My kids are somewhat clueless about grades. They don't typically know what grade they are in (4th and 9th for the record), and they haven't had any experience with letter grades.
Well, since Elijah is in high school now, I've decided to conform to the system in some ways, and I am keeping records and grades. I didn't really want to buy an electronic gradebook, and I knew my tech-savvy husband could make something for me. I gave him a basic idea, and he created a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for me.
This gradebook is super simple to use. I hope I don't complicate it. Please feel free to ask questions. Here goes!
The first thing we need to discuss is categories of evaluation.
Categories of evaluation include the various ways you evaluate (or grade) your students. Common categories include tests, quizzes, daily assignments, presentations, projects, labs, etc.
There are two options for this gradebook. One allows for three categories of evaluation, and the other allows for four categories.
You must assign a weight (20%, 30%, 40%, etc.) to each category.
Please see the photo below. The highlighted area is where you add the weight. It needs to be in the form of a decimal (20%=0.2, 30%=0.3, 40%=0.4).
The combined weights must be equivalent to 100% or 1.0.
If you understand that, the rest is super simple. Pinky swear.
The second thing you need to know is that you type in your category titles at the top. You'll see in the example below this class included quizzes, assignments, and projects.
The final thing you do is type in descriptions of each quiz or assignment as well as a percentage scored on the assignment.
That's it! The spreadsheet magically does all the math for you. The grade is visible in the lower right corner of the page.
Start a new gradebook for each course.
To print on one page, choose landscape orientation. Choose fit sheet on one page. Super simple.
Are you ready? Grab the FREE gradebooks below!
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Gradebook Version 1 (includes three categories of evaluation)
- Gradebook Version 2 (includes four categories of evaluation)
If you found this gradebook helpful, you might want to check out my other high school forms:
I'll show this to my wife. She'll understand it better than me. lol
Thank you so much for sharing your spreadsheets. I dream of being organized, and then life happens. These forms will be a huge blessing with my two high schoolers! The the grading form is an answer to prayer! I can't wait to try it out along with the other forms!
Thank you so much for posting this! It's a big help to me. . .spreadsheets and I don't always speak the same language! LOL This is so easy to use, and simple, no unnecessary information to fill in–so straightforward. Thank you a million times over!
You are welcome, Stacie! š I love simple!!
I’m homeschooling high school and recording grades for the first time this year. This grade book is so helpful, many thanks!
You are welcome. š I had to have something super simple! Happy it is helping others, too.
Ami,
Thank you for posting these gradebook templates (and thanks to your husband for creating them)!
Thank you, Ami, I really hate reinventing the wheel. I am super thankful that you made these forms and shared them with us :). Kind of like old times (at homeschoolshare)
Good to see you here, Rachel! Hope you are doing well. š
Thank you so much for this!!
Is there a way to make it longer? For instance, I have a class for my child that has 180 lessons. There is only room for I think 20 lesson grades if I go straight down.
I’ve never had to record grades. I’m not sure what I need to do. Is this for every subject, or do I need to make a new sheet for each subject? Sorry, I’m just new and confused. LOL
Hi Bekki,
I use a separate spreadsheet for each subject. š
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing. This is a gift! This will be a HUGE help now that we’re in high school & one less thing to figure out.