Homeschool Week of a 5th grader
Here is an idea of what Keegan does in a week for those who are new to homeschooling, I’ve listed what we did today (a Tuesday) and what I have planed for us for the rest of the week.  

Monday is our co op day at Classical Conversations from 8:30 (Brady), 9 (Keegan)-3:00.  Keegan has memory work for all subjects in the morning: Latin, history, science, geography, grammar, Bible and Essentials in the afternoon: Grammar, writing, and math drills, which I teach.

Tuesday (afternoon is with our hiking group from 1-3 ish)
Bible and History reading from Tapestry of Grace and Usborne Internet Links from Ancient Word Ency. - max 1 hour
Singapore (homeschool not public school version) 1 exercise or practice/review
Piano practice
IEW - Key Word Outline (on his own) and dictate (to me)
Essentials - Spelling (word search, on his own)
Math lesson
After hiking - finished up math HW, sometimes we do Read Aloud
(planned but didn’t happen today)
Cut out vocab
Essentials - go over punctuation rule, copy verbs chart, half
practice CC memory work
Read (I assign)
Read Read Aloud

Wednesday (baseball scrimmage this week!)
Bible and History reading
Start any history/Bible/geography projects
Math lesson
IEW - Write 1st para rough draft from KWO (mostly on his own), Edit (me)
Essentials - go over punctuation rule, copy half verbs chart, spelling dictation (written)
Read Aloud (fun reading, currently we are reading Cry From Egypt for the second time)
Read 
Review CC memory work
Science-Apologia Zoology 3 (finishing up a health book this week she we will start this next week)

Thursday (Bible Study in the morning, he does a Precepts study during mine)
Bible and History reading
Continue projects
Math lesson
IEW - Write 2nd para rough draft & edit
Essentials - copy half verbs chart, spelling dictation (oral)
Read Aloud
Read 
Review CC memory work
May cut out some since we have Bible study in the morning
Piano lessons in the late afternoon

Friday (will be field trip day sometimes)
Bible and History reading
Continue or finish projects
Math lesson
IEW - Type final draft and print
Essentials - copy half verbs chart, spelling test
Read Aloud
Read 
Review CC memory work
Science,  experiment/project

It may look like a lot but it doesn't take more than a few hours.  Plus a chunk of it he can do on his own, while I'm with Brady or Connor teaching math or going over Challenge (CC) homework for the week.  The goal is to be finished everything but reading and piano by lunch.  But he can get distracted.  

Here are a couple of pictures from our CC day yesterday!

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