Xander wanted a picture of him and Jack so it's here just because :)
This is what I've been doing lately that has been working for us:
Every weekend, I spend a couple hours (yes it takes me hours, I'm super slow though I'm sure) and go through each boys' lesson list to make them a schedule for the week. I could print out the weekly view sheet, but we found we liked to have little boxes they could check off for each item in the lesson.
This is Charlie getting ready to do a unit review in History.
For instance, with K12's weekly view printout, you'd see the lesson title and number only.
When I do it, I put the lesson title and number, but then list below each item that needs to be completed before the lesson is done. So it might look something like:
MATH 4:12
- online student activity
- pig 235, 236 (we call the math textbooks the ugly pig books because of the pictures, lol)
- big or small w/s (a worksheet)
- assessment
Charlie's to-do list for this week. He or I check off the items that have been completed.
Sometimes he goes straight to the assessment, if he feels he can handle it.
The boys are responsible for checking off each item as it is completed.
I print out their to-do list with all the lessons they need to do for the week. Using columns, I can fit it all onto one page. They do six math lessons, eight language arts lessons (but in Xander's
case, it equals many more smaller lessons since the lessons are broken down into subject matter for him), four history, five science and several spanish lessons, each week.
At the top of their page, I tell them how many lessons they need to complete each day. So they know they need to complete five or eight lessons a day, whichever it might be.
Xander standing in front of our school shelf.
They each have their own shelf, and I do too.
They each have their own shelf, and I do too.
Charlie having a bad-attitude day :)
I also print out every one of their worksheets and such and file them in my "Secretary". That way, the boys can do many things on their own if they are feeling proactive.
On the left you can see the tabbed folders I use in my Secretary to keep handouts and tests for each subject. The boys can find their own stuff easily.
We start our school day at around 10:00 in the morning, and go until 2:00 or 2:30 with a lunch break. The boys take fifteen minute breaks between every two lessons.
And there you have it! What's been working for you?
