Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please remember that I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full yr of homeschool after ending most of final yr homeschooling. Extra about why we determined to homeschool on this publish. For those who want professional recommendation, take a look at my good friend Brittany’s weblog!

Hello buddies! 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 at present.

For at present’s publish, I wished to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing in the event you’re interested by homeschooling.

I feel it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool shouldn’t be as daunting as I believed it might be, particularly after we had been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our children, and I used to be actually frightened about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can inform you that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re capable of customise her plan primarily based on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally capable of progress extra rapidly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, 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 Woman as a result of P loves her and he or she does an unimaginable 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 participating and concise — we like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I wish to preserve 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 consists of image examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by way of artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing classes from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Fashion technique. 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, 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 way of, and in addition a lap e book on how to attract the USA. 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 yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science undertaking every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability preserve Friday as science day however was enthusiastic about ordering some month-to-month kits. When you’ve got any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my approach!

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

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

We now have a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll have the ability to journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has certainly one of day of homeschool parkour lessons. 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 buddies beneficial it and have been fairly impressed to date. Once you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I wished 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 ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible since Liv has homework day by 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 sort 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 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?

Essentially 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 pay attention and listen.

We’re capable of end the whole lot we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will be able to use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or working towards the piano), or we will take pleasure in slightly subject journey or outing.

How will you make money working from home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless making an attempt to navigate. I batch most of my content material through the weekend in order that I can give attention to the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as doable through the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is house, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s instructor 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/power/effort, after which when he’s house, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to atone for the whole lot. Simply have to get the grasp of this schedule and discover my groove.

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

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

Gina