Does anyone have a grade book that they really like? I need one that can do multiple grades and obviously multiple children. I can find one with multiple classes for one child or one class with multiple children. Even though we are pretty slack about things, I really like to keep grades. I would like to do it on the computer if at all possible too. Thanks in advance. ~Becca
Check out homeschool tracker. You can do grades, lesson plans, assignment sheets. I am not sure what reports you can do on the regular version but on the plus version I know they have report cards and transcripts. I used it for sd when she was in high school. I am sure I will use again with dd as she gets older and I want/need to keep track of the grades.
I got mine in the Target $1 section as well. I haven't used it, and this is my first year of keeping official grades, but it looks like something that will work well.
I make my own on the computer. Since everybody's year of classes can be different, I have to make a unique grade report sheet for everyone. I use a blank copy at my desk to keep track, and every month I fill out by hand a report card which is an exact duplicate form. I send report cards home every 20th school day, so 9 reports a year go home to the parents. For subjects from Lifepac or CLE, I make a grid similar to what Lifepac shows in their TMs. I put ten columns (or five for the CLE subjects that have only five units) and number them across according to the unit number in the top row. Down the leftmost column, I put Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3 (if that subject has a 3rd quiz or a Self-Check or review quiz), Test, Date, and Grade. After unit 10, I have a column for a final average grade. For other courses, I put a column for each chapter. If there are no quizzes, I only need rows for Test and Date (like Saxon math), but if there are quizzes, projects, reports, maps, or whatever else, I list those in place of Quizzes and Reviews. Again, a column after the last numbered chapter/unit column for a final average at the end of the year. Depending on the set up of the pages and how many children you have, you COULD use a standard Teacher's Gradebook. Write in your schoolday dates across the top. You should have room for at least six weeks over a two-page spread (some books have more weeks). Down the column for kids' names, put your oldest child's name, and under the name, write the subjects that child will be doing that year. Then skip a line, and put the next child's name, and the subjects to be done, etc. If you have more children than will fit on one page in this way, just turn the page and continue (tear off the rightmost column of the first two-page spread - it's made to tear off). This way, it will be easy to see that X got a 97 in English on 8/23, a 89 in Math on 8/24, and so on. Personally, I just put a number grade in red in the gridbox of my plan book for that subject for that kid for that day. AND mark it on the report card page. If I forget in one place, I have it in the other. If you're not going to do "a report card" per se, then you can just put it in your plan book. If it's a plan book that you're really after, I just grid off with a ruler in a spiral notebook, one column for each kid and a row for each "general" subject (Bible, Reading, English, spelling, penmanship, Math, Science, History/Geography, a row for any "other" courses, and Miscellaneous Notes at the very bottom). I can get up to 5 columns on one page, so one page per day. But if I have more than 5 I'll make one day = a two page spread.
Yeah, I was shocked that I found one like taht for $1 I don't actually do grades on it, but we do keep track of what we do each day. I write the subjects on the "name" line. And fill in the week at the top. Then I just put a check everyday after we have completed each subject. I started doing that in K so I would know what we had done that year.
