enter 60 minutes
> under "time in
> minutes" so that each subject will count as an "hour".  Here in
> Missouri, a class
> period counts as an hour of instruction whether it takes the student
> 15 minutes
> to complete a subject 60 minutes.  That way I can keep track of our
> "hours" that
> the state requires.  If we do a field trip or library time I then
> count that as
> actual minutes.
>
> Anita
> Mom to Matt (13) and Alyssa (11)
>
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On Mon,   Can you
> tell this
> is my first year homeschooling? <grin>  With a toddler and an infant
> to deal
> with as well, this has been a learning experience for ME also!
>      BTW, where in MO are you?  We're in Columbia.
>      Kim
>

I know how you feel Kim.  I have 4, ages from 7 to 7 months.  We got off
to a rough start this year.  I'm hoping to be able to finish the school
year with the 180 required days.  If I do, we'll be finishing when it's
time to start the next year.  lol

AnnMarie

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I am in Naples, on the Southwest Gulf Coast.  I cringed when I read the
requirements of Missouri and Pennsylvania.  Yikes!  I would go nuts.
Virginia
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 3:17 PM
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> In a message dated 4/3/2000 1:33:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tchn4life@... writes:
>
> << I guess I have never truly appreciated how flexible Florida is with
>  their home education laws.  >>
>
> Hey, Virginia,
>
> Where about Florida do you lived?  I'm in Winter Springs, north of
Orlando.
>
> Take care and God bless,
> Karen
> †JMJ
>
>
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Thanks Geri!  That is an awesome idea!  I, too, am spending hours entering
lessons.  That is not how I want to spend my time.  Not only that, I really
want my kids to begin being responsible for recording what they do and the
time they spend.
Virginia
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HER-Discuss] Question about attendance and lessons


>     When I started using HER2 I felt that I had to type each days' lesson
in for
> each girl. I was spending hours on the computer, so now I write up lesson
plans
> in a book (which can be done while out at a park, or watching TV) then I
just
> record the grades for the week on HER2.
>
> I do this by typing in a week for each subject (like week 29) and entering
a
> total grade (eight assignments would be a possible 800 points, lets say
she got
> 772 points) She gets a weekly grade of 97. I can make certain assignments
weigh
> more by multiplying the points possible. So a test can be worth 400 points
> instead of 100, 80 out of 100 becomes 320 out of 400.
>
> I set up my yearly calendar at the beginning of the year and make
adjustments as
> needed. If we take a day off that we do not make up on Saturday, I record
that as
> an absence. If we take a day off, but make it up on Saturday, I leave it
be. If
> we work extra on Saturday, I record a weekend school day, in order to get
the
> extra day.
>
> By entering my weekly grades on the Friday date, the girls get all 5 days
in
> attendance.
>
> As far as time goes, in NC we do not need to keep a certain number of
hours, so I
> just estimate a time. (In the setup I just entered a time of 4 hours per
day.) So
> if Math takes about 30 minutes a day, and we work for 5 days, I enter 150
in the
> time area. By comparing days attended and days earned, I see if we are
above or
> below the 4 hours I had entered. I then adjust the hours up or down the
following
> year.
>
> I hope that isn't too confusing.
>
> Geri Young
>
>
>
>
>
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:26:39 -0400 "Nannette Halliwell"
<catholicmom@...> writes:
> Hi. I live in PA, the third most restrictive homeschooling state. We
> must
> account for 900 hours or 180 days on the elementary level, plus a
> portfolio,
> testing and evaluations.

We have something similar.  I think the hours have gone up past 900 now,
and it's 180 days.

I have really struggled with the time
> keeping
> aspect of HER. We don't always keep a M-F schedule.

Same here.  I do school when I have the time to do it, whatever day that
may be.

  I had suggested
> for the
> next upgrade that the software only count days that entries were
> actually
> entered for. That would make it much easier for those tracking by
> days only.
>


YES, much easier!  I hope he does change that.

AnnMarie


PS--This is what our school system asked homeschoolers to sign.  I would
not.  I scanned it into my computer so there were a bunch of errors.  I'm
not sure if I fixed them all, so keep that in mind please.



HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOL
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF HOME EDUCATION PLAN
Parent Name: Date:

Address:

Name(s) and age(s) at child(ren) to be home schooled:



Last grade level placement tar each child:



Items that must be included with this application torm include:

For Instruction:
               _____Program at Instruction per child:
Provide a two/three sentence summary description tar each course to be
taught (Art, English/Language Arts/Reading, Math, Music, Physical
Education, Science, Social Studies, Health Education, etc.);
              _____Curricula Descriptions:
Provide the objectives (student performance outcomes) for each course to
be taught.  The objectives should be sequenced in the order that they
will be taught from September through June;
            _____Sample lessons tram each subject;
            _____ Daily/weekly/monthly schedules of instruction per area
and the quiz/test/examination schedule for each topic;
 		 _____Samples of supplementary materials to be used for enrichment
purposes;
    ___ Copies at textbooks, workbooks, or other instructional materials
must be included.

For Assessment:
        _____A complete description at the monitoring plan of the
student's
                  progress;
        _____Samples of recording/reporting forms;
        _____A description of work sampling procedures;
        _____A description of how and when progress summaries will be
developed for
each child's progress throughout the year.

For Standardized Testing:
        _____A statement in the program description that acknowledges  the
parent's/guardian's willingness to have participating  child(ren) tested
with standardized assessments in current use by the school system
(presently,  the Massachusetts Test at Basic Skills and the Standard
Achievement Test), or a request to utilize an alternative assessment
instrument (which is to be specified herein by name, edition, and form).

Home Education Approval Procedure
Page 2




For Teacher Information:
     _____Background information on the instructor of each child should be
included as requested in the guide, including college transcripts if a
college degree is listed in credentials;
                _____Three letters of reference are included or are being
sent.

The complete plan and materials (as summarized above and explained in
detail in the attached guide) are being forwarded as:
               _____Part at this application
               _____Under separate cover

Agreement:

It is understood that, as part of this approval, I agree to comply with
each of the specifications noted in the attached guidelines as published
by the Haverhill Public School System, including all monitoring and
testing requirements.



	 Date Parent/Guardian Signature


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

Program Reviev:


Date at Review
               Superintendent or Designee







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In a message dated 04/03/2000 2:54:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
muddyroad@... writes:

<< Here in Missouri, a class
  period counts as an hour of instruction whether it takes the student 15
minutes
  to complete a subject 60 minutes. >>

      Thank you, Anita!  That certainly simplifies things.  Can you tell this
is my first year homeschooling? <grin>  With a toddler and an infant to deal
with as well, this has been a learning experience for ME also!
      BTW, where in MO are you?  We're in Columbia.
      Kim

Hi. I live in PA, the third most restrictive homeschooling state. We must
account for 900 hours or 180 days on the elementary level, plus a portfolio,
testing and evaluations. I have really struggled with the time keeping
aspect of HER. We don't always keep a M-F schedule. I had suggested for the
next upgrade that the software only count days that entries were actually
entered for. That would make it much easier for those tracking by days only.

I have a question for anyone with twins or two working on the same level -
Can you block copy lessons from one student to another? So far I have only
been able to do it one course at a time. It would certainly be a time saver
to be able to block copy a day's worth of lessons from one student to
another. God bless.

Nannette Halliwell
Immaculate Heart Homeschool
catholicmom@...
http://home.att.net/~danderson.halliwell/

I am not required to keep hours, but, here is what I do concerning hours.
I put down the hours I think that it should take to do the lesson and
leave it at that. In school, they allot a certain amount of time per
subject, when the child is done- they read. It seems you could do the
same thing, you are still allotting a certain amount of time, even tho'
they finish early. You will probably find that they will make up the
hours in another subject anyway.

Theresa

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>    OK, so what do you do then for your records?  I'm having a struggle to
> meet the hourly requirements for my second grader also, so I'm anxious to
> hear how you deal with this one.  My seventh grader definately gets his hours
> in, but it doesn't take long to do lessons for the lower elementary grades!
>

Kim,

Hi!

You live in Missouri, right?  Me too.  I always enter 60 minutes under "time in
minutes" so that each subject will count as an "hour".  Here in Missouri, a
class
period counts as an hour of instruction whether it takes the student 15 minutes
to complete a subject 60 minutes.  That way I can keep track of our "hours" that
the state requires.  If we do a field trip or library time I then count that as
actual minutes.

Anita
Mom to Matt (13) and Alyssa (11)

In a message dated 4/3/2000 1:36:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cedarbendacademy@... writes:

<< HI, I also have trouble with lessons printing in the wrong order. One
  day it may be right and the next day will be in a different order.
  Very confusing! I have the older versions also, and with those you
  could not have two things in the same lesson, on the same day. It is
  MUCH BETTER now.  >>

I have the newer version, and when you go into the Print Lessons box, there
is a button on the bottom that says "Print Order". You click on that and it
allows you to put the order in as you wish to see it printed. However, I
think you have to do that everytime you go to print - I don't think it saves
it once you close the Print Lessons box.  That's why I've "lettered" by
subjects, so that the one I want to appear first is "A", next is "B", and so
on. Then they appear in the same order every time.

Take care and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

In a message dated 4/3/2000 1:33:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tchn4life@... writes:

<< I guess I have never truly appreciated how flexible Florida is with
  their home education laws.  >>

Hey, Virginia,

Where about Florida do you lived?  I'm in Winter Springs, north of Orlando.

Take care and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

When I started using HER2 I felt that I had to type each days' lesson in for
each girl. I was spending hours on the computer, so now I write up lesson plans
in a book (which can be done while out at a park, or watching TV) then I just
record the grades for the week on HER2.

I do this by typing in a week for each subject (like week 29) and entering a
total grade (eight assignments would be a possible 800 points, lets say she got
772 points) She gets a weekly grade of 97. I can make certain assignments weigh
more by multiplying the points possible. So a test can be worth 400 points
instead of 100, 80 out of 100 becomes 320 out of 400.

I set up my yearly calendar at the beginning of the year and make adjustments as
needed. If we take a day off that we do not make up on Saturday, I record that
as
an absence. If we take a day off, but make it up on Saturday, I leave it be. If
we work extra on Saturday, I record a weekend school day, in order to get the
extra day.

By entering my weekly grades on the Friday date, the girls get all 5 days in
attendance.

As far as time goes, in NC we do not need to keep a certain number of hours, so
I
just estimate a time. (In the setup I just entered a time of 4 hours per day.)
So
if Math takes about 30 minutes a day, and we work for 5 days, I enter 150 in the
time area. By comparing days attended and days earned, I see if we are above or
below the 4 hours I had entered. I then adjust the hours up or down the
following
year.

I hope that isn't too confusing.

Geri Young

In a message dated 04/03/2000 12:34:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
tchn4life@... writes:

<< BTW, where do you
  ladies live?   >>

     We're in Missouri.  We're required to have 1000 hours a year, with 400 of
them being actual "classroom setting" in five required subjects.  Other than
that, our laws are fairly liberal for now.  We have a politician pushing for
required testing, but so far it hasn't gone anywhere.

Kim

In a message dated 4/3/2000 11:55:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rere2089@... writes:

<< Do most people use the time?  I started out doing
  that, but then changed my mind.
   >>

I only use it for extracurricular activities. (just so I can show that I
don't keep my children locked up in the house, chained to their desks <g>)

Our state doesn't have an hour requirement so I don't need to use this.  I
think, though, you are required to put in something for hours (daily?) when
you first set up the program, so I typed in 1 hour. I could be wrong, though.

Take care and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

In a message dated 4/3/2000 11:51:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rere2089@... writes:

<< Maybe it does the alphabetically or something? >>

I think you're right about this, but I haven't really tracked it.

I know that when you go to print the schedules it gives you an order option;
otherwise it will print the courses in alphabetical order.  Before I
discovered this, though, I decided to "letter" (as opposed to number) all of
my courses so they appear in the order I want them to automatically. (e.g.,
A.Religion, B.Reading, C.Language Arts, etc.)

Thanks, and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

--- In HER-Discuss@egroups.com, rere2089@j...  wrote:

> > I've never had any problems with doing this; however, I've
noticed
> > that
> > sometimes the schedule prints the lessons for the same subject in
a
> > different
> > order than what appears on the screen. For example, on the screen
> > I'll have
> > two different lessons for Language Arts on the same day: English
> > assignment
> > and then Poetry lesson.  On the schedule I print for my child,
> > though, the
> > order may be reversed. It's no big deal, but sometimes it gets
> > confusing when
> > it comes time to enter the grades. (I print two copies of the
weekly
> > lessons,
> > keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this,
and
> > then enter
> > them into the computer at the end of the week. It would be easier
if
> > I could
> > just go down the list, but I have to be careful so I don't mix
them
> > up when
> > there are more than one entries for the same subject.)
>
> That's really odd.  I don't usually print anything, so I never
noticed
> anything like that.  Maybe it does the alphabetically or something?
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> AnnMarie
> PS-- I'm really glad we have this list!  Thanks!

HI, I also have trouble with lessons printing in the wrong order. One
day it may be right and the next day will be in a different order.
Very confusing! I have the older versions also, and with those you
could not have two things in the same lesson, on the same day. It is
MUCH BETTER now.

I keep all the lesson plans in a three-ring binder, that way they all
stay together. I don't know about ya'll, but, we put everything under
Language Arts like this:

Langauge Arts-Grammar
Language Arts- Writing

that way it is all together in the Transcript. I have really enjoyed
the program, and really appreciate Vince keeping up with everyone's
complaints and fixing them.

Theresa

<<I print two copies of the weekly lessons,
>  keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this, and then
> enter
>  them into the computer at the end of the week.  >>
>
>    What a revelation!  I've been trying to keep track of one assignment
> sheet, which the boys usually lose somehow, so this is a tip I plan to
use.
> Thank you!
>            Kim>>
This is the same way I do it!  It works well for us.  BTW, where do you
ladies live?  I can't imagine having to account for hours with a second
grader.  I guess I have never truly appreciated how flexible Florida is with
their home education laws.  We have no attendance mandates for home
educators.  As long as you can show that the child is "progressing
commensurate with ability", you are A-OK.  I love my HER program.  It is
such a blessing for my disorganized mind. LOL!
Virginia
Mom to Ashley (8th) and Clayton (5th)

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> In a message dated 04/03/2000 8:31:10 AM Central Daylight Time,
> queenkaren@... writes:
>
> << I print two copies of the weekly lessons,
>  keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this, and then
> enter
>  them into the computer at the end of the week.  >>
>
>    What a revelation!  I've been trying to keep track of one assignment
> sheet, which the boys usually lose somehow, so this is a tip I plan to
use.
> Thank you!
>            Kim
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In a message dated 04/03/2000 8:31:10 AM Central Daylight Time,
queenkaren@... writes:

<< I print two copies of the weekly lessons,
  keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this, and then
enter
  them into the computer at the end of the week.  >>

    What a revelation!  I've been trying to keep track of one assignment
sheet, which the boys usually lose somehow, so this is a tip I plan to use.
Thank you!
            Kim

In a message dated 04/03/2000 10:55:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
rere2089@... writes:

<< I don't use the time though because here, you are supposed to have
  a ridiculous amount of time, and I know I would never come near that, so
  I figure it's best not to have any record of time.  >>

    OK, so what do you do then for your records?  I'm having a struggle to
meet the hourly requirements for my second grader also, so I'm anxious to
hear how you deal with this one.  My seventh grader definately gets his hours
in, but it doesn't take long to do lessons for the lower elementary grades!
     How did you set up your program to record days if you don't enter time?
     I'm hoping you're going to bring me a real breakthrough here! :)
              Kim

> << Has anyone else noticed that if you don't keep good
>  attendance/absence/lesson records that when a quarter has passed it
> will
>  think you did school all the days that you planned, even if you
> don't
>  have lessons recorded for all those days?>>
>
> Yes, I think it will do this. What you have to do is mark those as
> days off
> in the calendar setup. I'm pretty sure you can edit this throughout
> the year
> as needed.


You can, it's just a pain.  I had to go in one time already and mark down
every day that I put lessons in, and then redo the whole calendar.  I'm
going to have to do it again now.  I guess I just have to get on the ball
and do school all the days I planned, and record it if I can't.  I'm
already half a year behind because at the beginning of the school year I
was having a hard time with my pregnancy, and after the baby came it was
too hectic to do school for a while.  I'll be finishing this year at the
end of August, when it's time to start the next.  LOL



> I've never had any problems with doing this; however, I've noticed
> that
> sometimes the schedule prints the lessons for the same subject in a
> different
> order than what appears on the screen. For example, on the screen
> I'll have
> two different lessons for Language Arts on the same day: English
> assignment
> and then Poetry lesson.  On the schedule I print for my child,
> though, the
> order may be reversed. It's no big deal, but sometimes it gets
> confusing when
> it comes time to enter the grades. (I print two copies of the weekly
> lessons,
> keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this, and
> then enter
> them into the computer at the end of the week. It would be easier if
> I could
> just go down the list, but I have to be careful so I don't mix them
> up when
> there are more than one entries for the same subject.)

That's really odd.  I don't usually print anything, so I never noticed
anything like that.  Maybe it does the alphabetically or something?

Thanks for your reply!

AnnMarie
PS-- I'm really glad we have this list!  Thanks!
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On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:38:33 EDT kwar64@... writes:
>      I have always entered multiple lessons on each day, and never
> experienced any problems with it.  Just make sure the time you enter
> in the
> last column is the amount of time you want credited to that subject.
>   For
> example, I will make three Language entries on a day, but the total
> time I
> want credited to that subject is one hour.  So I will enter 60
> minutes on one
> of the lessons and leave the other two at 0.  Make sense?


Yup.  I don't use the time though because here, you are supposed to have
a ridiculous amount of time, and I know I would never come near that, so
I figure it's best not to have any record of time.  LOL  What I do is
I'll give a number, 1-5, 1 being the best, 5 the worst.  I'm only doing
grades K and 1st, so grades aren't very important to me yet.  The 5=A,
4=B, etc.   So, if they do great at listening, and really try hard, then
they get the 5, even if they did get one wrong.   If they didn't listen
very well, were acting up, and got one or two wrong, then I would give
them a 4.  And so on.  Do most people use the time?  I started out doing
that, but then changed my mind.


>    As for the attendance/absence question,  hours and days are only
> calculated from what I enter in.  When I set it up, I put in an
> amount of 4.5
> hours equals one day.  So if I don't enter in time spent, it doesn't
>
> calculate any days.  I hope I'm doing this right!  I'm awful at
> keeping up
> with records, so maybe I'm not a great one to give advice! :)
>   HTH,     Kim
>

LOL  As you can see, I'm also awful at keeping records, otherwise I
wouldn't be having the problem.  LOL

Thanks for the reply!

AnnMarie

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In a message dated 4/2/2000 10:07:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rere2089@... writes:

<< Has anyone else noticed that if you don't keep good
  attendance/absence/lesson records that when a quarter has passed it will
  think you did school all the days that you planned, even if you don't
  have lessons recorded for all those days?>>

Yes, I think it will do this. What you have to do is mark those as days off
in the calendar setup. I'm pretty sure you can edit this throughout the year
as needed.

  <<Another thing I was wondering, has anyone had any problems with adding
  multiple lessons for one subject in a day?  I thought I read you couldn't
  do that, but I tried it one day and it worked.  I'm just wondering if
  this will cause any problems? >>

I've never had any problems with doing this; however, I've noticed that
sometimes the schedule prints the lessons for the same subject in a different
order than what appears on the screen. For example, on the screen I'll have
two different lessons for Language Arts on the same day: English assignment
and then Poetry lesson.  On the schedule I print for my child, though, the
order may be reversed. It's no big deal, but sometimes it gets confusing when
it comes time to enter the grades. (I print two copies of the weekly lessons,
keeping one in a notebook for myself. I record grades on this, and then enter
them into the computer at the end of the week. It would be easier if I could
just go down the list, but I have to be careful so I don't mix them up when
there are more than one entries for the same subject.)

I hope this helps some!

Take care and God bless,
Karen
†JMJ

I have always entered multiple lessons on each day, and never
experienced any problems with it.  Just make sure the time you enter in the
last column is the amount of time you want credited to that subject.   For
example, I will make three Language entries on a day, but the total time I
want credited to that subject is one hour.  So I will enter 60 minutes on one
of the lessons and leave the other two at 0.  Make sense?
    As for the attendance/absence question,  hours and days are only
calculated from what I enter in.  When I set it up, I put in an amount of 4.5
hours equals one day.  So if I don't enter in time spent, it doesn't
calculate any days.  I hope I'm doing this right!  I'm awful at keeping up
with records, so maybe I'm not a great one to give advice! :)
   HTH,     Kim

Hello!

Has anyone else noticed that if you don't keep good
attendance/absence/lesson records that when a quarter has passed it will
think you did school all the days that you planned, even if you don't
have lessons recorded for all those days?

Another thing I was wondering, has anyone had any problems with adding
multiple lessons for one subject in a day?  I thought I read you couldn't
do that, but I tried it one day and it worked.  I'm just wondering if
this will cause any problems?

Thanks,
AnnMarie
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