5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2022-2023

It's the first time in fifth grade for my youngest son and the last time in fifth grade for me. In typical last-born fashion, he's a little spitfire. Full of fun. Fueled by cereal. He’s got a wicked pitching arm, likes his hair long and his playdates with friends even longer. I often say that energy drinks need to drink energy drinks just to keep up with him. He's always wanting to go, go, go!

If you need him, just follow the drumbeat. He loves hard, plays hard, and ends every day with a kiss on my cheek. Lucky me!

Here's what he'll be learning this coming homeschool year. Since we only homeschool 4-days a week, you can assume that each of these subjects will only be covered four times each week unless otherwise indicated.

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Content-rich Subjects

With the exception of science, he'll do all of his content-rich subjects like Morning time/Bible, history, art, and creative writing with his older siblings. You can see those curriculum choices here>>>

Personal Devotions- every day

• The ESV Holy Bible for Kids

• The Radical Book for Kids

Language

• LLATL Purple Book (Use coupon code unlikelyhomeschool at checkout to get 15% off your entire purchase from Common Sense Press, the makers of LLATL.)
• All About Spelling level 4.
• Read for pleasure. (every day)
• Read the following books that correspond with the LLATL Purple Book.
  Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White
  Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
• If he's not currently working through an LLATL suggested book, he will read a chapter from a book that I assign to him. These will be classics, biographies, or exceptional fiction.

Math

• Abeka Arithmetic 5 Video Lessons

Science

In the elementary years, I think it's important to plan content-oriented subjects with delight in mind. I typically go through a series of questions with my kids to help them determine what they want to learn and/or learn more about. Since all of his older brothers will be doing distance learning for science this year, like last year, my youngest son was able to choose the topic he most wanted to explore. He selected basic animals in our area--woodland animals of the midwest. 

So, I'll be putting together a homespun unit with some public library resources, our lifetime subscription to Notebooking Pages, and the following books from our home collection.

• How to Think Like a Scientist- This is a must-read book for all elementary kids regardless of what scientific topic they are learning about, in my opinion. We reread it every few years. 

• Plastic

• Mixtures and Solutions

• Elements and Compounds

• Atoms and Molecules

• The Elements

• A Drop of Water

• Super Science Concoctions

• Marie Curie's Search for Radium

• The Story of George Washington Carver

Handwriting

• Character Handwriting- Cursive

Life Skills/Extra-Curricular Subjects

• Basketball through the Salvation Army- 1x a week from November-March
• Read a chapter from Boyhood and Beyond- 1x a week

• Clean his room and make his bed each day.
• Daily chores: sweep the music room, empty the dishwasher with his older brother, empty all the bedroom and bathroom trash cans
• Weekly Chores for his child-of-the-day privileges and responsibilities: help make lunch/dinner and do two loads of laundry (Wednesdays)
• Monthly Chores: dust the main floor with his siblings, mop the music room, plus randomly select and complete two chores from our chore jar one Saturday each month

Co-operative Learning

Twice a month, he'll attend the homeschool co-op that I lead and participate in two enrichment classes each semester for a total of four for the 2022-2023 school year. In addition, he'll be able to join in on several field trips offered by the group.

His first-semester co-op classes will be as follows:

• Public Speaking
• Art

Fifth grade is sure to be a year of physical, emotional, and social changes for my extroverted boy. I'm hoping that the curriculum I've chosen will give him opportunities to grow and learn in ways that come naturally to him. 

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