I am trying to put together my progress reports from the past year and was wondering if anyone knows of any templates or examples out there to give me a better idea of what to include
Are you looking for a portfolio style progress report or a report card similar to what you would receive in school? If you are looking for a portfolio style progress report, my friend in Canada sent me this link that is very helpful. http://www.acpeq.org/Download/Preparing_a_Portfolio_ACPEQ.pdf
The state of GA doesn't have guidelines for this. We just talked about this at one of my homeschool groups. Most people in the group said they simply write a paragraph or so about each subject saying what they covered. That's all. You don't have to turn them in to the state anyway (of course unless there is a legal problem one day)...silliness...anyway, you can use http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/teacherslounge/educationese.php to help you word the report 'correctly' in educationese. If you're looking for premade forms you can print out try http://donnayoung.org/forms/index.htm (FREE) Some people prefer to use an online program throughout the year so they can just print out a report at the end of the year. All free. http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com or http://www.homeschooltracker.com/tracker_basic.aspx (they also offer a paid version) or http://www.home-school-inc.com/ (I personally find this one hard to navigate) I plan on using this self-evaluation for my kids each year (in addition to mine own records of course) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Students-Self-evaluation (FREE) Or you could put together a power point presentation http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/180-Days-of-School-Power-Point (it's all laid out, all you do is add photos and text) Also free Other people just keep a notebook. Either a planner type like this http://www.notgrass.com/homeschool-record-keeping-learning-lifestyle.php or this http://www.wellplannedday.com/planners.html or just take notes throughout the year in a lined paper notebook. Others also keep samples of the child's work from throughout the year. HTH
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