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V Planner V3- GS-QP Grade Scale, Quality Points

May 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
S-Sheet- Set Grade Scale
An article describing how to use the worksheet GS-QP in V Planner V3. GS-QP refers to Grade Scale and Quality Points and it is the sheet where the grade scales are made.

V Planner Video: FIX: How To Unlock a Drop-Down List - Easy

April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How To Unlock a Drop-Down List - EasyUnlock A Cell
Sometimes I forget to unlock the cells into which I have placed dropdown lists. My most recent embarrassment is in V3 where I didn't unlock any of the Master/Override list cells. 4/28/2013

V Planner Video: Tip: How To Expand the Height of the Rows

April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How To Expand the Height of the RowsMake Rows Taller
How to make the rows taller so that all of the contents are displayed. Example shows lesson planner "Block1."
4/28/2013

V Planner Video: What is a Beta V Planner?

April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
What are the Beta Planners?What does Beta Mean regarding the V Planners?
Beta means "don't use this planner, play with it; learn how it works"
4/28/2013

V Planner Video: Which V Planner am I Using?

April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
Which V Planner am I Using?How to Know!
This short video goes over how to tell which V Planner that you are using.
4/28/2013

More Printable Graph paper

April 2013 - Math > Paper
spelling beeTo the original graph paper page I have added 10 more sizes. These papers have gray graph lines with black dividing lines. The graph is divided every 3, 5, or 10 squares. Two sizes are made with both regular and wide margins. One special file is designed for a small garden.

Spelling Bee Award Certificates

April 2013 - English > Spelling
spelling bee Two files - the Spelling Bee Winner and the Spelling Bee Champion. The Champion file is the year-end award for the child who won the most spelling bees. The Winner file has four certificates per page that you would sign, date, and hand to the winner of each spelling bee.

V Planner V3 - How to Use the Master/Override Drop-down in the Lesson Planners

April 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How Lesson Plan Columns are Handled in the PlannersApplies to V Planner V3.
A new feature in V3 that allows you to either set a system (Date or Number) per planner or set a system (Date or Number) per subject.

High School Diploma - Sans Border

March 2013 - Homeschool Planner
diplomaRequested - The diploma pictured here, but without the border. It is a typeable PDF.

Handwriting Paper with Colored Rule and Yellow Stripe Paper

March 2013 - Handwriting > Paper
yellow stripe handwriting rule paper New Yellow Stripe handwriting rule papers in 5 rule heights and in horizontal format.

Using the Bump Column to Create a Lesson Plan Sequence for the Date Planners

March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How Lesson Plan Columns are Handled in the PlannersApplies to all planner with a bump column [March - 2013]

9mm Filler Paper with Images

March 2013 - Penmanship > Paper
9mm Filler Paper with ImagesThe printable filler paper on this page feature a rule height of approximately 9mm. The rule is blue with pink margin lines and the outside margin line is olive. All but one file feature a small image at the top of the page. Each paper has a header that reads: by: and date:

How Lesson Plan Columns are Handled in the Planners

March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How Lesson Plan Columns are Handled in the PlannersThis video explains how the 3 columns of lesson plans are handled in the planners. Please watch this video before adding lesson plans to the S-Sheets. [March - 2013]

How to Use the Char Planner

March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How to Use the Char PlannerHow to use the Char Planner - a planner in which, if your computer uses a character map, line breaks may be added after each lesson plan. [March - 2013]

How to Use a Special S-Sheet for the 2nd Semester

March 2013 - Homeschool Planners > V Planner
How to Use a Special S-Sheet for the 2nd SemesterHigh School V Planner- How to set up a special s-sheet for the 2nd semester [March - 2013]

Cube Templates and How-To Pages

December 2012 - Art > Crafts
cubes- my son and I Word templates that may be used to create paper cubes with pictures. Each template makes a certain sized cube, there are 7 sizes. Use the cubes for education or to make photo cubes.
How to Pages: Working with the Pictures
Pre-folding and How to Cut the Cube
Folding the Cube

Gift Tag Page Changes

December 2012 - Art > Crafts
christmas tags 2 There are 3 new pre-made gift tag sheets, two are suitable for Christmas. The blank tag template has been redone to make it better. That's a pitiful description.

Spicy Popcorn Recipe and Recipe Card

December 2012 - Household > Recipes
christmas tags 2 The Spicy Popcorn page will be new to most of you. Today I updated the instructions to reflect exactly how I make the popcorn; I've been making it for years, and I added a 4x6 recipe card in the Microsoft Word formats of - DOC and DOCX.

Blank Undated "Dated" Calendar

November 2012 - Calendars > Monthly
Dated Undated Balnk Calendar Calendar shown here is an example of using the calendars. This is an undated "dated" blank monthly calendar. The blocks that should contain dates are bordered and the month and year is noted on the bottom of each page.

Fantasy Fudge Recipe and Recipe Cards

November 2012 - Household > Recipes
christmas tags 2 Fantasy Fudge from the Kraft Marshmallow label - Our family's been making this particular fudge for decades. The recipe is online and I added recipe cards, a pdf of 4 small cards and the typical 4x6 recipe card size in doc and docx.

13 Meals - The Repeating Meal Method of Meal Planning

November 2012 - Calendars > Monthly
13 Meals - a method a meal planning 13 Meals is a method of meal planning for a month that I started doing a long time ago. I based this method on the repeating meal. This method is best when a shopping list is also made as this typically saves money at the grocery store.

The Category Method of Meal Planning & the Running Records

November 2012 - Calendars > Monthly
The Category Method of Meal Planning - There are several ways to plan meals and ways to not plan meals. This page explains Meal Categories, which basically, is a record of meals. If you like keeping records, then this record of meals is something that you can refer to during those large parts of your life when you do not plan meals, you just make them.

Menu Planner

November 2012 - Calendars > Monthly
Menu Planner A menu planner in two colors - black and white, and blue and white. This planner allows you to keep a running record of meals and it has the typical menu planner files to go with it. Part of this menu planner is based on my category method of making meal plans.

Vertical Monthly Notebook Calendars

November 2012 - Calendars > Monthly
One Page Ruled Monthly Calendar Of course calendars continue to occupy work and I can't seem to resist making new calendar styles. This new style is a one-page monthly calendar that has ruled lines, most of which are dated.

Month on a Page Household Planner

November 2012 - Household > Full Sized > Month-on-a-Page
List Top - Month on a Page Calendar I came across a file that I had forgotten about. It is a "Month on a Page" type of calendar. This one is called List Top and I have a non-dated version of it at Calendars > Blank Calendars. Anyway, I made a whole lot of dated "List Top" calendars.

Printable Undated Calendars

November 2012 - Calendars > Blank
Printable Undated Calendars Requested: Blank Calendar in the Blue Calendar style and the Frame Calendar style. These files are placed on the Blank Calendar page at Calendars > Blank

Printable Horizontal Monthly Calendars

November 2012 - Calendars > Horizontal Monthly
Printable Horizontal Monthly Calendars The only dated "wall" calendar that I have was expiring this year (and I just removed it from the page) and I made another wall calendar to take it's place. It's made in the same style as the Colonial Set.

Homeschool Attendance Records

November 2012 - Homeschool Planner > Administrative > Attendance
over the river and through the wood fileAttendance H - an attendance calendar that can be used for several children. I made 3 versions of this new attendance calendar - one for 2 children (1 page), one for 4 children (2 pages), and one for 7 children (3 pages). I am calling it Attendance H because it prints horizontally.

Prepositional Phrases

November 2012 - English > Grammar
over the river and through the wood file While working on the page, Prepositional Phrases, I added files for the Thanksgiving song by Lydia Maria Child: Over the River and Through the Wood. The pdf version has a ruled right side for anything that you deem useful.

3-Year Calendar

November 2012 - Calendars > 12+ Months
3-year calendar that prints on one sheet of paper 3-Year Calendar - Someone requested a 3-year per page calendar a few days ago and so I made the calendars and now they are online.

Easy Grammar - Preposition Bingo & Lists

November 2012 - Homeschooling > Games
Easy Grammar - Preposition Resources - Bingo and Lists Someone asked for a certain list of prepositions today and that led me down a bunny trail that ended with making preposition lists and a short, maybe very short, preposition bingo game that uses the prepositions from Easy Grammar grades 3 and 4. All files, game and lists, are found at this link.

Colonial Planner Attendance Calendar

August 2012 - Homeschool Planner > Administrative > Attendance
attandance calendar I was recently updating the files for the 2-page dated attendance form when I realized that I needed to make one more for August - one that included January in both the 1st and 2nd semesters. Our homeschool year typically started in August and the 2nd semester started in January. Once in a while the 1st semester used part of January. So now we have a 2-page attendance calendar with two Januaries.
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The Homeschool Planner section offers printable planners as well as suggestions about how to use them. The entire section is about planning and organizing the different parts of home schooling.

Printable File Types: PDF is the most common file type that I use. Some of the other file formats that you might find at DonnaYoung.org are DOC and XLS.
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  1. Donna Young's Free Homeschool Planner and Planning Tips
    1. Homeschool Planner Guide
      1. Guide: Essential Homeschool Planner Forms
      2. Guide: Homeschool Weekly Planner
      3. Guide: Homeschool Subject Planner
      4. Guide: Homeschool Journal Planner
      5. Guide: Homeschool Timer
      6. Do You Need a Planner
      7. A Homeschool Plan Book
    2. DY: How My Homeschool Planner Changed over the Years
    3. a page with xls filesDonna Young's Homeschool V Planner Home page of V Planner, there are over 50 more pages under this one.
  2. The Printable Files
    1. Homeschool Planner List Forms To list the items related to home schooling
      1. Book List Forms
      2. Homeschool List Forms: Goals and Objectives
      3. Homeschool List Form: The Book Key
      4. Lists: Checklist I and How to Use The Checklist
      5. a page with xls filesLists: Checklist II
      6. a page with doc filesLists: Curriculum Planning
    2. Administrative Homeschool Planner Forms Record Keeping & Planning
      1. School Calendars
      2. Homeschool Attendance Forms
      3. a page with xls filesHomeschool Time Forms
      4. a page with doc filesHomeschool Course of Study Forms
      5. a page with doc filesa page with xls filesGrade Recording Forms
        1. a page with xls filesXLS 10-Subject Grader
        2. a page with xls filesA Keyed XLS Grade Book
      6. Transcripts- a 12 year transcript, see High School for a High School Transcript
      7. a page with doc filesKindergarten Diplomas
      8. MS Excel Grades and Attendance - XLS, XLSX files
        1. All Files - DY's Grades and Attendance a table showing all of the G&A files
        2. a page with xls filesDY's Grades and Attendance II - supports up to 40 classes within 10 categories
        3. a page with xls filesFile - G&A Whole Number- 80, 99, 100
        4. a page with xls filesFile - G&A Points- .8, 80%, .99, 99%, 1, 100%
        5. a page with xls filesFile - G&A Points - Version 2
        6. a page with xls filesFile - G&A 48 - whole number
        7. Compare DY's G&A Files- a table showing each one's features
        8. G&A - Help Files
          1. G&A - Help Files - Quick-Start Guide
            1. Quick Start Guide - Information Tab
            2. Subject Tabs - Adjusting the Grade Weight
            3. Subject Tabs - Credits
            4. Set up Your Grade Scale
            5. Enter Attendance - Calendar Tab
            6. How to Change the Date on the G&A Calendar
          2. G&A FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
            1. Can't see tabs: Minimized vs Maximized
            2. Print Preview and Printing
            3. Timing and Placing the Scores
            4. How to Unprotect and Protect a Sheet
            5. Not Using the Grade Weight
            6. Year-Round Schooling Changes - Change number of months in school year.
            7. Year-Round Schooling Changes - Changing the Semester in Print
    3. Homeschool Lesson Plan Forms The forms for planning lessons
      1. Browse by Lesson Planner Groups/Types/Styles
        1. 5x7 Grid Homeschool Lesson Plan Forms
        2. 5x8 Grid Homeschool Lesson Plan Forms
      2. Daily Schedule Lesson Planners
      3. Weekly Lesson Planners
      4. Term and Subject Homeschool Planners
      5. a page with doc filesHomeschool Lesson Planners by Columns
        1. a page with doc filesHomeschool Planners with One Column
        2. a page with doc filesHomeschool Planners with Two Columns
        3. a page with doc filesHomeschool Planners with Three Columns
        4. a page with doc filesHomeschool Planners with Four Columns
        5. a page with doc filesHomeschool Planners with Five Columns
        6. a page with doc filesRuled Paper with Two Columns
        7. a page with doc filesRuled Paper with Three Columns
      6. Homeschool Lesson Planners with Rows - Surrounded by a Calendar
      7. Homeschool Journals
        1. Plain Journals
        2. a page with doc filesJournals with Titles
        3. a page with doc filesDecorated Journals
        4. a page with doc filesJournals with Borders
      8. a page with doc filesHomeschool Unit Study Planner
      9. a page with xls filesExcel Weekly Planner
    4. High School
      1. Lists: Prepare to Homeschool High School
      2. Homeschool High School Graduation Requirements
      3. High School Course of Study
      4. a page with doc filesHigh School Course Checklist
      5. a page with xls filesHomeschooling: High School GPA
      6. a page with doc filesHomeschool High School Diploma Forms
      7. a page with doc filesHigh School Transcript
      8. a page with doc filesHigh School Forms
    5. Extra
      1. a page with doc filesNotebooking Forms
      2. a page with doc filesNotebooking Cover Sheets
      3. a page with doc filesGrids
      4. doc fileOutside Activities
    6. Homeschool Planner Sets Planners that Match
      1. a page with doc filesDOC and RTF format forms
      2. a page with xls filesDonna Young's XLS Files
      3. a page with doc filesAlexia Homeschool Planner
      4. Colonial Planner for Household and Homeschool
        1. Calendars for the Colonial Planner
        2. Homeschool Forms for the Colonial Planner
        3. Household Planners for the Colonial Planner
        4. Journals for the Colonial Planner
      5. a page with doc filesGaramond Collection, a Homeschool Planner
        1. a page with doc filesHigh School Forms
      6. Papyrus Planner for Homeschool and Household Planners
      7. Marble Homeschool Planner
      8. a page with doc filesHomeschool Portfolio Lesson Planner
      9. a page with doc filesPortfolio X - Generate a Filled Homeschool Lesson Planner
      10. Seasonal Homeschool Lesson Planner Forms
    7. Examples
      1. Course of Study sample
      2. Course of Study sample 2
      3. Goals Example
      4. Scan of a 2-Page Weekly Planner
      5. Example of Page 1 from a 2-page Weekly Planner
      6. Transfer Plans from Subject Form to Weekly Form
    8. How to Use The Planners
      1. The Curriculum Key
      2. The Checklist
      3. How to use the Quarter Planner
      4. Homeschool Planning Page for Beginners
    9. Notebooks
      1. a page with doc filesNotebooking Forms
      2. a page with doc files Cover Sheets
      3. a page with doc filesJournals
  3. Homeschool Help
    1. Ways to use the Quarter Planner
    2. The Checklist
    3. The Curriculum Key
  4. Homeschool Planning Help
    1. How To Make Lesson Plans for Homeschool
      1. Alpha Omega General Health Pacs 708 and 709
      2. BJUP Geography
      3. Planning Wordly Wise
      4. Planning Easy Grammar
      5. Planning a Moon Unit for Homeschool
      6. Planning Astronomy Unit for Homeschool
      7. Spelling Planner
      8. Lesson Plans for Peterson's Success with Words
      9. Planning LifePacs Home Economics Units 6-10
    2. Homeschool Planning Page for Beginners
      1. Homeschool Planning Step One: Step One: Subjects and Goals
      2. Homeschool Planning Step Two: Choose Books
      3. Homeschool Planning Step Three: Course of Study
      4. Homeschool Planning Step Four: Make a Planner
    3. Scheduling Homeschool - For grades 1-5
  5. Homeschooling Help
    1. What is Spelling
    2. What is English
    3. What is Vocabulary
    4. Homeschooling Musts for the Kids
    5. Using Your Encyclopedia to Make Lessons
    6. High School Help
    7. Examples Previously linked above
      1. Course of Study sample
      2. Course of Study sample 2
      3. Goals Example
      4. Scan of a 2-Page Weekly Planner
      5. Example of Page 1 from a 2-page Weekly Planner
      6. Transfer Plans from Subject Form to Weekly Form
    8. How to Use The Planners Previously linked above
      1. The Curriculum Key
      2. The Checklist
      3. How to use the Quarter Planner
      4. Homeschool Planning Page for Beginners
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