In the past I have done one big wrap up post for all three of my kids. I may go back to that but for now I wanted to do a post for each grade level, since I have more to share about each of my children this year. Recently I shared our first month of 9th grade here.
Today I will be sharing about our 5th grader. Here is the post about the curriculum choices we made for him.
Our 5th grader has an odd homeschool schedule due to his gymnastics training schedule. He practices most days and we organize his school time carefully to fit it all in. Here’s a peek at one of his recent lesson plans from Lessontrek.
WRITING
Writer’s in Residence has been such a sweet surprise. I can honestly say I enjoy teaching writing for the first time in 10 years of homeschooling. I took a chance and bought it while at Teach Them Diligently this past spring and it has turned out to be a great fit for us! He is using this as his grammar for this year also. We may bring back a specific grammar book next year, but for this year I wanted to focus on just this and it has grammar built in.
He is complaining WAY LESS when it’s time for writing. This is such a blessing. Below you can see a common glimpse of daily life, he is working on writing, she is working independently.
READING
See his book list and reading record printable here.
We just started reading The Sign of the Beaver together, since we just finished our first assigned book, Shiloh which he LOVED. I read these aloud to him and we discuss vocabulary and comprehension together.
He also reads books on his own at night and currently reading A Dog’s Life.
His completed reading list so far this year…
- Stuart Little
- A Dog Called Homeless
- Rain Reign
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Shiloh {with me}
SCIENCE
He does Apologia Swimming Creatures with his 2nd grade sister and his dad. Daddy is such a great science teacher, I hear them giggling all the time. They are also spouting out facts about all sorts of sea creatures.
HISTORY
He also does The Mystery of History with his sister and Dad. I can’t say he loves this one, but they are learning a lot and I enjoy hearing their discussions.
MATH
I love Teaching Textbooks and I love that it works for him! He has made amazing grades this year and has worked mostly on his own. Last year Dad did the lesson with him in the book and then he went to the computer and did the work. This year he tried out letting him learn just from the lecture on the computer and it is working! I am so glad we have such a great fit for all three of our kids with a subject I was so worried about when I began homeschooling.
VOCABULARY
We are using Spectrum Vocabulary again because it worked well for him last year. It has many skills built in that I want him working on daily.
SPELLING
We are using All About Spelling Level 5 this year and he is doing very well. I continue to love this spelling curriculum!
GEOGRAPHY
See our review of Evan Moor Geography here, there’s even a video peek inside. I love this book, he is learning so much that I would have overlooked teaching him on my own.
ALL THE REST
Gymnastics
His competition season begins in mid-November. His team just had their Mock Meet to prepare for the season. It was really fun watching his new level 7 routines, we can’t wait for meets to begin! Keep up with him on Instagram here where I try to share clips from his training and also from his meets!
EEME PROJECTS
We got Q the Robot for a review {which is coming soon} and I had no idea how amazing this would be for him! Such a fabulous addition to his homeschooling. He isn’t completely done building his robot yet, but so so totally into it and is begging to do more whenever he has time!
A Recap of his 5th Grade Subjects
- Spelling ~ All About Spelling Level 5
- Vocabulary ~ Spectrum Vocabulary Grade 5
- Writing ~ Writer’s in Residence
- Science ~ Apologia Swimming Creatures {with Ladybug, 2nd grade}
- Math ~ Teaching Textbooks 6
- Reading ~ see tentative {and building list} here
- Geography ~ Evan-Moor Daily Geography Grade 5
- Group Subjects ~ The Mystery of History
Follow along with us on Instagram to get peeks at our homeschool life {and our life in general!}. Stay tuned for a wrap-up all about 2nd grade! See 9th grade here!
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