Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please take into account 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 decided to homeschool in this post. Should you want skilled recommendation, try my pal Brittany’s blog!

Hello mates! How are you? I hope that you just’re having an incredible 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 in the present day.

For in the present day’s submit, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing when you’re inquisitive about homeschooling.

I feel it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool is just not as daunting as I believed it might be, particularly after we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our youngsters, and I used to be actually anxious 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 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 will probably 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 she or he 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 adore it.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to preserve studying gratifying, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and focus on 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, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by means of inventive writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Model 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 means of, and likewise 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 yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science mission every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability preserve Friday as science day however was serious about ordering some month-to-month kits. When you have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my manner!

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

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

We’ve a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is in the future every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll be capable of experience horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has considered one 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 mates really useful 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 college finally. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible since Liv has homework day-after-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 form 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 children their whole 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 stunning factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 targeted consideration, so that you don’t want practically as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person college is spent wrangling children and making an attempt to get them to hear and concentrate.

We’re capable of end every little thing 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 attention-grabbing in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we will take pleasure in somewhat 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 through the weekend in order that I can give attention to the children and home stuff as a lot as doable through the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is residence, 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 shifting at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/vitality/effort, after which when he’s residence, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to compensate for every little thing. Simply have to get the hold of this schedule and discover my groove.

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

Hope you may have an incredible day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina