jayb842 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Ds will be a 5th grader. I'm wondering if I'm going to over schedule this kid next year. I need some others thoughts. We're useing Abeka 5 as our spine. I feel he needs more writing practice and reading than Abeka gives. Abeka 5 all courses( math,history,language science,spelling,handwriting and reading) Reading- tons of extra novels ( I have ten novels planned.) IEW - on- line class Public speaking- co-op class art history- weekly Logic- weekly Latin- daily Robitics- one project weekly useing mind strom He will run track and play basketball. He will fence and play the piano too. Am I over doing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 That would be more than I, personally, would attempt, but it all depends on how organized you are and how focused he is. I also have a toddler, so getting the basics done is a good day around here! :D It looks good, though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I don't think that's necessarily too much, especially given the weekly nature of several of the subjects. I really need to plan out my fifth grade.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC3 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Hmm, well right, it does depend on how organized you are. Here's my dd's 5 th grade plan: DAILY CLE 500 math, HOE, and a bit of MM5 thrown in WWS IEW poetry 3/WEEK Rod and Staff Grammar 5 Apologia Anatomy and History of Medicine with the MP guide SOTW 4 Typing 2/WEEK Mapping the World with Art CLE penmanship Rod and Staff Spelling Fallacy Detective She also has 5 hrs of ballet and a 1 hr piano lesson, plus practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 OP, have you tried listing out how long you think each item will actually take him, to come up with a daily or weekly total time? That's what I do to see if I'm being reasonable. IMO, a 5th grader should have around 5 or maybe 6 hours of work per day, not counting sports and music practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Ds will be a 5th grader. I'm wondering if I'm going to over schedule this kid next year. I need some others thoughts. We're useing Abeka 5 as our spine. I feel he needs more writing practice and reading than Abeka gives. Abeka 5 all courses( math,history,language science,spelling,handwriting and reading) Reading- tons of extra novels ( I have ten novels planned.) IEW - on- line class Public speaking- co-op class art history- weekly Logic- weekly Latin- daily Robitics- one project weekly useing mind strom He will run track and play basketball. He will fence and play the piano too. Am I over doing it? I would leave out any Abeka writing exercises. IEW and Public speaking cover your composition for the year. I would also drop most, if not all, of the Abeka Reading and just discuss the novels you want to read. Maybe you could see what skills, literature element that is being taught in the Abeka that week and use those types of questions to discuss the novels. The rest seems manageable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 It looks pretty good to me. I agree with Anne that you probably want to leave out any of Abeka's writing assignments since you are doing IEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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