Home Schooling



INDIVIDUALIZED HOME INSTRUCTION PLAN (IHIP)

Grade Four

September 2009– June 2010

Name: Fiona Fragoman DOB: Grade Level: 4

Address: 4825 64th Street Woodside, NY 11377-5839

Parent information: Ivette Mayo 718-478-0852

|Subjects |Textbooks |Curriculum |

|Reading |Chapter and picture books at and above student’s reading level, |Examine story elements in fiction (setting, characters, plot, theme) and structural |

| |with a focus on classic children’s literature in many genres |elements in nonfiction (introductions, conclusions, main arguments, supporting details) |

| |(memoir, science fiction/fantasy, action/adventure, historical |as well as reading comprehension strategies (recalling details, finding the main idea, |

| |fiction) and narrative nonfiction relating to Social Studies |sequence of events, cause and effect, using context clues, making inferences). Explore |

| |curriculum |the characteristics of different genres. |

| | |Focus on analyzing author’s purpose and author’s craft to enhance comprehension and |

| | |improve writing skills. |

| | |Field visits to local author readings as available |

| | |Weekly spelling tests using words pulled from student’s written responses and original |

| | |writing samples in all subject areas |

| | |Expository compositions reflecting on readings (essays, response pieces, etc.). Creative |

| | |writing of fiction and nonfiction (journals, short stories, book reviews, research |

| |Selected from and integrated with student’s written work |projects). Focus on the writing process: pre-writing/organization, drafting, editing, and|

| | |publishing. |

| | |Improve skills and application of English grammatical rules. |

|Spelling |Thematically integrated with reading curriculum. | |

| | |Focus on improved letter formation and proper spacing between words and lines throughout |

| | |the language arts curriculum. |

| | | |

|Composition | | |

| | | |

| |Grammar mechanics workbook | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|English Language/Grammar |Integrated with language arts curriculum. | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Handwriting | | |

| | | |

|Mathematics |Saxon Homeschool Math 5/4 |Curriculum this year will cover word problems using real-life situations, mathematical |

| | |reasoning, modeling/multiple representation, number sense and numeration (place value, |

| | |fractions, and decimals), numerical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, |

| | |division), measurements and geometry, and uncertainty. |

| | | |

| | | |

|Geography/U.S. |Houghton Mifflin’s Explore New York and National Geographic’s Map |Curriculum will cover the history and cultures of New York State (Native Americans in New|

|History |Essentials |York, explorers and colonists, the War for Independence, immigration, slavery, and |

| | |government) as well as New York’s geography, weather, and resources. |

| | | |

| | |Field visits to the Museum of Natural History, Museum of the City of New York, Ellis |

| | |Island, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and National Museum of the American Indian |

|Science | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Health | | |

|Physical Education | | |

|Music | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Visual and Performing Arts | | |

Dates of Quarterly Reports: Nov. 15, 2009; Feb. 1, 2010; Apr. 15, 2010; June 25, 2010

Instructors: Rebecca Maher and Ivette Mayo

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download