Posted by Lori D. on 19:24 Mar 2
In Reply to: POLL: How many hours a day does your 6th grader spend on school work daily - also, what are they doing?? (MORE) posted by Mel in TX
...this year -- bear in mind, my 6th grade has some learning issues, so spelling, writing/handwriting, and math facts are tough for him. I put down how many times a week we do that topic. We spend about 5 to 5-1/2 hours a day on formal schooling.
9am - noon
Bible -- 5x/week -- the Bible; read a passage silently, discussion/prayer together as family
Vocab/Crit Think -- 3-4x/week -- we rotate a variety of things: English from the Roots Up cards; various Critical Thinking books; 1-2 pages a day since Jan. in "Scoring High", a standardized test prep book
Math -- 4x/week -- Math-U-See Epsilon and now Zeta
Reading -- 4-5x week -- out loud together (about 20 minutes a session), and individual reading (about 3 hours a week); books from WTM, SL and other lists, either to fit with our history, or high interest, or well-written books
Writing -- 4x week
- on his own: daily journal entry (1 paragraph long)
- read and discuss together, but does the exercises alone: 1 page a day of Wordsmith Apprentice; 1 page a day out of "Ready, Set, Revise" -- a writing warm-up of a sentence or 2 a day; occassional longer reports/essays/projects
Handwriting -- just finishing up learning keyboarding, so need to come back to this and practice cursive more (it will be on his own)
Spelling -- 4-5x week
- on his own: 1 page a day out of Megawords
- together: Stevenson Spelling Manual (phonics explanations and exercises); written and oral practice of spelling words
Grammar -- 3-4x week
- on his own (then discuss together): practice editing with "Take 5 Minutes: Edit A History Fact A Day" or page from "Editor in Chief"; alternate Daily Grams with comprehension/dictation questions like Sonlight's LA program
- together: just finished Winston Grammar review, now going over Winston Word Works
Typing/Computer -- 4x week
- on his own: 1 page a day in Keyboarding Skills
--lunch--
1pm to 3pm
History -- 4x week
- together: I read aloud various books; occasional timeline work, research/report, supporting video or other hands-on/field trip/etc; currently finishing up U.S. History
Science -- 4x week
- together: I read aloud various books; do experiments/kits/projects/videos/field trips/etc. as they fit in; currently studying Astronomy
Music -- 4x week
-on his own: practice recorder, working through "Nine Note Recorder"
-together: for music appreciation (we alternate weeks with art appreciation) working through 1 composer a week with "Meet the Great Composers" and www.classicsforkids.com and occassional other
finish this for you later!! company just arrived! Lori D.