1. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 1 Home Educator’s Network, Inc. Present Training Module IV Getting Started Step-by-Step Review.

2. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 2 Background Now that you have decided to home school, have you completed the following: Checked your Local and State School Districts to get acquainted with their requirements for home schooling? Local and State School Districts Selected your curriculum?curriculum Selected text books, or will you use e-texts?text books Your calendar for the school year. When the six weeks begin and end.school year Can you identify your student’s Learning Style? Learning Style

3. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 3 Learning Environment The learning environment is another important part of your instructions. You might keep in mind the student’s learning styles when creating this environment. Different rooms in the home may be used to reflect different subjects. The rooms should be well lighted and comfortable. The kitchen area is a good area for math and science. The learning environment can also be created outside of the home: trips to grocery store, doctor’s or dentist office, mensium or, visiting family members and the like.

4. Learning Environment Now you want to create your learning environment. Here are some suggestions: The learning environment should be well lighted in an open area in the home. You may choose and decorate different rooms in the home to reflect the different subjects. Planned trips outside of the home can also become the learning environment. Subject matter can correspond to the occasion. Or you may consult http://www.homt- educator.net for more detail creations.http://www.homt- educator.net 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 4

5. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 5 Preparation The first thing you want to do is to make a schedule. The schedule show which subject, you will teach, on which day. This will include the time of day the subject will be taught. Sample daily Schedule. Notice your curriculum, there are four subjects with a bunch of topics under them. Right now you will only be concerned with the subjects. (Note: suggestion if your student is more alert in the morning, schedule the harder classes in the morning. If the student is a more alert later in the day, schedule the harder classes for that time.Sample daily Schedule

6. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 6 Preparation, cont’d Now you are going to plan what you are going to teach. Using the daily planner.daily planner At the top of the page, you will label the week. Home Educator’s Network, Inc Daily Planner For Week of September 5, 2007

7. What are you going to teach? 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 7 Let us choose a grade from the curriculum. For the purpose of this demonstration, we will choose the 10 th grade. curriculum.

8. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 8 There are four columns, one for each subject. You will enter a subject in each column. We now know what subjects we are going to teach. These are called the core subjects. Preparation Day wk MathScienceLanguage ArtsSocial Studies

9. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 9 Preparation cont’d In the column for each subject you will enter a topic/unit from your curriculum guide. Now we know what topic/unit we will be teaching for that subject. Day Wk MathScienceLanguage Arts Social Studies MoIntro GeoIntro BioIntro.Pts. SpePre historic Era

10. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 10 Preparation cont’d. Here you will select resources according to the student’s learning styles. This will be more reflected in your lesson plan. Here in the subject matter, there are three different resources category. E-text, Regular Text, and Movie, to name a few. ( The student’s learning style should determine what resource s you will use and the teaching method ). Day Wk MathScienceLanguage Arts Social Studies MoIntro Geo Basics Geo E-text/text workshts Intro Bio Practical E-ext/text Movie Intro.Pts. Spe Definitions E-text/text workshts Pre historic Era Movie Quiz

11. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 11 Preparation Lesson Plan Now we will look at organizing our information from the text. What are you going to do. The Lesson Plan is the key to the presentation. Sample lesson plan.lesson plan. The lesson plan consist of the following: Subject – What subject are you going to teach? Example: Mathematics - Geometry Unit/Topic - Basic of Geometry that you will be discussing in this tipic.

12. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 12 Presentation Lesson Plan Introduction: - Always introduce the topic or unit, by giving some background information and the main points that you plan to discuss or present. Assignment: This tells the student what he/she is suppose to study and what activity should be completed. ( quiz, worksheet, project, etc.) Review: Always start the day with a review of the previous day’s activities.

13. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 13 Preparation Lesson Plan Performance Objectives: Basically this lists the points that the student will learn and understand. Also listed here under performance objectives, are things that student will be able to apply or do, once understanding the information.

14. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 14 Preparation Lesson Plan Material: This is the list of items, links, equipment, or materials that you use to teach the information contained in this topic/unit. Resources: This will name the texts and other resources and reference materials you will use for this topic/unit/assignment. Procedure: This the details of how you are going to present the information to the student. It should include the length of time it would take to present the material.

15. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 15 Preparation Lesson Plan Parent Tasks: This is a section of a lesson plan that we have added to help the parent remember to complete certain task at the end of each lesson. Evaluation/Assessment: This is test time. The test can be administered at the end of each lesson, orally, written, or electronically.

16. Preparation Lesson Plan The three different categories of testing are: –Knowledge: recall or recognizing specific information. –Comprehension and application: How well does the understand the subject matter, and can he apply what he has learned. –Problem solving: Transferring existing knowledge and skills to new situations. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 16

17. Preparation cont’d Lesson Plan To make things simple, depending on the results you are aspiring for from the student, the following are the most commonly used tests. True/False Multiple Choice, Essay Oral. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 17

18. Questions that Always Need Answers –What are you going to teach? –How are you going to teach it? –Why are you teaching topic/unit? –When are you going to teach it? –Where will this topic/unit taught?

19. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 19 Summary We have learned in the module, two things: What is involved in teaching and, the methods of teaching. These items are the meat of teaching. Where to Get More Information For more information and explanations of the above procedures, click here.click here. For completed examples of forms: For a completed example of a Calendar 2007-08 School year. Calendar 2007-08 For a completed example of a Schedule Schedule For a completed example of a Daily PlannerDaily Planner For a completed example of a Lesson Plan, Lesson Plan

20. 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 20 Where to Find More Information Deciding What to Grade Using Informal Assessment Information for Evaluation Using Informal Assessment Information for Evaluation Letter Grades Teaching Power Tools Weighting Grades Involving Students in the Process Home/Community Connection Consulting services, Home/Community Connection Consulting services

21. Where To Find More Information Writing Anecdotal Notes Other Types of Report Cards Using Formal Assessment Information Using Formal Assessment Information Tools For Teaching 10/10/2015 copyright - All Rights Reserved 21