Guest lucky777 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Do you do each subject everyday, some everyday with some 2 or 3 times a week, block schedule, etc...? If you don't give each subjects equal amounts of time (which I imagine most people don't - math seems like it would be done more than something like health or computer) how any days a week do you spend on each subject? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 For my 5 year old in Kindergarten we do Monday: Phonics & writing 15 min Reading 15 min Math 20-30 min Spelling 15 min Tuesday Phonics & writing 15 Reading 15 Math 20-30 min Latin 10 min Wednesday Phonics & writing 15 Reading 15 Math 20-30 Spelling 15 Thursday Phonics & writing 15 min Reading 15 Math 20-30 Latin 10 min Friday Phonics & writing 15 min Reading 15min Math Fun Play Day 20-30 min Spelling 15 min Logic 10 min Art activities (varying times) Saturday Alternate between history and science for varying lengths of time depending on activity Reading lessons are out of OPGTR but we do lots of read alouds throughout the day that correspond to certain subjects. Most likely science or history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 We do block scheduling, and it looks like this right now. The only subjects we cover every day are reading, some form of math, and penmanship. Eventually penmanship will be dropped, but for now it's a high priority for me. We do writing and language three times a week, but double up on lessons frequently. Science is only scheduled once a week, but we're a very scientifically-minded family so informal science happens every day. Likewise, the Spanish class only happens once a week, but we practice informally throughout the day. We don't time our lessons, but we spend about 1.5-3.5 hours per day, depending on how focused people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 My 7 year old is in 2nd grade. Here's his breakdown: Math: 5x/week Literature: 5x/week Grammar: 3x/week Writing: 3x/week (we do Day 1 and Day 2 of WWE in one day, since it's normally a 4 day program) Spelling: 4x/week History: 3x/week Science: 2x/week I front load our week, so most of the work is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are much lighter days (and Thursday is library/grocery day). To decide how many days/week you need to do each subject, you may need to look at the particular curriculum you're using. Some grammar programs, for example, are set up to be 5 days a week, some 4 days a week, and some 3 days a week. Some programs leave the scheduling up to you a bit more (of course, you're always in control, but if there are 180 discreet lessons, it's harder to just do 2-3 days per week :tongue_smilie:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison in KY Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 We do it all, but science and math are not high on the priority list. I concentrate on English and math. IF the house is a wreck, then we all work on those basics and clean house. If everything is in order, then we do our other subjects, plus the basics. I usually have some independent work that the kids do by themselves, so this year I actually have a workbook science 2 of them are using...so science is being completed more often. I'm reading the history, so it's hit or miss. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The only things we don't do every day are logic - 2x weekly handwriting - 2-3x weekly (alternates every other week) art and music - 1x weekly each WWE - 4x weekly Everything else is daily. I don't set aside times for subjects, we just work on it until we've done what we had planned for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) We do Mon-Thurs: 4th grader: spelling (workbook and test on Thurs.) writing (pen pal letters, assignments from her English book or SOTW, or dictation or literature narrations or penmanship papers or copywork) math review, new lesson, independent work and speed drills English lesson and independent work reading on her own, reading to me or sis, and reading from me to her piano practice 2nd grader: spelling (workbook and test on Thurs.) phonics lesson and workbook English math review, lesson, and independent work reading to me, from me, and silent piano practice Not daily: Dictation at least once a week. More when we are focusing on it. Art on Monday afternoons Latin on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings Music on Tues. mornings History/Geography lesson on Tues and Thurs. afternoons: SOTW section, narration and or outline, mapwork, and timeline and discussion Science on Wednesdays afternoons: experiment, notebook pages, definitions, discussion, further reading One day a week is out of the house learning. Some of the above topics are taught or enriched at that time as well as others not listed. We do schedule our time down to the minute/half hour but are flexible as needed. Edited December 7, 2011 by 2_girls_mommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilredmom Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Our 6th grader: Daily: Math, English Four times weekly: Science, History/Social Studies Twice Weekly: Grammar, Typing Sure feels like I'm missing something here, but that's all that comes to me right now. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 This is how it looks for my 5th and 3rd graders: -Literature: Daily -Memory Work: Daily -Spelling: M-Th -Grammar: M-W; sometimes we'll do the grammar activity from Oak Meadow on Th. -Math: Daily -Latin: Daily -Copywork/Dictation: Daily -Writing: 2-3x a week (direct writing instruction from IEW or WWS or Oak Meadow and application) -History: M-T (Oak Meadow; I also try to read from our current SOTW 2-3x a week just for fun) -Science: W-Th -Fine Arts: F (though we also try to throw in a drawing lesson 1-2x a week) -Reading: Daily (their own; they each have a chapter book they work through plus ds#2 is working on Master Reader from HOP) The goal is to only have memory work, literature, math, Latin (review), and their studied dictation passage on Friday morning, and fine arts in the afternoon. Sometimes it actually works out and sometimes it doesn't. My K tends to do ETC, AAS, AAR, and math 3-4x a week, and then joins us for other fun things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Our plan is: Read aloud - every day, bedtime and another time during the day Math 5x/wk Writing 5x/wk Latin 4x/wk Grammar 4x/wk Spelling 2x/wk Logic 2x/wk History 2x/wk - extended blocks in afternoon Science 2x/wk - extended blocks in afternoon But the truth is, the only thing this plan *really* happens with, every week, is Math (oh, and read alouds). We miss other subjects for field trips, field work (me), or lots of other reasons. I don't sweat that too much. The way we make Math happen every day is that on days we can work together, we do MM, LOF, Math games, etc. On days I can't work with dd, she does TT on the computer on her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 For my 2nd grader we do basics daily and other subjects 2-3 times per week. Daily: math, reading, reading aloud (to her), French 3x per week: language arts and writing 2x per week: history and science 1x per week: art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We do skills (math, reading, handwriting) + Bible daily. We also do memory work review daily (mostly in the car) - it rotates through, so we cover everything in the same order, but not all in the same day - we just pick up where we left off and keep going. We rotate through the content/other subjects. Some days we don't get to any, and some days we get through several. I have a running list of "other" subjects, and we just pick up where we left off. When we finish the list, we start back over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 DS is 4 and does a mix of K and 1st. Bible: 1-2X a week Geo/History: 3-4X a week LA: 5X a week Math: 5X a week Science: 3-4X a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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