what i do is each lesson gets it's own folder ... and we have a chart that has a place for them to mark when they are done ... they do two lessons then have something fun ... either snack ... computer free time ... craft etc for 30 min (this is my time do some one on one w/the other one) ... then repeat until all lessons are done ... i'm hoping to do boxes next year as it will help to keep all of the pages in the workbooks instead of tearing them all out to put in the folders
** as far as liking LAVCA ... let me say this ... the trade off for me is the curriculum is great ... so is it worth the curriculum for me to take my children through CHAOS twice/year for testing and turn in work samples four times/year? yeah it is and it keeps hubby happy ... he wants them in B/M school ... so we compromised and the children LOVE the curriculum and don't seem to get as upset over the chaos of testing as i do
**my best advice is to remember you don't have to do EVERY activity or worksheet. if she gets the material move on or you will both be overwhelmed ... it's a lot of "paperwork" but you don't have to do it all just make it fun and there are tons of online helps for reading as well ... starfall.com is one of our favorites
**My advice to someone starting fresh in August would be
1. Start lessons as soon as you get OLS up and loaded. This could be up to two weeks before school starts. This way you can start off slow and build up your bank - see number 2
2. Get a notebook just for attendance or some kind of record book. Each day write the course name and number of lessons completed. This will be your bank for hours.
3. Record ONLY six hours every day. For example, my son did 2 math lessons today (he gets 1 hr for each so 2 hrs for today), 2 language arts lessons (he gets 2 hrs for each so 4 hrs for today) That's six hours I didn't record anything else, everything else went in his bank.
4. If his lesson only takes 5 minutes give them the full time allotted for it.
5. You can log up to 12 hours of supplemental hours per week. NOTE: If you do this you will more than likely end up behind but they are good for the occasional field trip day or park day.
6. Use your bank hours when you need them to make up time that you couldn't do school ... sick days, emergencies, etc.
7. Log PE hours as often as they do PE. I was told all organized sports count so start banking baseball, football, soccer, etc that they participate in after the end of school this year for next year.
8. Health hours are for doctor appointments, including eye, dental, etc.
Sorry for the long post but it's things I've learned this year thanks to a veteran K12 teacher and friends in other states.
oh and one more thing ... if you have a smartphone download the K12 attendance app so you can log hours from anywhere
SOME CLARIFICATION ON BANK:
Q: A, thx for taking the time to explain the "bank!" so... If you complete lessons 2 and 3 in math, you only mark 2 complete? Or mark them both complete but save the extra hour?
A: I mark it complete in the OLS but save the hour of attendance for a day that I need it. EXAMPLE: Monday I had a funeral to attend out of town. I Kmailed both teachers and told them I was using banked hours until we returned home. SO in OLS I had no lessons for the days I didn't teach but in Attendance I had 1 hr math, 2 hr ELA, 1 hr PE, 1 hr Science and 1 hr History that I had saved from a day that I didn't need anymore hours. Did that help clear up any confusion. When I do this for more than one day in a row I usually Kmail teachers to let them know what's going on
Q: So you had no lessons in ols because you scheduled they day with none planned? Everything else , I get! THANK YOU!
A: IN OLS ... there were things there that morning but we didn't do them ... if you don't do them they roll over to the next day and it just says no lessons for today
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