Homeschool Portfolio Lesson Planner

Portfolio

In several states, homeschoolers must keep a portfolio and be evaluated by an evaluator. I recommend that you become familiar with your state laws regarding homeschooling, portfolios, what is required, and what is not required. Join a local support group so that you can ask questions from local experienced homeschoolers. They can also help you find an evaluator.

I've put together some forms that may be helpful. Depending on your record keeping style, use either the Class Schedule, Weekly Log, or the Daily Log. You do not have to use all three unless you just want to.

Get a large 3-ring binder or a file box for each of your children and keep their schedules and work organized. Use tab dividers for each of their subjects. Place a few photo-album pages in their notebook or file box to hold any photos that you take of projects, field trips, etc.

Either preplan their schedule or record what they read and do on a daily basis. If you preplan, just write page numbers and other relevant information in the blocks on a lesson planner. See the How To Make Lesson Plans for Homeschool pages for examples and tips on scheduling.

Be diligent in keeping all of your logs up to date.

The most important school work to show is your child's before and after work--- in other words--- work that shows their progress. Please don't take my word about how to keep portfolios -- Find a Local Group and Ask Questions!

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Typeable PDF-READ CAUTION
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Acrobat PDF

DOC or RTF

Portfolio comes in several formats. See the legend above.

type-pdf Note: Typeable PDF's are not broadly compatible. You should save the file to your hard drive before editing. Editing the typeable pdf online is limited.

important information Adobe READER will not save what you type! The typeable pdf's are meant to be printed. Do not consider using the typeable pdf's as a running document UNLESS you have Adobe Acrobat.

The Files

Attendance

In the squares write the date for each day you school.
pdf Attendance
type-pdf Attendance [*how] Header is typeable
doc or rtf Attendance [doc]
Attendance [rtf]

* text file The typeable pdf files must be used from your hard-drive. That means you should save the typeable file to your computer and type in the file from there. Online editing of the typeable pdf is limited.

Term Planner "Class Schedule"

Use this one in the same way that you would use a quarter planner (term planner). This form is meant for scheduling one subject.
pdf Class Schedule [1-page, 4-page below]
text file Class Schedule [*how]
doc or rtf Class Schedule [doc]
Class Schedule [rtf]

Keyed, 4-pages

pdf Class Schedule
doc Class Schedule [doc]
doc Class Schedule [rtf]

Course of Study

List your child's courses and the book and materials that your child uses.
pdf Course of Study
text file Course of Study [*how] Every space typeable, read caution below
doc or rtf Course of Study [doc]
Course of Study [rtf]