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Individual studies grade 7&8
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after reading through the curriculum guide I’m trying to figure out a schedule for my 7th & 8th grader. I know the subjects that are needed:
math
science
typing
spelling/dictation
writing/narration
grammar
history (in family time but individual reading assignments)
I guess I’m wondering how often a week they should work on each subject? Do they do every subject every day? any help would be great! Thank you all.
Have you looked through the SCM Curriculum Guide?
https://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/
You can look at the over view for each grade as well as a step by step guide that gives suggestions.
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You can choose to go step by step with suggestions or look at an over view.
You may find this Typical Schedule Sample helpful.
In total each day 3 to 4 hours with family studies, PE, and enrichment. Of that, 2 to 2.5 hours for individual studies you listed.
Math – daily
Science – 2 to 3 days
Typing – 4 to 5 days
Spelling/Dictation – 4 days
Written narrations – 1 to 2 days
Oral narrations – daily
Grammar – 1 to 2 days
History, readers – 2 days
We have a shorter school day once a week on town day. The other four days are more full. The first two days of science can use a book and then one of those days, assign written narration. The third day can be nature study or experiment. The other written narration assignment that week can be on their history reading. Alternate between science and history through the week. Expect oral narrations on days when there was no written narration assignment.
We spend 2 days on each dictation passage. But this can vary. The first day is read aloud, discuss grammar and meanings, copywork and practice “spelling” words. The next day, look it over and then I dictate while they write. If they missed any spellings, I write those words in their notebook for the next day to practice again, along with the new passage. I hope that helps!
My oldest ones are 6th and 8/9th:
Math–Daily (generally a page of MUS, plus some mental math), some weeks I have them do a page on weekends or over holidays…I don’t like going more than a couple days without math, or they tend to struggle more with it.
Science–4 days per week for 8th grader, 2-3 days for younger ones, one day of nature study for all.
Typing–2-3 days for typing instruction (while they are working on typing fluency), regular practice with written narrations after that.
Dictation–2 days per week
narration–daily oral narration, 1-3 written per week
grammar–covered by daily Latin or brought up with their dictation passage, so no additional time, 15-30 minutes of Latin each day, even if just review
independent reading–3-5 times per week, about 20-30 minutes each time
Hi there! 🙂
When my daughter was in 7th and 8th grade, here is what we did.
Every day:
Science
History
Literature
Copywork 4 x a week/dictation once a week and sometimes we alternated copywork with grammar when needed
Math
Bible
Scripture memory
Weekly:
Geography and Book of Centuries on the same day
Economics
Picture Study and Poetry on the same day
Composition
Art history
I think that covers it all!
The Typical Schedule sample is a general schedule. Depending on what history time period you are studying the number of days spent on history or Bible readings will vary. The studies on ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome have more Bible readings scheduled than Middle Ages, Early Modern, and Modern. The time frame given for history on the chart is the approximate time you would spend on the family portion of history — the part everyone, regardless of grade level, does together. Additional history readings are assigned for each grade level. Younger elementary students have shorter readings than high school students.
The number of times each week that you would schedule science each week varies by grade level. Elementary students typically have science scheduled 2-3 days each week with an additional time for nature study; high school students would have science 5 days each week plus nature study.
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