caedmyn Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) I'm planning for my rising 5th and 8th graders for next year. Am I forgetting anything? Does this sound like enough but not too much? I really need a plan that is as non-teacher-intensive as possible. 5th grader: Personal Bible reading Bible memory work Finish IEW SWI-A & start All Things Fun & Fascinating Dictation Fix-It Grammar level 1| Teaching Textbooks 5/start 6 Typing Piano lessons Booklist for literature/reading (audiobooks as he's dyslexic) Things we'll do as a family (8th grader doesn't participate in family science/history but does her own): Family devotions Vocabulary Greek/Latin word roots Picture study Poetry Poetry memorization Composer study Geography--SCM's Visits to N. America + Seterra Science--I'm putting together a literature-based geology study History--probably early modern American & world history 8th grader: Personal Bible reading Bible memory work Finish IEW SWI-B & start SICC-B Fix-It Grammar 2 Megawords 7 & 8 Interest-led history Rainbow Science yr 1 Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1/2 Booklist, will have her discuss a few of them for literature Piano lessons Typing Logic--The Thinking Toolbox Edited May 1, 2019 by caedmyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Looks like all your subjects are fully covered, except Spelling for the 5th grader, which I assume you accidentally left it off the list. ;) The only thing I'd suggest is making sure they have regular time each week for "down time" and exploring personal interests or hobbies. Plus the whole family get some regular physical activity. And possibly an extracurricular outside the home for the 8th grader, as the social need of homeschool students tends to increase in the middle/high school years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yes, that is a ton! It's more than what we're doing. We're not capable of having too many moving parts or we get overwhelmed. Good luck with your year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 It looks good. If anything the family subjects look like a bit too much if you are trying to keep things not teacher-intensive. If you are comfortable with it, however, I think it looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caedmyn Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Evanthe said: Yes, that is a ton! It's more than what we're doing. We're not capable of having too many moving parts or we get overwhelmed. Good luck with your year! What looks like too much or unnecessary? I do tend to overschedue and end up dropping things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 My trick for overscheduling is to put a realistic time amount on everything and add up the times. Then I get brutal and hack if the total is too high. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I have a 5th & 8th grade next year also! We're using some different programs, but your plan is similar to ours. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 5/2/2019 at 9:04 AM, caedmyn said: What looks like too much or unnecessary? I do tend to overschedue and end up dropping things. It would be a lot for us, but it might be just fine for you guys! I recognize it as a Charlotte Mason line-up, which I love, but have always had a hard time implementing in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bocky Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 One thing that caught my eye is the Literature based geology as science for your 5th grader (and younger siblings). Lit. based with him being the oldest kid and not a strong reader might not be my first choice, as I could see it becoming very parent-intensive if you end up reading all the books aloud. Would the younger kids listen to audiobooks together for the study? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caedmyn Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 55 minutes ago, Bocky said: One thing that caught my eye is the Literature based geology as science for your 5th grader (and younger siblings). Lit. based with him being the oldest kid and not a strong reader might not be my first choice, as I could see it becoming very parent-intensive if you end up reading all the books aloud. Would the younger kids listen to audiobooks together for the study? I'm using a spine that I think is written for mid-elementary age which has very short chapters, and mostly picture books for go-alongs and hopefully some Youtube videos too. I don't think it will take any longer than the SCM literature based science we did this year, which took roughly 15-20 mins/day for one 12 week term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caedmyn Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 4:13 PM, WendyAndMilo said: As long as all of those things aren't everyday, it looks fine 🙂 Do you mean the family studies, or the individual work? The family subjects other than history/geography/science take 3-5 minutes a day each, and I'll rotate things like picture study, poetry, and composer study, probably doing one term/trimester of each. I'd like to do one term each of science, history, and geography also but we may have too much history for that too work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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