I have never kept attendance, but want to start next year. On the 180 Days Attendance Form, I can't figure out how to date it. Do you just add the actual school days (Monday through Friday) or do you add weekends and block them out? Are you suppose to X out the days the student did not attend school?

Thanks for helping me figure this out.

I just enter the actual dates we do school. That way it doesn't matter if it's a weekend or not, or if it is an odd week. So today I'll just stick 02/22/06 in a block. When 180 blocks are filled, we're done keeping attendance for the year.

I use this form, and I use the same procedure as Melanie does.

Michele,

I have a homemade form that I have used for years. What I do is put a check mark on days school has been done and an X on days that we do not have school.

I also put an F for field trip day.

On my lines I total each month and also keep a running total for the year...so it is at a glance.

I would send it to you, if you would like a copy. PM me with your email. Unless there is another way to post it.

Do it like Melanie does it, just write the date in the box. None of the boxes represent weekends; they are all attendance days.

Thanks everyone! That helped.

Thanks for starting this thread Applie. I was thinking about doing this for next year. I need to keep better records.

When I used to keep an attendance record I would make a legend at the bottom to help me remember how to mark the days. I would color code half days, full days, & field trip/life experience days. Days we had no school I would X out.

I know I'm new at this, but I found some chart/ledger paper with 31 rows and 13 columns at the local office store. Across the top I put the subjects to make sure we do art once a week, computer keyboarding, music and some of the other *electives.* A check for if we did it or his actual score. This is my monthly record.

I just use the same kind of sheet for the year. The columns across the top are for the month and the days down the side - X for non-attendance, check if we attended. There's space at the very bottom to add up the total number of days attended each month.

I looked at a lot of different things, but this pre-printed/pre-numbered sheet works for me since I'm not the best record-keeper. I know pretty much when we school so even if I forget, I can go back and mark it off.