Our oldest daughter is now in high school!
I have had many people ask me how to start homeschooling - I thought it might be helpful to put my standard answers in blog form so that the information will be easily accessible (and easily referable if you have friends with the same questions!)
Its time for my annual bragging - if you don't like bragging, please avert your eyes!
We got Kendall's 5th grade standardized test scores today...she did really well. Something that is really nice is that they give a grade level equivalent in each category so you can tell what grade level they are actually working at at the time of the test:
Vocabulary- post-high school level Reading Comprehension - halfway through 6th grade level Spelling- halfway through 11th grade level Language Mechanics- halfway through 12th grade level Language Expression- post-high school level Mathematics Computation- 9th grade level Math Concepts- post-high school level Study Skills- halfway through 6th grade level Science- post-high school level Social Studies- post-high school level
So, John and I were talking about how to improve her skill her "weaker" subjects and I realized that its a pretty bizarre to have when the scores for her "weak subjects" are still above grade level... I'm really lucky to have a student that picks things up easily - it really makes things easier for me!
We got Kendall's 5th grade standardized test scores today...she did really well. Something that is really nice is that they give a grade level equivalent in each category so you can tell what grade level they are actually working at at the time of the test:
Vocabulary- post-high school level
Reading Comprehension - halfway through 6th grade level
Spelling- halfway through 11th grade level
Language Mechanics- halfway through 12th grade level
Language Expression- post-high school level
Mathematics Computation- 9th grade level
Math Concepts- post-high school level
Study Skills- halfway through 6th grade level
Science- post-high school level
Social Studies- post-high school level
So, John and I were talking about how to improve her skill her "weaker" subjects and I realized that its a pretty bizarre to have when the scores for her "weak subjects" are still above grade level... I'm really lucky to have a student that picks things up easily - it really makes things easier for me!