Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please remember the fact 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 associates! How are you? I hope that you just’re having an incredible day to this point. 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 immediately.

For immediately’s put up, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this 12 months and the curriculum we’re doing in case you’re interested in homeschooling.

I believe it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool isn’t as daunting as I assumed it will be, particularly after we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our children, 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 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 12 months, 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 he or she 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 like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I wish to maintain studying gratifying, so she picked a guide 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 examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, commentary, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible software by way 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, 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 way of, and likewise 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 on.

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 venture every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability maintain Friday as science day however was fascinated about ordering some month-to-month kits. In case you have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my approach!

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

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

We’ve a few further enjoyable issues this 12 months, together with farm faculty, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’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 really helpful it and have been fairly impressed to this point. 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 faculty ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible 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 sort 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 complete lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person faculty 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 practically as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling youngsters and attempting to get them to pay attention and listen.

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 be able to 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 slightly 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 in the course of the weekend in order that I can concentrate on the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as doable in the course of the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper 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 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 attempting to atone for all the pieces. Simply must get the hold of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay associates: 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 will have an incredible day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina