marylandhsmom Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 For 8Fills: I read an awesome thread today you wrote a few years back about writing and how you plan your homeschool day, writing plans in 6-7 weeks blocks at a time. I would love to know details, a sample if you will, of how you'd do it for the younger K-2 set. I know you mentioned you are more flexible with this age group and focus mostly on the 3Rs. But for copywork -- do you schedule it like WWE? How do you schedule it? Do you expect narrations as well? And what kind of planner do you use? Thank you in advance!!!! Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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8filltheheart Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I don't normally write lesson plans for the K-2 group. It is more like keeping records vs. writing ahead of time for my younger kids. The only planners I purchase are Catholic planners from Pflaum. I buy the intermediate level for all of my kids. http://www.pflaum.com/preview3/planner13/intermediate.pdf As far as copywork, I simply select from their reading. If they are capable of reading it, it means that it is one the correct level for it to be meaningful for them to copy. (no point in copying something that is beyond their reading level.) And I am really not one that "expects narrations." It is more along the lines of discussion or a back and forth narrative vs. "narration." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylandhsmom Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thank you, 8FillTheHeart! Would you mind sharing what a typical day and week looks like for a 6 yr old 1st grader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 For first grade last yr my dd did 1 lesson of math; worked through Sing, Spell, Read, Write with me; read out loud to me for about 10-15 mins; did about 2-3 sentences of copywork and we talked about capital letters, ending punctuation marks, nouns and verbs. Those were the set things that happened every single day. However, my kids spend tons of time doing unplanned activities on their own (arts and crafts galore, building/constructing, play productions, puppet performances,etc) I also read to them at bedtime and the "what" would vary a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylandhsmom Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thank you so much. It sounds lovely - gentle, but focused and a lot of free time to explore, create and play. May I ask which math program you used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 IIRC 8 uses Horizons math with her elementary kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Yes, for my younger kids I use Horizons. When they are in 3rd or 4th, I start adding in Hands on Equations. With one child I started doing 1/2 Horizons and 1/2 Math in Focus in 3rd or 4th. But, I love Horizons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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