Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please needless to say 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 professional recommendation, take a look at my good friend Brittany’s blog!

Hello associates! How are you? I hope that you just’re having a tremendous day thus far. 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 this time.

For at this time’s put up, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing in case you’re interested in homeschooling.

I believe it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool just isn’t as daunting as I assumed it might be, particularly once we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our youngsters, and I used to be actually nervous 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 could actually 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 partaking and concise — we like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I wish to preserve studying satisfying, 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, statement, 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 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 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 yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science challenge every week on Fridays. I’ll most likely preserve Friday as science day however was occupied with ordering some month-to-month kits. When you have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my method!

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 throughout the week)

We have now a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is at some point every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll be capable to journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one among 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 associates advisable it and have been fairly impressed thus far. Whenever 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 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 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 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 college is spent wrangling youngsters and attempting to get them to pay attention and concentrate.

We’re capable of 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 attention-grabbing in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we will take pleasure in a little bit discipline journey or outing.

How will you make money working from 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 concentrate on the children and home stuff as a lot as attainable throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer 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 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 dwelling, I crush myself workwise attempting to make amends for all the pieces. Simply have to get the cling of this schedule and discover my groove.

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

Hope you’ve gotten a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina