mazakaal Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm curious to find out what others do, since all the homeschooler I know here are unschoolers and don't grade at all. So... at what age/grade do you start grading your kids' work? I'm going to try to add a poll to this. Or you can just respond below. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I put other--it's theoretical since my oldest is finishing up 1st grade! I would imagine middle school or high school. She gave her brother a grade the other day for a "history test" she made for him. (It was all math, it was very funny!) His name starts with a D, she said he did good so he got a "D." My husband didn't hear her explanation and was wondering why they were both so happy that he got a D! After I explained, he thought it was funny that she would accidentally choose a bad grade as a good one. However, he only got about 25% of the problems right, so maybe he did deserve a true "D!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengjohnson Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I have only grammar school kids right now so I know my method will change. I give them number and letter grades for spelling and math, they LOVE it. For other subjects I just tell them how they're doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 DS never cared about grades until he was maybe 7 or 8 (and his PS friends had them), and then only as a curiosity... But they were useful for communicating with DH about the basics of what we were up to -- of course we talk all the time, but I don't need to go on and on about every little thing, I can just say he has a B and we both know what we're talking about and whether there is anything of concern. The other reason I did grades from early is because I know where I like to aim my assignments. I don't want them to be so easy that he gets 100% on everything, but anything where he gets less than 80% is too frustrating. So I try to assign him work that gets him about 85% in the daily work and about that or a little higher on tests (when making a really concerted effort). Once he started high school work, it's a transcript matter (although he started early so not all of it might make it to the transcript), because I think it does mean something to say "We used this text, these chapters and assignments, his test average was 93% and his final exam was 92." So I do a full syllabus of each "course" we do, assign grades for the work described, and keep a file of the completed tests. At that point I don't count daily work in the grade, although I correct it. It's certainly not the only way to do it, but this has worked out beautifully for us. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I graded when we first started. We were using Abeka and it was easy to pull grades from their curriculum. When we starting steering away from that in 4th grade I quit giving grades. It was too much work to figure out what to grade how to score it, etc. This year I graded nothing except a few Latin quizzes. It was nice. I will probably start grading again in 7th or 8th as I do plan to give grades in high school. I want at least a year to tweak how I'll give grades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I don't give official grades until high school. Up until then, we just work towards mastery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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