Looking for ideas for a checklist for independent work…

Thanks. So it doesn’t mess you up if one subject gets completely done for the week but another subject doesn’t? Does anything extra just end up as homework on the weekend?

I have used Homeschool Skedtrack for a couple of years now. It’s not perfect, but it does keep track of what we’re doing and what we’ve completed, as long as I make sure to check off things and add in things like co-ops and special projects. Here’s the link to their website: http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com/

Thanks.

@Hidden Jewel – If we get behind in something, we just try to finish it up before moving on to anything else. We school 3 weeks on and 1 week off, so if we don’t get our 3 weeks of work done, we don’t have a full off week. When we finish up what was lagging we move on. There have been a couple of times that for whatever reason, I dropped something for a full week or two and I will just move it to the next mini-term checklist in black to indicate it’s a leftover. Works for me anyway.

@Sue – I cannot imagine that anyone could be more particular than I am. I did tweak and play around with it a lot, but now that the basice format is done, I just change out chapters and books every three weeks. I might spend an hour or hour and a half each three weeks getting the new ones typed up, but it’s better than any other method I’ve used for us.

@Christie:

Thank-you for sharing your forms.  Your checklist has everything I could possibly want but have never managed on my own – at least not with only 2 pages!  I will definitely be copying your idea.  Do you save these checklists for your record keeping? 

I am leaning towards doing a 3 week on and one week off schedule like you are using.  I had been planning on a 6 week on and one week off schedule, but I’m concerned I’ll burn out and get behind even with that kind of schedule.  I just marked off a 3 week on/1 week off schedule on a calendar and I love how it worked out, although I have some minor concerns about doing school over part of the summer, which is our nicest time of the year.  Have you come across any negatives to your schedule?

Thanks!

Sue

Someone asked about dates and getting behind. I don’t use dates LOL! The first year, I used dates and I learned my lessson.

I do use a weekly plan where I have a put “Week of _____________________________”. (this way we add in the dates as we go).

If we miss a week or take a week off, then we are not behind. We just date as we go.

I have a new plan to copy my oldest son’s TOCs on his science and grammar texts and then import them into a document scaled down, then add _________ before each chapter/lesson where he can date as he does each one. He needs a bit more accountability this year.

I see a typo: “I do use a weekly plan where I put “Week of ___________________________.”

And I wanted to add if we miss a day, we just X over that day on that week’s plan. No big deal. For the lessons that are done daily (math, history, language), we just pick up the next day where they left off.

For lessons done bi-weekly (science, taekwondo class, etc.), we just miss for that day. If it is a subject like science, they try to make it up later that week. But if they don’t, again pick up where they left off the next day that subject comes up.

Hope this is as clear as mud.

@MamaSnow, I got your message and will PM you a pdf. I make my schedules in a program called QuarkXpress, but you could implement something similar with another program. I just find it easier and I have it, so that is what I used.

Like Missceegee, I also am just cutting and pasting this year as I made these last year and they worked well so we are continuing again this year.

@Suzisue – 3 on/1off works well for us, but I’m in FL where we wear shorts in winter. Summers are blazing hot, so if we’re inside, we may as well do school. We also participate in a co-op which meets 3 weeks per month.

Here is our plan for next year if it helps.

2012-2013 School Year Calendar

I start w/ a begin date and any big trips we’ve planned, then holiday time off and then work the rest from there. Our goal is 180 days which in a year is very doable.

If I lived somewhere with different weather, I’d probably adjust somewhat, but for us, this is perfect.

Christie