Preparing for a fourth grader

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blessedmommyof4
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Preparing for a fourth grader

Post by blessedmommyof4 » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:12 pm

How long should the parent directed instruction take each day for a fourth grader who is placed correctly in Preparing?
Jenny
Married to best friend and loving husband, Steven, for 15 years!
Caleb--9-- Preparing
Sarah--5--Little Hearts in fall
Lydia--4 1/2-- will begin Little Hearts in fall
Anna--1--lighting up every room with her smiles

my3sons
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Re: Preparing for a fourth grader

Post by my3sons » Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:24 pm

Here are the general time allotments we used when we did PHFHG...

Once we had done school for a month, this is the longest it took us to do PHFHG:
Left side of plans...
Reading about History: 15 minutes (T)
Research/Geog./Timeline: 20 minutes (S)
Independent History Box: 20-25 minutes (I)
History Project box: 20 minutes (S)
Storytime: 20 minutes (T)
1 hour 40 minutes

Right side of plans...
Math: 20-30 minutes (S)
DITHOR: 30 minutes (3 x a week) (S); Creative Writing: 20-30 minutes (1 x a week) (S)
Dictation: 5 minutes (3 x a week) (S)
Grammar: 15 minutes (S)
Bible Study: 15 minutes (T)
Science: 20- 30 minutes (I)
Poetry: 5 minutes (T)
2 hours 10 minutes

As far as teaching time, the "T" boxes indicate teacher-directed times. The "S" boxes indicate semi-independent times, and we found that this varied between our 2 dc that we did PHFHG. My oldest is a go-getter, a get-it-done kind of guy. My middle ds is a smell the roses kind of guy. So, my time with my middle ds when we did PHFHG with him last year took longer than it took with my older ds many years back. :D The "I" boxes are independent, though of course there is still teacher time in correcting the work and making sure it is done properly (though not much time :wink: ). I took time to bold each of the boxes above with letters indicating whether they were teacher-directed, semi-independent, or independent. Each of our sons were round 8-9 yo when they respectively did PHFHG. I would assume a fourth grader could work more independently. I'd say my teaching time with PHFHG, to ballpark the total, was around 2 hours each day. PHFHG was pure joy to teach both times for me! It is an awesome guide, and I can't wait to do it again in a few years with son #3. HTH! :D

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

laurapella
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Location: Wisconsin

Re: Preparing for a fourth grader

Post by laurapella » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:28 pm

My 10 yo 4th grader (Nov birthday) takes about 1 hour of my time in the morning & about 1/2 hour after lunch. The rest of the time, he is completing work on his own. HTH a little!
Laura - Loving HOD!!
DS11 (5th) - CTC + DITHOR, Math Mammoth
DS8 (3rd) - Bigger (4 days/week), Math Mammoth
DD6 (1st) - LHFHG (1st grade options & ER - 4 days/wk), Math Mammoth
DD5 (almost K) - LHFHG (K options & TRL - 4 days/wk)

blessedmommyof4
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Re: Preparing for a fourth grader

Post by blessedmommyof4 » Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:23 am

Thank you so all so much for your help!
Jenny
Married to best friend and loving husband, Steven, for 15 years!
Caleb--9-- Preparing
Sarah--5--Little Hearts in fall
Lydia--4 1/2-- will begin Little Hearts in fall
Anna--1--lighting up every room with her smiles

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