2017-2018 5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum

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It's hard to believe I have a 5th grader this year, but I do. That means I'm beginning my 6th year of homeschooling! This year our curriculum seems to take a step up in the difficulty level. I will admit that I'm a little nervous to see how it all plays out because it seems like a lot when you look at it all on paper. (Plus, I'll be teaching two grade levels at the same time.) However, I've come to trust my favorite curriculum company and their choices for curriculum. Each year gets better than the last. I always share my homeschool curriculum choices--partly as a record for myself, but also for people who might be on the search for good curriculum. So, in the name of tradition, I'm sharing our 2017-2018 5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices. I've shared my 2017-2018 Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum Choices in another post.

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This year we're doing My Father's World Creation to the Greeks. I've been with My Father's World curriculum from the beginning and we have loved every single year. This year has a lot of moving parts. Creation to the Greeks begins a four-year chronological study of history. (We will follow up this year with 3 more years of chronological study of history in the My Father's World curriculum teaching cycle.) In addition to the teacher's manual and the student sheets, My Father's World Creation to the Greeks has lots of books.

Our 5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum By Subject

Bible/History:

• Journey Through the Bible
• Celebrating Biblical Feasts
• Streams of Civilizations, Volume 1
• Make it Work! Ancient Egypt
• Ancient World
• The Trojan Horse
• The Children's Homer
• Aesop's Fables for Children (with CD)
• memorizing Awana Bible verses from church
• Notebooking our way through the curriculum with our Notebooking Pages membership

Vocabulary:

• English from the Roots Up (we'll only be working on the Greek roots this year)

Science:

• Science in the Beginning
• Dinosaurs of Eden
• Pyramids (Young Scientist Concepts & Projects)

Music:

• Introduction to Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel (6-CD set) (Available from My Father's World)
• Piano Lessons
• Children's Choir at church

Art:

• God and the History of Art

Reading:

• Readers in Residence (See my review here)

Writing:

• Writers in Residence (See my review here)

Language Arts:

• Language Lessons for Today (available from My Father's World)

Read-Alouds:

• The Tanglewoods' Secret
• Star of Light
• Treasures of the Snow
• Sarah, Plain and Tall (part of Readers in Residence)
• Charlotte's Web (part of Readers in Residence)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (part of Readers in Residence)
• a historical fiction book of Jonah's choice (part of Readers in Residence)
• an animal fantasy book of Jonah's choice (part of Readers in Residence)
• and another free choice book (part of Readers in Residence)
• Other library books for each unit (As always, we'll be reading lots and lots of books that go along with our curriculum. I'll be sharing these book list for kids throughout the year.)

Math:

• Saxon Math

Want to see more homeschool curriculum picks? Visit the 9th Annual Back to Homeschool Blog Hop hosted by iHomeschool Network for more curriculum ideas.

 

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