trulycrabby Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hello! I have read posts stating that a child should do an hour of schoolwork each day for each grade he is in. I know it is a guide, and not a rule, but I am relatively new to homeschooling and want to make sure DS9 is doing enough schoolwork each day. Would some of you please take a look at what we are doing each day and give feedback regarding the amount of time we are spending each day. DS9 is in 4th grade; he is the only child I homeschool, so the fact that we have few distractions might help get things done fairly efficiently. Here's the work we have done so far this week: Monday: PE: 3.5 mile walk around the lake. We observed waterfowl and beaver habitats: 90 minutes Grammar: Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 4, Monday lesson: 15 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears, page 39;10 minutes Math: Singapore Math 4b: Textbook lesson and Workbook Exercise: 45 minutes. Science: Daily Science Grade 4: Week 5: Mon., Tues., Wed.lessons; three pages: 45 minutes Grammar: Rod and Staff Grammar Grade 4: Lesson 27 What Is a Noun? Time: 45 minutes Reading: Gregor the Overlander: independent reading: Two hours. Tuesday: Grammar: Daily Paragraph Editing, Tuesday lesson: 10 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears, page 40: 10 minutes Science: Daily Science: Tracking Beavers: page 34:15 minutes Reading: Reading Wonders Reading and Writing Workshop Grade 4: 90 minutes Spelling: All About Spelling Level 4: Step 23: reviewed spelling list, took test: 15 minutes: Social Studies:Scott Foresman Textbook lesson and questions: 45 minutes Geography: Daily Geography: Monday and Tuesday lesson: 30 minutes Reading: Gregor the Overlander: One hour Wednesday: Singapore Math 4b lesson and workbook exercise: 45 minutes Daily Science: Week 6: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday lessons: 45 minutes The Cricket in Times Square: 1 Chapter, independent reading: 15 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears: page 41: 10 minutes Daily Paragraph Editing: Wednesday lesson: 10 minutes Daily Geography Wednesday Lesson: 15 minutes Story of the World: Chapter Nine: 30 minutes Gregor the Overlander: Two hours Dictation: AAS: 10 minutes This has been a workbook heavy week. We mix things up with living books for history and science. I haven't added Latin or Spanish regularly, but I have the curriculum: It's just a matter of pulling it out. However, I feel like DS isn't capable of much more seatwork at this age. Piano lessons will be added starting January. He just finished First Lego League, which was two hours once a week. Thanks in advance for any help or advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hello! I have read posts stating that a child should do an hour of schoolwork each day for each grade he is in. I know it is a guide, and not a rule, but I am relatively new to homeschooling and want to make sure DS9 is doing enough schoolwork each day. Would some of you please take a look at what we are doing each day and give feedback regarding the amount of time we are spending each day. DS9 is in 4th grade; he is the only child I homeschool, so the fact that we have few distractions might help get things done fairly efficiently. Here's the work we have done so far this week: Monday: PE: 3.5 mile walk around the lake. We observed waterfowl and beaver habitats: 90 minutes Grammar: Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 4, Monday lesson: 15 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears, page 39;10 minutes Math: Singapore Math 4b: Textbook lesson and Workbook Exercise: 45 minutes. Science: Daily Science Grade 4: Week 5: Mon., Tues., Wed.lessons; three pages: 45 minutes Grammar: Rod and Staff Grammar Grade 4: Lesson 27 What Is a Noun? Time: 45 minutes Reading: Gregor the Overlander: independent reading: Two hours. Tuesday: Grammar: Daily Paragraph Editing, Tuesday lesson: 10 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears, page 40: 10 minutes Science: Daily Science: Tracking Beavers: page 34:15 minutes Reading: Reading Wonders Reading and Writing Workshop Grade 4: 90 minutes Spelling: All About Spelling Level 4: Step 23: reviewed spelling list, took test: 15 minutes: Social Studies:Scott Foresman Textbook lesson and questions: 45 minutes Geography: Daily Geography: Monday and Tuesday lesson: 30 minutes Reading: Gregor the Overlander: One hour Wednesday: Singapore Math 4b lesson and workbook exercise: 45 minutes Daily Science: Week 6: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday lessons: 45 minutes The Cricket in Times Square: 1 Chapter, independent reading: 15 minutes Cursive: Handwriting Without Tears: page 41: 10 minutes Daily Paragraph Editing: Wednesday lesson: 10 minutes Daily Geography Wednesday Lesson: 15 minutes Story of the World: Chapter Nine: 30 minutes Gregor the Overlander: Two hours Dictation: AAS: 10 minutes This has been a workbook heavy week. We mix things up with living books for history and science. I haven't added Latin or Spanish regularly, but I have the curriculum: It's just a matter of pulling it out. However, I feel like DS isn't capable of much more seatwork at this age. Piano lessons will be added starting January. He just finished First Lego League, which was two hours once a week. Thanks in advance for any help or advice! How much time, or, rather, minimum time spent, is not important to me. :-) Content is. So, there was only *one* lesson in the R&S English book? It is pretty common to do one a day. Personally, I'd drop the paragraph editing and do the R&S daily. It looks to me as if you're using a whole bunch of different things for history/geography (Daily Geography, SOTW, Scott Foresman). See, I'd pick one and do it faithfully, probably SOTW. Yes, even though the lessons are short. On the day that you did the walk around the lake, that could have been the whole science lesson. Are you not doing math every day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I think the time looks ok but it seems that there isn't daily work on composition or maybe I missed something. I didn't notice it either but I'd expect Math daily as well. I don't see a big deal w/ using various resources for Science and History at this point as long as it works for you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 I do math every day except Tuesdays,because my mother, a retired reading specialist, works with him for 90 minutes to two hours on reading and writing. We make up the missed math lesson on Saturday. Thanks for the recommendation to do R& S every day. I really had no idea how many lessons to do per week. We have been doing two lessons per week, so we really need to pick up the pace. He does writing and composition in R&S, also in the Reading Wonders Reading and Writing Workshop. With SS and history, I am conflicted because my mother insists that we need to follow the local public school curriculum so that he does not fall behind. So, I was doing both to make everyone happy, but I will go back to SOTW exclusively. He does seem to enjoy the geography lessons though, maybe we can just do the Daily Geography. Thank you so much! Your recommendations are extremely helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I say do what you want to do irt history. When planning I usually start w/ looking at the number of lessons to see what kind of pacing we need to do to finish within the year and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I do math every day except Tuesdays,because my mother, a retired reading specialist, works with him for 90 minutes to two hours on reading and writing. We make up the missed math lesson on Saturday. Thanks for the recommendation to do R& S every day. I really had no idea how many lessons to do per week. We have been doing two lessons per week, so we really need to pick up the pace. He does writing and composition in R&S, also in the Reading Wonders Reading and Writing Workshop. With SS and history, I am conflicted because my mother insists that we need to follow the local public school curriculum so that he does not fall behind. So, I was doing both to make everyone happy, but I will go back to SOTW exclusively. He does seem to enjoy the geography lessons though, maybe we can just do the Daily Geography. Thank you so much! Your recommendations are extremely helpful! Is your mother teaching him? Because otherwise, you are free to do whatever you want. :-) I don't believe that we should use public school curriculum as our standard of measurement. Apologies to your mother, lol. As far as how many lessons of R&S English to do, look at the table of contents. It is expected that children will complete one text per year, so how many lessons would you need to do weekly to finish it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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