amyc78 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm interested to hear how you will wrap up 3rd grade, what your summer plans are and what you are planning for 4th grade in 2016/2017... I'll go first: Spring 2016 (3rd grade)- Finish Abeka LA3 Continue Sonlight LA3 Copywork and Composition Exercises Continue Phonetic Zoo (with some tweaking) Finish CLE Math 300 Finish SOTW Vol 1 Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Start some sort of Character Education / Virtues Study Read, read, read Summer 2016 Lots of reading Lots of outside time Art Camp Soccer Camp Math and Geography games 2016/2017 CLE Math 400 Phonetic Zoo SOTW Vol 2 Classical Conversations Foundations Classical Conversations Essentials?? Interest-led Science Books, books, books Art, soccer, gymnastics, horseback riding, piano and Scouts (not all at the same time) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I can't believe I'm posting in a 4th grade thread! I remember when he was my BABY! lol This spring- wrapping up SM4b (after a very slow move through 4a, we are zooming through b), reading, a French correspondence course, duolingo German, and... that's about it. This summer: Continuing core subjects probably 3x a week (making lots of room for activities and friends), lots of reading time This fall: SM 5 Lit Studies: Hopefully using Teaching The Classics materials for the first time! I'm excited about this! Writing: A more focused look at non-fiction writing, perhaps looking at the multi-paragraph structure... but not decided yet. Spelling- continuing Apples and Pears Science- Ellen McHenry stuff probably History- SOTW Geography- thinking about Mapping the Word by Ellen McHenry Hopefully, making self-directed projects a bigger part of our learning day. Hopefully poetry tea. :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) I have barely wrapped my head around my current 4th grader, never mind the thought of my baby being a 4th grader next fall. But here goes: Spring 2016 finish MM 3B, Miquon yellow, maybe start BA 3A finish AAS 4 continue working through TC and BW Jot it Down projects maybe start on MCT Island? continue with BFSU Vol 2 Human Body Detectives try to locate and start SOTW3 lots of other stuff we fit in (Drawing Lab for Kids, Ethics for Young Children, 365 Manners Every Kid Should Know, logic workbooks) Summer 2016 finish Miquon purple, continue BA complete AAS 5 continue working through TC MCT Island SOTW 3 lots of nature journalling reading bingo maybe a camp this year - will have to see about finances/desire/fit we work about 2 x week in the summer, sometimes 3 - this is the year their best friends are away all summer (happens every second year) so we usually get more done those years! Fall 2016 MM 4, BA 3 TC, MCT Island BW Partnership Writing BFSU Vol 2 continued, other science units as chosen by kids SOTW 3 and hopefully moving onto SOTW 4 The Geography Book ??? lots of other stuff I'm sure Edited January 28, 2016 by Raifta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Spring/Summer: History: finish SotW4 Art: major flop this year; we'll probably just do ATC with friends and maybe a homeschool painting class or two Shakespeare: wrap up the memory work from How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare Language Arts: wrap up AAS3 and start AA4 Math: prodigy and working on Beast Academy as it gets published (sigh), Jousting Armadillos, Calculus by and for Young People, alcumus, see what other math things I can find to keep us busy as we wait Science: Finish Ellen McHenry's Carbon Chemistry Music: Piano and Classics for Kids Spanish: keep slogging away on Rosetta Stone Level 2 Geography: Finishing Drawing Around the World USA Fall 2016: History: SotW Ancients; this is her second time around Art: Thinking about Harmony Fine Arts 5th grade to line up with SotW Shakespeare: not sure; will pick a play when I see which play we'll see Language ARts: continue AAS (finish 4, at least start 5 - let's see how far we make it), FLL4, WWE4 Math: Beast Academy, plus other stuff while we wait from more to be published (Jousting Armadillos, Calculus by and for Young People, not sure what else....), maybe starting AoPS pre-algebra if Beast Academy comes out on schedule Science: I have no freaking clue. We've really liked Ellen McHenry's The Elements/Carbon Chemistry and have thought about doing more of her stuff, but I wanted to do physics with her this year, though there's this other part of me who fantasizes about having my two grammar stage kids combined for science.... and my first grader will be doing Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: part of me thinks we could try to get through vol. 1 for her fourth grade year and his first grade year and then do vol. 2 for his second grade year and her fifth grade year, but really, I'm not sure. Music: piano and Classics for Kids Spanish: Rosetta Stone; maybe online tutoring if I can find the money Geography: Drawing Around the World Europe Edited January 28, 2016 by MrsWeasley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm in the camp of "I can't possibly have a 4th grader!" Right now my rough plans are... ELTL 4 Beast Academy 4 Fix It Grammar (the 2nd book) Spelling by Sound and Structure OR AAS Latin of some kind, starting it for the first time. Pentime 5 cursive Possibly Wayfarers Medieval History, possibly along with some kind of history writing program (IEW Medieval Writing or Write Through History) Possibly Wayfarers Science AND/OR Home Science Adventures by Stratton House Lots of reading of his choice to go along with the reading assigned in ELTL He'll also continue his sports of basketball and swimming. Maybe participate in the local theater again when it is too cold to swim. My plans change rapidly so we'll see what I truly end up with come July when we start a new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Complete Spring/Summer 2016 Mathematical Reasoning Level G Language Smarts Level D Spelling You See E Around the World unit study I've come up with what I want to cover and my daughter will get to choose from a selection of resources how she would like to cover it. LA: Total Language Plus, CLE or CAP Fable Spelling you see F Ancient History: History Odyssey level 2, Story of the world or Unit Study of each major civilization. Math; Relaxed Math, Hands on Equations, Barron's Painless Pre-Algebra, before moving to AOPS Science: Interest led, Quark Chronicles, or Science Chef Electives of her choice she has shown interest in Latin, Sewing, Logic, Guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I can post what my fourth grader is doing right now. Math u see delta / Oak Meadow math 4 First Language Lessons 4 Jump in writing BJU reading 4 Spelling workout D Handwriting without tears cursive Story of the World 1 with activity guide and tests Real Science 4 kids building blocks 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 My baby will be 4th grade next year, too! 3rd grade - SpringFinish: Sonlight D (Core & Science) with homemade 50 States study, The Nose Tree (IEW FixIt! Grammar), and Abeka 3 math. The main thing that I want to work on this semester is to really work on her multiplication and division facts. She is starting to get frustrated in math on the problems where she isn't solid on the facts. (7s, 8s, 9s) Continue with some IEW writing and freewriting. We will also do a state report towards the end of the semester. 4th grade - FallWe are planning: Sonlight E w/ homemade Presidents study Sonlight Science E or F IEW FixIt! Grammar and continue learning parts of speech through diagramming IEW Writing Abeka 4 math That's the plan for today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyc78 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Complete Spring/Summer 2016 Mathematical Reasoning Level G Language Smarts Level D Spelling You See E Around the World unit study I've come up with what I want to cover and my daughter will get to choose from a selection of resources how she would like to cover it. LA: Total Language Plus, CLE or CAP Fable Spelling you see F Ancient History: History Odyssey level 2, Story of the world or Unit Study of each major civilization. Math; Relaxed Math, Hands on Equations, Barron's Painless Pre-Algebra, before moving to AOPS Science: Interest led, Quark Chronicles, or Science Chef Electives of her choice she has shown interest in Latin, Sewing, Logic, Guitar Tell me more about Science Chef! is it just the book I see on Amazon? My husband is a retired chef and would LOVE doing this with the kids 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherhead Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 My third grader is in ps this year, but we will be returning to homeschool next year. My plans are as follows: LA: LLFT4, SYS Wild Tales, Writing Strands (not set on this yet), Pictures in Cursive (not set on this), and possibly some ETC. Math: She will be working through Study Time Math 3 through spring and summer, hopefully finishing by fall. I'm not sure where we will go from there. Geography: Trail Guide to World Geography, and Beautiful Feet Books Geography. Science: not sure yet Bible: Our 24 Family Ways Electives: she will likely participate in choir and possibly drama classes, not sure what else yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 We always seem to be behind, so we'll be continuing with a full schedule over the summer, dropping subjects as they are completed. Spring/Summer MUS Beta/Gamma ELTL 2 SCM Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation and SOTW 2 (in place of the scheduled Famous Men books) SCM's Visits to Europe Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space Signs and Seasons Harmony Fine Arts Grade 6 (this level corresponds with our history) Extras: piano & swimming lessons, AO Folksongs, Bible stories & memory work & hymn study, Laying Down the Rails for Children, Poetry for Young People: Shakespeare, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades, Prima Latina Fall MUS Gamma/Delta ELTL 3 Write On! Spelling Wisdom 1 (in place of ELTL's dictation passages) SCM Early Modern SCM Visits to North America Christian Kids Explore Physics and Physics Workshop (from Thames & Kosmos) Harmony Fine Arts Grade 7-- Extras: Paint Lab for Kids, AO Folksongs, LDTR for Children, piano & swimming lessons, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet study, typing, Visual Latin, Bible memory/stories/hymns, Handbook of Nature Study lessons I'm probably forgetting something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 We always seem to be behind, so we'll be continuing with a full schedule over the summer, dropping subjects as they are completed. Spring/Summer MUS Beta/Gamma ELTL 2 SCM Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation and SOTW 2 (in place of the scheduled Famous Men books) SCM's Visits to Europe Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space Signs and Seasons Harmony Fine Arts Grade 6 (this level corresponds with our history) Extras: piano & swimming lessons, AO Folksongs, Bible stories & memory work & hymn study, Laying Down the Rails for Children, Poetry for Young People: Shakespeare, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades, Prima Latina Fall MUS Gamma/Delta ELTL 3 Write On! Spelling Wisdom 1 (in place of ELTL's dictation passages) SCM Early Modern SCM Visits to North America Christian Kids Explore Physics and Physics Workshop (from Thames & Kosmos) Harmony Fine Arts Grade 7-- Extras: Paint Lab for Kids, AO Folksongs, LDTR for Children, piano & swimming lessons, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet study, typing, Visual Latin, Bible memory/stories/hymns, Handbook of Nature Study lessons I'm probably forgetting something. I'm planning on ELTL but assumed level 4 was 4th grade. Should we be starting lower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Tell me more about Science Chef! is it just the book I see on Amazon? My husband is a retired chef and would LOVE doing this with the kids This is what I was actually looking to use http://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=012176 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) My 3rd grader will finish over the next few months: CLE 300 Math CLE 301-305 Reading (we just started this a couple of weeks ago, so he'll only do half of this level as a 3rd grader) R&S Spelling 3 Cursive workbook ABeka History (already finished science) Piano (hopefully he'll finish the book he's in so he can move to the next one) Summer: we will hopefully only take a few weeks off before starting our new school year, so we won't do any schoolwork during this break. Next school year as a 4th grader: CLE 400 Math CLE 400 LA CLE 306-310 and 401-405 Reading ABeka Science Geography (combined with the other dc) Piano Edited January 29, 2016 by lotsofpumpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 My 4th: Math: Singapore and Beast Spelling/Grammar: PR WWE History: TOG y3 logic books Science: Elemental Physics with added reading w/Tops Science labs Latin: Getting started with latin and Minimus Spanish: Getting started with Spanish Music: Cello and composer study Art: Artistic Pursuits and Picture study PE: Dance Scouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Math- Horizons 4 Spelling- Rod and Staff Writing and Grammar- Treasured Conversations Science, Geo, History, Culture, Lit- etc- Mom-made study- lots of books- some notebooking- crafts- documentaries etc Nature Study- Weekly (copious amounts of outside time) Fine Arts- trying to decide now- right now it is whatever we feel like doing Extra- curricular- Sewing class, AHG, 4H, Dance and Acrobatics Edited January 29, 2016 by soror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirkle Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Schools in UK finish 3rd week of July for summer but we are planning to be done by end of June. By then we will hopefully be finished: -AAS3 -SOTW 1 with added projects on Greece, the Romans and Roman Britain -All our Biology courses -Nallenart 3 for French -Galore Park Latin prep 1A -All the citizenship/health topics still left to cover for this year (we are on track for this!) -Mapstart 2 If that goes to plan then our summer will look like this -1st week of July, kids have 1 week Summer school for Violin- I will get the house straight, file this year's school work(in the attic) and start on planning next year -2nd week will be family vacation week (before PS kicks out so cheaper and quieter) -3rd week we have a French family from our Twin Town in France coming to stay!!!! -End of July/August- kids go away on Cub Scout camp and I recover! and finish planning school for next year. All august I work Mon-Fri, 12-6pm each day at a Daycare centre. My kids will come with me to that and join in all the activities- sports/art/crafts/baking plus day trips out to local woods/parks/beach/zoo. If all goes to plan (last year we moved house and it didn't) we will still do school 'lite' each morning before I go to work. so we will carry on with: -Maths, MEP Year 3 for F and 4 for D, just carry on from where they are and continue on in September -ELTL 2 -I'm still considering adding in EIW 3 after Easter so if I do work on that to get it done by September. If not -AAS4 -F has been doing both Harmony Fine Arts and Artisitic Pursuits (for fun) so she will carry on those so she finishes all projects by September (so we can start the next books in line with SOTW) -If D is still interested he can carry on with GP Latin book 1b Extras -No music tuition over summer (closes down after Summer School) so I'll assign some fun practise pieces- we have Disney for Violin -Swim coaching continues but I may book them on an intensive course if any are running for their levels (should be ASA 5 by then and intensives are usually only 1-3) -Take part in the County Library Summer Reading Challenge -Continue working on gaining more Cub Scout badges Phew! That sounds a lot! First week of September PS's go back here but we always take that week off, go on some field trips or a vacation (if we didn't in July) just because we can. Second week we will start school but it will mostly be carrying on from where we left off or start the next book/level. New stuff we be: -Geography, I want to do a fully survey of the British Isles, but need to work out exactly how still (can't buy curriculum for this here) -SOTW2 will be combined with Our Island Story somehow -I have no idea what to do for Science -Hopefully doing an in depth study/comparison of major world religions Also though I will count F as going into 4th grade from September, but under the English system she would be starting Year 6 according to birthdate. Year 6 is the year of the dreaded KS2 SATS testing. In PS they will spend most the year cramming for these tests, kids and teachers getting more stressed as the year goes on. They are luckily non-mandatory for homeschoolers so luckily F won't have to do them, but as she knows her friends are, may ask to anyway. I think it will be a bad idea as she likely won't pass and feel a failure, whereas if she did them the following year, I think she would do much better. We will also have to visit and apply to secondary schools if she decides she wants to start in Year 7 in 2017. How did my baby grow so big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'm planning on ELTL but assumed level 4 was 4th grade. Should we be starting lower? She mentions you can start at grade level or one lower. I believe some classical homeschoolers start at grade level, but Charlotte Mason homeschoolers prefer to start a grade lower. My youngest DD will be starting Level 1 for 1st grade, but she has a fall birthday and we may take it slower if needed. The material is covered again in the following years, so I really don't think the actual level is a big deal. I believe Level 3 focuses on narration and Level 4 spends more time on grammar. However, both have grammar and narration included. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlgaLA Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 DS came home in November, so we are not likely to finish this year's curriculum, so we'll continue what we are doing now. Math: Beast Academy. If he continues at the same speed, we should be done by Christmas, then AOPS Prealgebra English: A mix of Writing from Rethoric and Image Grammar. History: We probably won't finish the Ancients by September, so we'll continue. We use a mix of very different levels, from SOTW to Spielvogel, with a variety of library books in the mix. Science: I feel bad about it, but mostly it is a mix of library books and documentaries, which we discuss while driving around. French: Amis et compagnie 1 with a tutor and daily Duolingo Russian Saturday school (Russian language, reading, history, plus some math, theater, and art) PE: fencing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstthegrain Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) I am always reading aloud literature, just haven't selected summer or fall reads yet. I'll choose from BYL and SCM lists probably like normal. DS is moving to mostly independent work in the next year... we aren't sure if we want to start a foreign language in the fall or wait a year. Spring 2016 Singapore 3B finished, begin 4A Reading List (mostly BYL, some SCM) Unit Studies for Science Daily Devotionals with Mom, Learning Books of the Bible Copywork - Genesis..... Queen's Copywork for Boys SOTW Vol. 1 Read Aloud Literature (from BYL and SCM lists) Cub Scouts Awana Club Summer 2016 (we're done with normal school May 13th) Singapore 4A (1-2 lessons per week) Bible Study - Discover 4 Yourself (He'll be doing Revelations 1-7) SOTW Vol. 2 independently with narration (he wants to keep doing this - whatever pace he wants - but I assume he'll be almost daily, he loves history) Reading List: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Phantom Tollbooth Tom Sawyer Twenty One Balloons Week of overnight Bible Camp Nature Studies and Hiking Cub Scouts Fall 2016 All About Spelling 1 and 2 Finish up Singapore 4B, start 5A Finish up SOTW Vol. 2 and move into SOTW Vol. 3 Language Lessons for the Elementary Child Vol. 1 (Queen) Bible Study - Discover 4 Yourself (He will be onto a new book, he can choose which) Possibly McHenry Science Reading List (mostly BYL, some SCM)Homeschool Chorus Group Cub Scouts Awana Club Edited February 4, 2016 by againstthegrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbatoo Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 We're starting next "year" in March. My 4th grade plans: Sonlight Core D - Bible, History, Lit 50 states study Easy Peasy Biology L Easy Peasy Early American Art Beast Academy 3B, C, D and Dreambox Mindbenders MCT Town Level Sequential Spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstthegrain Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I can't believe I'm posting in a 4th grade thread! I remember when he was my BABY! lol This spring- wrapping up SM4b (after a very slow move through 4a, we are zooming through b), reading, a French correspondence course, duolingo German, and... that's about it. This summer: Continuing core subjects probably 3x a week (making lots of room for activities and friends), lots of reading time This fall: SM 5 Lit Studies: Hopefully using Teaching The Classics materials for the first time! I'm excited about this! Writing: A more focused look at non-fiction writing, perhaps looking at the multi-paragraph structure... but not decided yet. Spelling- continuing Apples and Pears Science- Ellen McHenry stuff probably History- SOTW Geography- thinking about Mapping the Word by Ellen McHenry Hopefully, making self-directed projects a bigger part of our learning day. Hopefully poetry tea. :-) Have you used the McHenry Science? I have Elements, the Brain and Carbon Chem in science storage and was thinking about getting them out. Do you have thoughts on them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm interested to hear how you will wrap up 3rd grade Well, since it's only January, I plan to first wrap up quarter 2 (next week, in February), and then quarter 3, and then when I'm in quarter 4 I'll worry about wrapping up 3rd grade, lol! (summer break around here starts late June, I'm guessing it starts sooner wherever you are?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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