Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please understand 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. If you happen to want knowledgeable recommendation, take a look at my good friend Brittany’s blog!

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you just’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 consider it) and we’re resuming homeschool as we speak.

For as we speak’s submit, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this 12 months and the curriculum we’re doing for those who’re interested by homeschooling.

I feel it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool just isn’t as daunting as I believed it could be, particularly after we had been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our youngsters, and I used to be actually frightened 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 primarily based on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally in a position to progress extra shortly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this 12 months, however it may well at all times 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 unbelievable job educating 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 task. It’s partaking and concise — we adore it.

Studying (half-hour)

I wish to hold studying gratifying, so she picked a e book 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 contains image research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by inventive writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Type technique. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (with 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, primarily based 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, and in addition a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to start out 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 hold Friday as science day however was excited about ordering some month-to-month kits. You probably have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my manner!

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

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/additional (A few occasions throughout the week)

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

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good buddies advisable it and have been fairly impressed to date. If 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 faculty ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is smart since Liv has homework on daily basis.)

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 cellphone. 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 children their total lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person faculty subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Essentially the most stunning factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 targeted consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling children and attempting to get them to pay attention and listen.

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 training the piano), or we are able to take pleasure in somewhat subject journey or outing.

How are you going to work at home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless attempting to navigate. I batch most of my content material throughout the weekend in order that I can give attention to the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as doable throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is house, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s trainer Dad and might 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/vitality/effort, after which when he’s house, I crush myself workwise attempting to make amends for all the pieces. Simply have to get the hold of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay buddies: 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’ve gotten a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina