How to Homeschool Tenth Grade
Besides teaching the main subjects that a tenth grade homeschooler should learn, many parents also include extracurricular activities such as athletics, music classes, physical fitness and more. Some electives such as health and learning a foreign language are also popular.
The learning opportunities are endless, and homeschooling allows students to pursue their interests and parents to educate their children on their own terms. The following information will help prepare you for how to homeschool tenth grade.
- How to Homeschool Tenth Grade
- What Schedule is Best for a Tenth Grader
- What Subjects are Taught in Tenth Grade
- Tenth Grade Learning Objectives
- Reading Book List for Tenth Grade
- Tenth Grade Homeschooling Tips & Ideas
- How Time4Learning Can Help You Homeschool Your Tenth Grader
- Additional Tenth Grade Homeschooling Resources
How to Homeschool Tenth Grade
Before you start homeschooling tenth grade, there are some steps you should take.
- Learn your state’s homeschooling requirements to stay compliant
- Choose a curriculum that works for your family.
- Generate a schedule to works for you
- Set your homeschool objectives and goals
- Track your child’s progress
- Find any homeschool groups in your area
- Evaluate your child’s development during the year
What Schedule is Best for a Tenth Grader?
How many hours should you homeschool a tenth grader? While there is no one perfect schedule, most 10th grade homeschoolers average about 4-5 hours a day.
Some parents teach in the morning or afternoon, while others realize their children learn best in the evening. If you work outside your home you may want to homeschool on the weekends. It’s really up to you.
It’s also wise to block out your classes into 20 to 30 minute periods with a break in between. 10th grade usually includes many electives and extracurricular activities, so take that into consideration when creating your schedule.
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Which Subjects Are Taught in Tenth Grade?
A typical course of study for 10th grade homeschoolers may include:
- Language arts
- Geometry or another high school math course
- World History or another high school history course
- Chemistry or another science course
- Health and safety
- Physical fitness program
- Electives
Remember to review your state’s homeschooling requirements or college application requirements, to find out if there are any subjects your child is required to take. As mentioned before, 10th graders often participate in many extracurricular activities as well as electives while they discover what interests them the most. Homeschooling 10th grade helps them get on the right track without feeling overwhelmed.
Tenth Grade Learning Objectives
Once you’ve chosen your ideal curriculum to homeschool your tenth grader, it’s important to set goals and start working towards achieving them.
To start preparing your teen for their junior year, you can set objectives similar to these:
- Explain the contributions of the kingdom of Israel and its leaders.
- Determine the impact of the Columbian Exchange on Old World and New World societies.
- Identify the impact of globalization on the challenges faced by developed and developing nations.
- Use reading strategies to improve comprehension.
- Explain the use of situational irony as a satirical device.
- Infer meaning and spelling by analyzing word parts and context.
- Determine the image of a figure after a given composition of transformations.
- Write equations that can be used to solve for unknown angles in right triangles.
- Solve permutation problems including finding a subset of the total number of possible permutations.
- Express the arrangement of electrons of atoms using electron configurations
- Differentiate among the various forms of energy, including kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy, and thermal energy.
- Describe the properties of alkenes, alkynes, and aromatic hydrocarbons.
Reading Book List for Tenth Grade
Choosing a reading book list for your tenth grade child is subjective — children enjoy many different types of reading. But here is a general list of some interesting books for you to get started:
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Monet’s ‘Waterlilies by Robert Hayden
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Combined with Time4Learning’s language arts program, reading books help expand your child’s vocabulary, strengthen their grammar skills and deepen their comprehension skills.
Tenth Grade Homeschooling Tips & Ideas
Homeschooling a tenth grader will vary from family to family. With that in mind, here are some basic tips and ideas that should help you get started.
- Flexibility is your friend — One definite perk that many veteran homeschoolers enjoy is the freedom and flexibility it offers. Unlike traditional schooling where children are stuck following a specific and rigorous schedule, you can change things up so your children stay motivated and focused.
- Make sure to track progress – Tracking and assigning credits is key in high school. If college is in your student’s mind, you’ll need to produce high school transcripts to submit with your college application.
- Join a homeschooling group — There are thousands of homeschooling groups around the country. Find one in your area that shares your homeschooling goals and join. Your children will have the opportunity to socialize and you will have the added bonus of talking shop with other homeschoolers.
- Give your children space — As your children grow older, they’ll become more independent. You should allow them to celebrate that independence by giving them time for themselves and their friends.
- Incorporate technology — Teenagers mostly love technology. It’s become a crucial part of their lives. Take advantage and use online curriculum programs to blend technology with learning.
- Get out of the classroom — You don’t have to stay in the classroom each day. Plan field trips to museums, go to the park or wilderness trail, use the library. When you mix things up, it keeps your children more focused.
- Take breaks — Even older teenagers need breaks. It will give them a chance to wind down and have some “me time.” Taking breaks will also keep you refreshed.
- Enjoy yourself — Homeschooling is an adventure. And in all adventures you will have joyous moments and stressful moments.Learn to keep everything into perspective and remember that you’re doing this for your child’s sake. So enjoy the ride.
How Time4Learning Can Help You Homeschool Your Tenth Grader
Time4Learning’s award winning online curriculum has benefited parents since 2004. Used as a full-time curriculum, a skill-building product, or a summer learning program, the flexible and dynamic computer-based lessons engage children of all ages.
Parents appreciate Time4Learning because of the built in perks that make their daily homeschooling duties much easier and less time consuming. Time4Learning will help your tenth grader grasp more complicated concepts and theories, meet their objectives and goals, and enjoy the experience of learning.
Our 10th grade homeschool program offers:
- A diverse group of experienced teachers guide students through the content, combining rigorous instruction and modeling of important skills with humor and real-world connections.
- An interactive, computer based program that teaches difficult concepts and strategies in an engaging and entertaining manner.
- An automatic grading and reporting system that makes keeping records simple and helps parents keep vital information for future portfolio use.
- An automated tracking system that keeps track of test and lesson scores, time spent on each activity completed, lesson summaries and more.
- A Student Note-taking Guide is available for download, to support lesson adherence and test preparation.
- Plenty of electives to choose from including foreign language and more.
- The freedom to access lessons 24/7, so you can customize your homeschool schedule, and your children can study at their peak learning periods.
- Resources such as printable lesson plans, homeschool teaching tools, activity scheduling and parental support through our online Parent Forum.
- Tools for revising and scoring Essays are included in the instructional sequences. These tools include checklists for revision suggestions, and rubrics for scoring.
- Access to CloseReader, a text mark-up toolset and supportive reading environment to support the close and active reading of text.
- Multimedia resources that support the development of listening skills, as students listen to audio clips to hear the cadence of a variety of works.
- A safe, secure and ad free online learning environment .
- Captivate your child’s mind with our written, spoken and visually appealing video lessons. A great choice when homeschooling children with special needs or who thrive using different learning styles.
Be sure to check out the Time4Learning Facebook Families group to connect with other parents on the homeschooling journey!
Additional 10th Grade Homeschool Resources
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