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 12 months of homeschool after ending most of final 12 months homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. Should you want professional recommendation, try my good friend Brittany’s blog!

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you just’re having a tremendous day up to now. 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 right this moment.

For right this moment’s publish, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this 12 months and the curriculum we’re doing should you’re inquisitive about homeschooling.

I believe it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool will not be as daunting as I believed it could be, particularly after we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our children, and I used to be actually apprehensive 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 12 months, however it could possibly 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 task. It’s participating and concise — we find it irresistible.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to maintain studying fulfilling, so she picked a e-book 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 contains image examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, statement, 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 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 means of, 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 many others.

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 challenge every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability maintain Friday as science day however was fascinated with ordering some month-to-month kits. You probably have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my means!

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

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

We have now a few additional enjoyable issues this 12 months, together with farm college, which is in the future every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll be capable 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 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 up to now. 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 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 variety 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 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?

Probably the most lovely 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 college is spent wrangling youngsters and making an attempt to get them to hear and concentrate.

We’re capable of end every 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 fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we are able to take pleasure in slightly discipline journey or outing.

How will you do business from 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 give attention to the children and home stuff as a lot as potential throughout 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 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 making an attempt to atone for every thing. Simply have to get the cling 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