Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please remember the fact that I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full 12 months of homeschool after ending most of final 12 months homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. In case you want professional recommendation, take a look at my good friend Brittany’s blog!

Hello mates! How are you? I hope that you simply’re having a tremendous day to date. We’re formally in back-to-school mode over right here. Liv began final week (eighth grade! I can’t even imagine it) and we’re resuming homeschool immediately.

For immediately’s submit, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this 12 months and the curriculum we’re doing if you happen to’re interested by homeschooling.

I believe it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool will not be as daunting as I believed it might be, particularly once we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our children, and I used to be actually fearful about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can let you know that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re in a position to customise her plan based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally in a position to progress extra rapidly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this 12 months, however it could all the time be modified or adjusted as wanted.

Math (half-hour)

We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Lady as a result of P loves her and he or she does an unimaginable job instructing the Saxon classes. Her software program additionally takes care of grading, so P will simply enter her solutions into the platform and obtain a grade for every project. It’s participating and concise — we like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to preserve studying pleasurable, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and talk about as we transfer alongside. We’re beginning with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Writing + grammar (half-hour)

For grammar, we’re nonetheless utilizing Masterbooks, which is a faith-based curriculum. It consists of image research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, commentary, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by means of artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Model methodology. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (having the ability to retell the story utilizing her notes).

I ordered the 4th grade books final semester and when she finishes these, we’ll head into the fifth grade books.

We’re additionally engaged on one analysis paper every quarter, based mostly on an curiosity. Her first one goes to be about bullfighting after our journey to the Bullfighting Museum in Sevilla.

Social research (half-hour)

I’ve ordered a few historical past books to work by means of, and in addition a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to begin with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and so forth.

Science (Fridays solely)

I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final 12 months, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science mission every week on Fridays. I’ll most likely preserve Friday as science day however was excited about ordering some month-to-month kits. If in case you have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my manner!

Final 12 months, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and developing a curler coaster.

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/further (A few instances throughout the week)

We now have a few further enjoyable issues this 12 months, together with farm college, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll be capable to trip horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one in all day of homeschool parkour courses. Between these two issues and her membership basketball practices, she nonetheless will get the chance to be round different youngsters and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good mates really useful it and have been fairly impressed to date. While you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I needed P to remain within the groove of getting a *little* homework as a result of the plan is for her to return to in-person college finally. (I additionally really feel prefer it is smart since Liv has homework each day.)

For homework, she’s doing 20 minutes of Khan Academy Math after which 15-20 minutes of studying, grammar, or coding.

Some homeschool FAQs

How did you discover a homeschool curriculum?

Brittany was so type to spend a very long time with me on the telephone. She requested about P’s pursuits and shared concepts. She made homeschooling really feel WAY much less intimidating and I’m so grateful for her recommendation. She’s additionally homeschooled their youngsters their total lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person college subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Probably the most lovely factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 centered consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person college is spent wrangling youngsters and making an attempt to get them to hear and concentrate.

We’re in a position to end all the pieces we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or working towards the piano), or we will get pleasure from a bit of area journey or outing.

How are you going to work at home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless making an attempt to navigate. I batch most of my content material throughout the weekend in order that I can concentrate on the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as potential throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is dwelling, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s trainer Dad and may take over the homeschool duties.

I simply really feel like I’m transferring at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/power/effort, after which when he’s dwelling, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to make amends for all the pieces. Simply have to get the cling of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay mates: what are your kiddos as much as this 12 months? Homeschool mamas: any recommendation as we head into our first full 12 months??

Hope you will have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina