School Year 2022-2023
Aug 1 - May 26
Hudson 5th/Dylan 6th
“Tell me-I forget, Teach me - I may remember, involve me - I learn!” - Ben Franklin
“If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.” - Einstein
Year Goals:
8-1 school schedule with freetime for boredom, individual rest/space, nature, and creativity
Keep open schedule/limited classes/activities/driving to limit stress/overwhelm
Keep technology balance for learning tools and keep at a limit, detox going
Focus on academics - writing, math, reading daily & history, science, specials supplements
Boost academic confidence - reading, writing, math speed and study habit skills
Focus on concepts, independent work, corrections, focus/concentration, goals, time management, responsibility/accountability, neat/organize/hard quality work, good effort, positive attitude, kindness self/others, teamwork, gratitude, creativity, self esteem, positive socialization/influences, best self daily, write/math/read daily
Goal and active fun learning - skills, interests, creative, year, month, week
Keep up with our family mission, expectations, goals and inappropriate behavior
Conclude the year with confident evaluations, assessments, and standardized tests
Bring Dylan to 7th/Hudson to 6th by May
Motivate to change frustration of challenges into a love of learning
Reminder - overwhelmed = make todo list and break down into manageable plan, do , check, reflect. Ask - How help, What Need, How Can I get help to help them?, never done, don't give up, try again, something different
Dylan - improve: math, measuring speed, decimals, penmanship, focusing, loves: reading chapter books and series, work on: spelling, robotics, electronics, build things, code a game, build a robot, learn algebra, making decisions, giving opinions, concentrating, math speed, summarizing, complex books, good handwriting/cursive, day trader and electronic engineer
Hudson - improve: science together, mental math, typing, writing, loves: math, graphs, maps, division, electronics, figuring how things work, help: emotions, coding, following directions, science, penmanship, write a book, learn geometry, draw/code a game, air traffic controller - meteorology, maps, complex screens, recording info
8am -1pm Daily Checklist:
Responsibilities: bed, table, teeth, Kumon, outside, gratitude, chores, affirmations
8-10: Write, Math, L&L
10-11 Lunch
11-1 Read, Hist/Geo/Science, Specials
After school - sport or activity
Curriculum:
Planning = prepared
More time learning - use workbooks/books/supplements for core subject standards, write questions, research concepts with books/online for explanations, draw/summarize, practice with supplements and specials projects, classes, subscriptions, resources, challenges and other supplements for goals, interests, gratitude, skills, independence, and creative to improve and apply to real life, test knowledge
Independence: Follow direction, Try figure out on own multiple times without giving up, attempt, then ask for help
Review: Review work and schedule at the end of week, month, year & adapt, ask know more than when started, what better at, worked, didn’t work, and adapt
Writing: Workbooks: Kumon Cursive letters/sentences, Kumon sentences, Kumon words school, reports, projects, type, notes, proofread, edit, neat penmanship, word spacing, sentence structure, spelling, grammar, indention, capitals, punctuation, details, journal, creative, outlines, letters, paragraphs, 5 paragraph essay, persuasive paragraphs, stories, speed writing, making books, clubs, contests, type, emails, copywork, dictation
Math: Saxon (use notebook show neat, organized work), Kumon Center, notebook, check/correct/evaluate/show work, read math books, concepts, computer lessons, mental math, visualizations
Reading: Assigned books, own chapter and series books, read alouds, library books, audible, nonfiction books, book clubs, narration, summarize, analyze meaning, timed speed reading, activities together, discussions, clear/brief summaries,
History/Geo: Outline - 1 page order events, Timeline - 1 page order events, SOW books table of contents, 1-2 details each civilization, Time period projects, Geo overview/world overview/america geo/states, Relating history to today (ie.war), projects, current event, maps
Science: experiments, research, document info, ?s, how/why things work, body, earth, plants, animals, things work, weather & seasons, electricity, chemistry basics, rockets, mechanics, cooking, nutrition, mystery science
Specials: Synthesis, outschool, online learning, research, youtube educational, sports, board games, art, music, coding, technology, volunteer, electronics, social clubs, scouts, acting, Test Prep, speech, teach, life skills, Microeconomics, Computers, Game Theory, Psychology, Persuasion, Ethics, Kiwi Crate, Little Passports, Letter, Mel Science, Writing, Bitbox, CrateJoy, Khan, Education, TeachersPayTeachers, TedTalks, Library, BigLifeJournal, CommonCore, Nitro Type, Typing, Scratch, Podcasts, 180 Days/DK/Kumon workbooks, biographies, KWL (Know, Want to Learn, Learned) charts for their interests, curiosity stream, documentaries, challenges