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. When you want professional recommendation, take a look at my buddy Brittany’s blog!

Hello pals! 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 immediately.

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

I feel it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool isn’t as daunting as I believed it could 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 nervous 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 could possibly 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 need to preserve studying pleasing, 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 examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, statement, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible software by way of artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Type 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 way 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 on.

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 in all probability preserve Friday as science day however was interested by ordering some month-to-month kits. If 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 establishing a curler coaster.

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

Now we have a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is in the future 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 youngsters and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good pals really useful 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 college 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 form 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 whole lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person college subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Probably 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 listen.

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

How are you going to earn a living 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 give attention to the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as attainable throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper 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 shifting 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 compensate for every little thing. Simply have to get the grasp of this schedule and discover my groove.

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

Hope you may have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina