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. If you happen to want knowledgeable recommendation, take a look at my pal Brittany’s blog!

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you simply’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 immediately.

For immediately’s publish, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing if you happen to’re inquisitive about homeschooling.

I believe it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool will not be as daunting as I believed it could be, particularly once we had been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our youngsters, and I used to be actually anxious 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 based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally capable of progress extra shortly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, however it may well 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 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 project. It’s partaking and concise — we like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to preserve 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 artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Model methodology. 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, based mostly 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 interested by ordering some month-to-month kits. In case you have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my method!

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

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

We’ve got a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm faculty, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’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 children and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good buddies really helpful it and have been fairly impressed up to now. Once 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 each 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 type 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 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 practically as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling children and attempting to get them to hear and listen.

We’re capable of end all the things 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 training the piano), or we are able to get pleasure from just a little subject journey or outing.

How will you 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 deal with the children and home stuff as a lot as potential throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is residence, 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 shifting at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/power/effort, after which when he’s residence, I crush myself workwise attempting to make amends for all the things. Simply have to get the hold 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’ve a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina