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Emergency Curriculum

Every day new families choose to homeschool for a growing number of reasons. The purpose of this page is to support them in their efforts with out sending them to the poor house. The rest of this page is to be read as I were specifically writing it just for you!

Dear Friend,
The most effective way for you to use this page is to Purchase Homeschool Tracker Plus! Everything else will be free as long as you already own a printer and ink (or even better toner).


This outline is based on schooling year round. Ideally your core school should take no more than two to three hours a day then use your Fill ins for another hour.


Shopping List
Homeschool tracker Plus. Feel free to use the BASIC free program but Lesson plans do not import. Link Below see step 1
Three Ring Punch
Three ring Binders one or two for each child Alternately you can purchase Binder rings and make them with cardboard covers protected with clear contact paper.
Manila file folders
Pencils
Pens
Printer (Preferably a Laser with duplex and color it will pay for itself in ink and paper savings in a short period of time for us it took less than one semester!)
Grade appropriate school supplies
A Tote for each child to keep all their school supplies and books in. Some Kids like Lockers in the school room. Watch Craig's list and Free Cycle for Lockers for your classroom.
Optional
Our Children each had their own Computer so that nobody accidentally played someone else's level of the educational Software. We had each child play a year behind, their year, and a year ahead in Jumpstart and cluefinder's (Reader Rabbit)
When we moved into the camper we switched them to laptops. I am working on a deal that will get you a used laptop for under $200 with a lifetime warranty.

Steps to having everything ready!



Step 1
Record Keeping and Planning
Determine which grade you want to place your child in. (Typically Public schools place by age not ability. In my experience that is often an error so If you child is struggling, redo earlier grades, get a good software to test for level, or take them to sylvan learning to have a Children's Skills Test done that will give you a better Idea of where they are and what “grade” to use.) We had to go back two grades with our so called “Learning Disabled” child. When we went back those two grades he tested as normal learner for that level! Improper placement was making him look dumb! Once we accepted the fact and taught at that level he was able to catch up and graduate on time! Our daughter graduated from a private school Three years ahead of her original class mates!
Purchase and download Homeschool Tracker plus, Install it and set it up for your children. If you need help there are wonderful videos on the site. Please support my efforts to help home schoolers use referral code PCOEH when you order homeschool Tracker Plus. 100% of the funds generated goes into my projects to help Home schoolers.
http://www.homeschooltracker.com/refer.aspx?PCOEH If you choose to use FREE Basic you will need to type the assignments yourself but in PLUS I have typed them out for you.


Step 2 CORE
Mathematics
Select your child's assumed grade level, download worksheets and import the lesson plans and assign to your child. Download and save to CD all the worksheets or books for your child's grade so if the website collapses during the year you will still have them.


Grade K-6
The Worksheets and supplements are here http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/
Our Program Follows the book and not an arbitrary school year. Feel free to adjust as needed. We allot 10 days per chapter obviously not all children will need this much. Feel free to combine days. The website offers more than 10 worksheets if your child needs extra practice you may use more than one or two pages per day.


The Lesson Plans for Homeschool Tracker Plus Users are here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hst-math/




Grade 7 and Up


The Lesson Plans for Homeschool Tracker Plus Users are here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hst-math/


Step 3 CORE
Language Arts
Select your child's assumed grade level, download worksheets and import the lesson plans from and assign to your child.


    1. http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html Covers Grade 1-6

    2. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/georgia/student/languageart/assets/workbooks.html



Step 3 CORE
Science and Social Studies
Select your child's assumed grade level, download worksheets and import the lesson plans and assign to your child.


Step 4
Fill Ins
We used


Step 5
Student portfolio
Create a note book for each child. You can use Manila folders and Brass Fasteners if it is easier for you than a regular three ring binder. Each week add the new work to the top of the stack. You can easily move them to a larger three ring binder at a later date if needed.

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