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 decided to homeschool in this post. When you want knowledgeable 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 imagine it) and we’re resuming homeschool at this time.

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

I believe it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool is just not as daunting as I assumed it will be, particularly once we had been first contemplating it. All of us need the very best for our children, and I used to be actually fearful 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 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 Lady as a result of P loves her and she or he does an unbelievable 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 find it irresistible.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to hold studying pleasurable, 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 consists of image examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by inventive 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, 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 many others.

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 most likely hold Friday as science day however was fascinated with ordering some month-to-month kits. In case you have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my approach!

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

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/further (A few occasions in the course of the week)

We now have a few further enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm faculty, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll have the ability to journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has considered 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 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 useful it and have been fairly impressed up to now. If 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 faculty ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible since Liv has homework daily.)

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 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 total 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 lovely factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 centered consideration, so that you don’t want practically as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling children and making an attempt to get them to pay attention 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 use this time to persue issues she’s attention-grabbing in (like artwork, crocheting, or working towards the piano), or we will 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 making an attempt to navigate. I batch most of my content material in the course of the weekend in order that I can concentrate on the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as attainable in the course of 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 shifting 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 compensate for every little thing. Simply must get the dangle 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 might have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina