This is my first year with an UG student, and I'm not quite sure what to do with him LOL! I will be reading the LG assignments aloud to a 2nd grader and 3rd grader. My UG student will be in 5th grade, and I am wanting him to become more independent with his TOG stuff.

There will be SOME assignments we'll all do together, but those are mostly geography things and projects.

When do you have your UG student do the reading assignments? I know I will have to have a specific time scheduled into his day for him to do them. I just know him too well. I have an hour scheduled to spend with the LG students...should I have him do his UG reading during that time as well? Is that enough time?

I'd appreciate any insight or tips!

I don't know if anyone else will be able to tell you how much time to schedule. Each child reads at such a different rate. Is there a way that you can keep your schedule flexible until you know more about how long he'll generally need to do the reading?

Even though my kids are voracious readers, they don't do a good job reading when I'm reading with their younger brother; they tend to leave their own reading and listen in to ours. Unless you're working in different parts of the house, you may want to take that into consideration.

I hope you work it out well!

Beth

We do one week of TOG in 6 days so I never feel rushed and there is no pressure for anyone. If we finish all of our week early, and we sometimes do, we just move on in the schedule. Each day is scheduled for 1.5 hours of family learning and UG is then assigned 1 hour of independent work to read and complete student assignments. If we finish our family time early, they work on independent assignments instead. My UG student has always been able to complete the work.

Weekly Schedule for History by Day
Day One 1.5 hours
Read General Information for all ages
Read objectives and each level overview
Assign reading (create a daily AR time in schedule; tell to take notes from Text selection)
Go over TOG Wk assignments

Day Two 1.5 hours
Geography – Intro. fill out first round map

Day Three 1.5 hours
Vocab/Spelling/Definition – dictionary time as a group to define, then study (1st grader copies list, LG only does her words, then leaves for independent work, UG stays until done, finish with Dialectic kids)

Day Four 1.5 hours
Geography read aloud from Teachers Notes to discuss climate and make lifestyle connections
1 TOG Wk Art Project as appropriate per grade level

Day Five 1.5 hours

Final Geo test/vocab test If they don’t make an A on the test, they have to do it again every day until they Master (which cuts into their independent study time)
1 Family Hands-on Activity to prepare for Unit Wrap Up Celebration
Place timeline figures

Day Six 1.5 hours
Discussion – time with each school to discuss all their history and make the overall connection of all fields studied
Re-takes of Geo/Vocab tests
Writing Assignment (will be due the following Friday each week)
Weekly lapbooking with LG students

Hope that helps. My goal is to stay together and let the little break off to play for a few or go to independent work when appropriate (piano, spanish on computer, etc.)

Best wishes,
Tina