Learning Record Good Examples 10/2008

 

Grade 1 Reading/Writing

Course Title: Language Arts

Text Title: Sing, Spell, Read and Write readers and Raceway work book  

 Methods/Activities:  She read aloud to her mother daily from a jr. reader book.

She sang songs along with the Sing Spell Read and Write CD. These reinforce her lessons.

She filled in the blanks on work sheets in her Raceway book. This book has her reading blends, recognizing prefixes and suffixes and completing words.

New Learning:  Sarah- Finished reading Sing Spell Read and Write book 11 (SSCS provided)

She is now reading book 12 and is up to page 8.

In her Raceway Sing Spell Read and Write activity book (SSCS provided book) she filled in the missing words to complete the given sentences. She worked on using the correct question word. She used words such as when, how and why.

She added periods or question marks as needed to the ends of sentences.

She worked with ow, ew, and wh blends and placed them at the beginning or end of words to make the words complete. She copied down vocabulary words and read them aloud. As she wrote she practiced her penmanship and proper formation of letters. Her mother evaluated her writing. She noted some letters were reversed.

She worked with her mother on understanding the meanings of her vocabulary words.

She read Making Pancakes, Dreaming of a Horse (SSCS books), and 10 Apples Up on Top.

She copied a poem “My Daddy Is Extremely Tall”

She used sequencing cards making the cards create story. She had to think about what came first, second, and last in the story.

Means of Assessment:  

She narrated back to mom what the story line was in the books that she read. This demonstrated her comprehension and retention of the story line.

Elementary Student Life Skills

She kept her room clean and cared for her rabbits twice a day. She kept them in food and water. She has to keep ice in the hutch to keep them cool. She placed the rabbits in a run to let them eat grass and stretch.

P.E. –

Ballet-(EA)

Each class does stretches. She worked on the bar and then some floor work. Daily she does calisthenics to increase her heart rate. She ran on a regular schedule and rode her bike for fun and for exercise.

Arena Softball (EA)

They played group games. One was called Aliens and another called Jewel Thieves.

Both games had lots of running.

They raked leaves and walked the dogs.

Student carries boards back and forth between her two rabbit cages. This helps strengthen her arms.

2nd Grade Example Reading/Writing

Andrew demonstrates his ability to decode spelling patterns through his daily reading. He applies his knowledge of such spelling patterns by identifying correctly spelled words from worksheets.

Andrew can recognizes common abbreviations. He illustrates his understanding via written thank-you notes to family.

Andrew's ability to compose a verse or letter in cursive is exemplary. He demonstrated his handwriting in a legible and readable writing sample.

The student has learned how to properly use of commas. He demonstrated this learning in the greeting and closure of an organized, correctly spaced, handwritten letter.

Andrew's ability to capitalize proper nouns is emerging. He applied his knowledge of proper capitalization in a sample showing the capitalization of the names of family members.

Andrew can paraphrase information that was shared with him orally. He recites information back to the reader, oftentimes with a great attention for details and facts.

Andrew can recite and apply three step oral directions. This is done to the satisfaction of his parents when they give him a string of oral commands.

4th Grade Example History

Samantha is working through an in-depth unit study on Lewis and Clark, and the Corps of Discovery.  She has studied the geography of the route they took; visited an on-line site which allows students to interact with maps, study biographies/role/responsibilities of the members of the Corp, view the variety of plants and animals seen along the route, and play games.  She also listened to a read aloud "The Lewis and Clark Expedition".  She has completed several coloring pages from an informational coloring book while listening to the read aloud selection.  Samantha visited the California History Days where she walked the streets of Old Sacramento with her family observing dress, vehicles, displays, and food items from the Gold Rush era.  Assessment was based on completed work as well as oral discussion with her parents.

4th Grade Example Science

This period, Samantha has been learning about the concepts relating to electricity, earthquakes, and the Earth’s seven layers.  She observed a series of lectures/experiments illustrating how batteries work, conductors, lights and switches, how to build a switch, how to make a flashlight on your hat, and why a light can pulse.  She visited the San Jose Tech Museum.  Of special interest to her was the exhibit on earthquakes.  At home, she created a simulator experiment to document earthquake destruction - as well as finding ways to improve and reinforce buildings to withstand quakes.  She read the Usborne book "What the Earth is made of".  Additionally, Samantha learned about the properties of various rocks.  She collected rock specimens for experimentation.  For assessment Samantha was able to explain her simulator experiment and also show me her different rock specimens she collected and what they specifically were called.

High School History

U S History 1A (HQT SME Course)

John is taking a CP course that is HQT/SME.  John studied this LR period the diverse society after European arrival, the Colonial life, War, Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. He read and studied one lesson a week which included activities such as rewriting the key terms, completing timelines, and answering the “Main Ideas” and “Critical Thinking” questions.  He also and completed the Standardized Practice (activity#5) "Interpreting Political Cartoons". John was able to recall the earliest Americans, early civilizations in America, and Native American cultural diversity to me. For assessment, John completed the "Standardized test Practice" and scored 78%.

 

Student continued to establish a foundation of biology with a review of the vocabulary presented at the beginning of unit two and completed the exercise of matching questions 1 thru 13.  Student discussed and wrote down the ten attributes of life and how they related to the nature of living things.  Student demonstrated knowledge of biological research technology and measurement thru x-ray, MRI, CAT scan, and ECT, in today’s world by completing unit review questions 1 thru 15. Student also examined “The chemistry of life” by first reviewing the Periodic Table of Elements, then orally discussed how ionic bonding takes place, how matter and energy exist in various forms, what are acids, bases and buffers, and then completed chapter 2 review test, questions 1 thru 11. Finally Student reviewed molecules of life and successfully completed chapter three-review test, questions 1 thru 20, as well as the unit review and the unit test as an assessment. Grade: A-

World Studies Basics 1A (HQT SME Course)

Student wrote a brief response describing the importance of history.  She completed a “matching” exercise with vocabulary words and important dates on the beginning of civilization. Then student completed an “imagine that” assignment describing a personalized vision of what a typical day in a Sumerian city-state was like.  Student identified, through a fill in the blank exercise, important facts about the Fertile Crescent.  Then, student read about the ancient empires and completed a matching exercise identifying the key groups of people during that time. Student studied a map of Israel and identified through a fill-in-blank exercise tribes, celebrations and rulers.  At this point student completed an essay emphasizing why the Israelites are unique as an ancient people and remain a powerful nation even today.  Then student completed a Chapter Review, which included True/False, Matching, and Fill-in-the-Blank exercises. Student completed a Fill-in -the Blank and matching exercise to highlight Egypt and other African Cultures.  Student completed a paragraph identifying the differences between Hinduism and Buddhism. Student wrote a brief response answering why the Chinese culture has survived throughout history and has remained as a powerful nation today. Student identified, through a “matching” exercise, the fertile valleys of China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia.  Then student completed a “matching” exercise defining key vocabulary words pertaining to Ancient Greece.  Student completed a Chapter Review including True/False questions, Matching, Fill-in-the Blank and a Time Line.  Student completed a Chapter Review by answering True/False questions, Matching, and “Define the Following” and Fill-in-the Blanks for overall evaluation and assessment.   Student  successfully completed the unit review and the unit test for assessment by the ES.

English 11A (HQT SME Course)

Student completed Unit 2 from PASS curriculum.

Pass Curriculum 11 unit 2

Student completed Unit 2 using Pass Curriculum.   In this unit student focused on reading knowledge and understanding.  Student and I discussed the vocabulary terms for this unit.  Student previewed how to retain information by reviewing how to preview reading materials.  Student learned how to find a topic sentence, thesis sentence, and subtopics involved in an essay.  Student explained to me how previewing can help readers discover the writer’s purpose, state whether it is an expository or persuasive essay.  Student read an article called, Violent Video Games.  After reading the article student identified the subject, the main focus of the essay, the author feelings, how the material was divided and used the illustrations to help explain the meaning.  Student located and underlined the thesis statement.   Student described to me what each paragraph is describing.  Student learned how to highlight and circle key words and phrases.  Student discussed with me how this is helpful in retaining information. 

Student was evaluated through a series of questions and answers which was given by me to assess the students understanding. 

Student read a short story called Shame.  She completed an activity where she located 10 different quotes and responded to each quote.  In her response she discussed how she felt, whether she like or dislike the quote and made personnel connections to each quote.  She was evaluated through a series of question and answers.

Student read the novel A Million Little Pieces 

Student analyzed a character in the book by describing in great detail the character's thoughts, feeling, and personality traits. The student  made personal connections, and gave an oral presentation about the character.   Student also discussed with me the setting and main events in detail in written form. 

Student wrote a 3 page book report on Million Little Pieces.  This was used by me to evaluate Student's understanding of the novel she read.