Monday, July 27, 2015

5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum for 2015-2016

5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum for 2015-2016

Fifth grade sounds so...so...so GROWN.   One day you are giving birth.  The next day you are planning out your 10-year-old's 5th grade curriculum!  Last year, we didn't do 'enough' language arts so this year it will be a big focus for us.  (I do use the words 'we' and 'us' because this homeschooling thing is a team!)  I will be making a separate blog post about my 1st grader's curriculum because... well...I haven't a clue what we're doing yet!  

(On a bus at the Grand Canyon)


(For those wondering, YES we are still living and traveling in our RV for the next year!)

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WILL BE AUGUST 24TH!!

MATH = Teaching Textbooks 5 and Life of Fred (Ice Cream, Jelly Beans, Kidney, Liver, & Mineshaft)


TYPING = Typing Ace

LANGUAGE ARTS = Essentials in Writing (finish Level 4, start Level 5)

VOCABULARY = Spectrum 5 and Vocabulary Cartoons

COMPREHENSIONSpectrum 5

SPELLING =  All About Spelling (we quit this curriculum almost 2 years ago so we are going to pick back up in the Level 3 to start)


ART = Art for Kids Hub channel on youtube and Home Art Studio DVD

PE = General play like riding bikes/scooters, swimming, hiking, etc.

HOME EC:  Laundry, Dishes, Making a Menu, Grocery shopping for ingredients for the menu he creates, Cooking the menu he creates, Food label reading (he has severe food allergies so this is a VERY important life skill for him!), Helping his dad empty the RV tanks, finances (all about budgets)

SOCIAL STUDIES / CURRENT EVENTS = CNN Student News, Scholastic NewsTED Talks


FIELD TRIPS = Since we live/travel in our RV, we do lots and lots of field trips that cover history, science, PE, health, social studies, sometimes art, life skills, etc.  

READING:  Lots of reading!  Here's a list that I started for required reading (he will get to do his own picking of books he wants to read too):

The Indian in the Cupboard (he's just about finish with this one)
Treasure Island
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Secret Garden
Charlotte's Web
The Adventures of Robin Hood









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