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 yr of homeschool after ending most of final yr homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. In case you want skilled recommendation, try my buddy Brittany’s blog!

Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you just’re having an incredible 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 the moment.

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

I believe it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool will not be as daunting as I believed it will be, particularly after we had 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 in a position to customise her plan based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally in a position to 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 she or he does an unimaginable 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 maintain studying pleasing, so she picked a ebook 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 research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, statement, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by artistic 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, 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 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 mission every week on Fridays. I’ll most likely maintain Friday as science day however was occupied with ordering some month-to-month kits. You probably have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my manner!

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

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

We now have a few further enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm faculty, which is at some point every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll be capable of experience horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has certainly 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 youngsters and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good buddies advisable it and have been fairly impressed thus far. If 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 every single 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 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 stunning factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 centered consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling youngsters and making an attempt to get them to hear and listen.

We’re in a position to 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 be able to use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or training the piano), or we are able to get pleasure from just a little discipline journey or outing.

How are you going to earn a living 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 deal with the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as doable 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 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/power/effort, after which when he’s residence, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to make amends for all the things. Simply must 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 could have an incredible day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina