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3rd Grade Curriculum (gifted 6 year old) Individual Subjects 2021-2022 School Year
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- Here is my gifted 6 year old's curriculum picks for the 2021-2022 school year. Most of these subjects are in the 3rd grade range and pretty much everything is secular curriculum. If you have any questions let me know!
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Math
06:57 Language Arts
21:21 Handwriting
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Love this! Can’t wait to see a review on MCT!!!
Hi, I know this is 3 years ago, but we have a profoundly gifted boy. We tested him last October when 5, he turned 6 last week. We tested because he was so bored and complained that school was boring, he hated going. We really never expected profoundly gifted. But then came the problems, charter school basically didn’t want him no more. Public school in Florida said sorry he has to stay in K. We pushed and finally got him into first,2 months later they moved him to 2, then they pulled him out for 3rd grade math and ELA. They wanted him to go to 4th. We said after this year we will pull him and home school him. Started last 3 weeks ago, Bookshark. He is doing great but math is way too easy. So I haven’t watch to see what curriculum you use. But we wanted secular, we will teach religion. We wanted literature and writing, we wanted hands on, and we want to eventually do project based. So Bookshark is all of that and more. The way he is going, he is doing 2 weeks every 4 days, and he is doing about 6 weeks of math every 4days. It’s a four day week. We figure by Jan we will be in the next level. They go by levels not grades, but equal to 2nd grade but way harder than public school, that was a joke. He is for now right were he needs to be, he is almost ready for chapter books on his own, his hand writing is improving, and his spelling is improving.
Why we tested. Well the school did a CogAt on him and he got the highest score for a K student. They never saw that before. So we went on for more testing 2 weeks later, and he was off the charts. 2 months into school and he scored a 99.9 in every test and every sub test. IQ way above the 145+. If you ever watch young Sheldon, that is him in a nutshell shell. You tell him once and he knows it. And many things he knows and we have no idea how he knows it. Like where does a 4 year old learn all 90 moons on Jupiter. Or how does a 5 year old know every countries flag. Or how does a 3 year old who does talk yet, all of a sudden talk 4 languages and sign language. In a home that only speaks English, while locked up in a house for 18 months due to Covid. But he can speak 4 languages. It was all just fun and games to us in the beginning, but when the school was like he is off the charts we said fine we will test.
We plan on going deep into subjects this year and getting the basics down good. We figure he will do 2nd and 3rd this year, maybe 4th in math. Then next year we hope he will be challenged enough and we can slow down and go really deep into subjects. At some point we will have to send him back to school, because he will want inorganic chemistry, calculus and physics. I can’t teach them. Organic, Algebra two is my top level. Huge literature based, lots of reading and lots of in depth is how we will approach it. 4 days a week so he can play and do other things.
I just love your videos! And I also am eager to hear about other moms having their gifted kids tested? That would make a very interesting video if you hear from anyone. :) My daughter turned 5 in January, and she is just starting some 3rd grade work, finishing up 2nd grade stuff, and you’re the first person I’ve seen who seems to have a very similar child as we do. We are also academically minded, secular homeschoolers. I have two daughters ages 3 & 5. The 3 year old is doing “kindergarten” as well. I love seeing your videos, since your kids are a year older than each of mine, it’s like you give me a glimpse into the future! Haha!! :) Thank you for the content, I love your upbeat personality and realistic perspective. :)
Oh thank you so much! That is so sweet! If I ever test or get more perspectives on testing I will try to make a video. ❤️
I love the longer videos 🤷♀️. I feel like I really get time to learn about the different options in a way that I can't with short videos. And it feels so much more like I'm chatting with an experienced friend. I really hate when things are rushed.
You should look up Woodcock Johnson testing; I think that might be along the lines of what you're looking for! I'm so excited to hear what you think about MCT. Love your videos 😊 keep posting!
Thank you! I will look into it!
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I so appreciate your videos! My son is a year younger than yours, and it sounds like they have a lot of the same interests and gifts. Your videos are so helpful in generating new ideas for me. I’ve been looking at MCT but might wait a year to try. We’ve been doing Logic of English for the spelling and handwriting, and identify any gaps, so I might wait until we finish that. I look forward to your MCT video! Also excited to see how you like your Torchlight K. We only focused on the trip around the world part and LOVED it this year.
Oh yay I am glad we have so much in common. I will hopefully get a video on MCT out soon. I am excited to start torchlight k, I am so glad you liked it. I think we are going to start in July. I can't wait! Are you continuing with torchlight and doing torchlight 1?
@@LoveLearningEveryday I’m doing History Quest Early Times and aligning resources from TL1 awith it. I’ve realized that I don’t need the science/music/art schedule from TL, but I do super appreciate the main thematic throughline it provides. I’m doing B&R science 1 (earth science) alongside it, and some simple machines stuff too as our science.
Awesome!!
I have heard about NWEA map testing you can have done that would be a good indication as to where your son might be level wise (not for gifted testing, but language, math, etc.) I personally haven’t used it yet, but have been considering doing so out of curiosity. I would love any in depth video you’re willing to do regarding MCT because I am so intrigued but there’s very little out there really sharing how it works from the perspective of a homeschooling mother/family. Can’t wait to see the together subjects! 😊
Thank you so much! I will have to look into that. And will do! MCT is high up on my priority list for videos so hopefully I will have it out in the next week or two!
As someone who spent childhood not tested and was tested as an adult, I would say hold off as long as you can. If your kiddos aren't showing signs they need serious intervention, then it's probably good to keep life as "normal" as possible. For me, a lot of the gifted labeling growing up was necessary for intervention in my public school (getting into classes that challenged me and helping to remind teachers to give me extra things to think about), but they still didn't need to test my IQ for it and I think it would've made me feel like I was limited by my IQ. I honestly believe I developed beyond my "capacity" because I didn't have a number telling me what my potential was. Once I did have a number in my head, it was tough to shake the idea that I have a "ceiling" even though I KNOW for a fact that's not what IQ scores are meant to do and I know I can work well beyond my number. Just my two cents! If you can hold off, consider waiting!🤗
Edited to add: I'm now seeing some things in the comments about pressure to test from having to say "suspected gifted." I'd say, if you feel comfortable, just stop adding the word suspected. No one should need you to justify what you know about your children except to apply for services. Being intensely curious IS a gift. My parents never added "suspected" to our labels growing up even though we were not formally tested until adulthood. When you know, you know. You don't need to modify the word for it to be true.
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Thank you!
I have binged listening to your channel for 2 days while working at home ;) Love your videos and I feel like my son is right in between your two, plus we just put together he is most likely gifted (have known he was "different" since around age 2 but just put the pieces together especially with the emotional/energy/intensity side). We already bought/started LoE foundations, but your videos have me longing for MCT! My guy is definitely not advanced in reading/not reading yet, but advanced with math/logic/imagination. Anxiously awaiting Beast Academy 1 online, trying to decide on RightStart/Math-U-See/Singapore for our core. I really think he's a hands-on, manipulatives kid. Going to a homeschool conference at the end of this month to hopefully get our hands on everything!
We used Affordable Homeschool testing and at the end of kindergarten tested out daughter with NWEA. We loved Singapore Dimensions!
I just received our MCT order yesterday, and I have not been able to put the materials down. I am really excited to start Island this fall. I would love to see how you planned out the level.
I'm excited to see how these resources work out! Especially MCT, since I haven't seen much about his products on CZcams. Out of curiosity, why did you start with the Island level instead of the Poodle series? Not saying you should have started somewhere else, I'm asking because I got confused on the MCT website (it seems like they come before Island, but they don't seem to be part of a comprehensive level like Island or Town), so I'm wondering if you skipped because it has the same material as Island (I don't know if it does or not, this is mostly what I'm wondering) or because your son has already advanced beyond that material. You are such an awesome homeschool teacher, I love watching your videos!
Honestly I didn’t even see the lower level, and level one said once your kid is “reading to learn and not learning to read” then they are ready. So I thought it would work. So far everything is going great, I will try to keep everyone informed about it especially if it gets too hard. Thanks for telling me about the lower level! Now I am wondering if I should get it to have it ready for my daughter when ever she is ready/ if my son ends up needing it!
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We really like Spelling Power. I took the book to an office store and had them cut off the binding and bind just the word lists. Makes it much easier for daily use.
We had a great experience doing the MAT tests (Reading, Math, and Language Usage) through Homeschool Boss. I think it’s $30 each for Reading and Math and Language is $10. It was fast and entirely online and I got results that day and more in depth analysis the day after. I’m a former teacher and I find testing helps me to identify gaps. It was a good experience for us. Thanks for the great videos!
I remember seeing your videos in the past and its seems like he did start fairly early with schooling so my guess is that he may be more on the advanced side as hes going through the material faster? But its definitely possible to have hime tested. I tested gifted in Kinder and continued that through most of elementary but then we got retested in 5th or 6th grade and out of all the kids who were in the GT class only 1 continued to test gifted into jr high/high school. So just to be aware that it may have to be done again in the future. But either way they seem very bright and i wish the best of luck.
My daughter is 4 and tested gifted at 3.5. We're in Australia, so probably a different system, but we looked for a developmental psychologist who had worked with the gifted community before. We were able to have them come to our house and we sat on the couch in the room while our daughter faced away from us at the table. The psych was great, but some parts felt awkward. Our daughter was young and given rest breaks but we were told to do something she normally enjoys with her and that's reading or colouring but she'd been sitting and reading diligently for the tester for an hour and had another to go so it was awkward what to do to give her a break. She enjoyed the process, but was disappointed that there weren't more puzzles. It changed very little for us materially. We've chosen a school that we feel will work with us to support her, but will homeschool if it doesn't work out.
We tested because saying 'suspected' all the time just got irritating, especially when there were skeptical comments about whether we just thought she was better than other kids or whatever rude people think. No, people, she's really wired differently, she's gifted.
For my son, who is nearly 3, we won't test nearly as early. He is less open to trusting other people and is quite shy. Shy kids just don't test well. So we'll wait until he's a little more confident and would be willing to show a random psychologist what he can do.
Thank you so much for sharing, I have missed talking to you! Honestly that is a big reason for me to get him tested just so I can stop saying suspected all the time. I feel like people just roll their eyes at me every time I mention him being gifted. And thanks for the insight on different children's demeanors effecting the test. I know it is probably different in Australia but do you mind me asking if you had to pay a lot out of pocket for the test?
@@LoveLearningEveryday I have missed you too! I've been taking a back seat on social media (and I count youtube community as social media). The eye roll is real and was affecting how I thought about myself and my kids. Like, am I just a liar? Do I want things to be there that aren't? So we tested. For us, the money weighed against our peace of mind and having certainty to fall back on and to guide our decisions was worth it. Developmental testing is not government subsidised here unless you already have a suspected diagnosis that would delay development (confirming intellectual impairment is subsidised, confirming gifted is not). Even unsubsidised, our two hour test in our house with the psych who then evaluated the results and wrote like a 10 page report for us with her age equivalents for all the areas, was 4k. For us, it was worth it because we had the money, for others, that weighing will not come out in favour of testing. We used the WPPSI, but we probably should have waited 6 months and used the WISC. She nearly topped out in some areas of the WPPSI, making the precise IQ number difficult to validate beyond 'really high'. The number we have is high, but I would trust its accuracy better if she had have had a test difficult enough where she fell in the middle.
I moved states twice in elementary school. I was finally tracked as gifted in fifth grade. My IQ was tested for my application to a gifted middle school. For myself, public elementary school was fine even when I wasn’t labeled as gifted. I don’t think testing is as important for homeschooling because the student doesn’t have to share attention with 20 other kids. It’s mostly about tracking in public school to make sure kids who are more advanced are challenged enough.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
If he is an advanced reader and likes minecraft look into the woodsword chronicles series. I have an advanced 8 year old who started those books when he was 6. They are chapter books with higher level vocabulary, but the subject matter is for a young audience. Also he might enjoy reading the wild robot.
My son got tested at his charter school when he was in 1st grade. He was given the CoGat test and he scored 98% to be labeled as gifted u need to score 95 I believe. We r starting homeschool his coming year and I’m so nervous but also excited
Awesome parent 👏👏👏
MENSA is great for gifted. Kids . I myself never did it cause my reading was way below grade level & math .
Is ur son just 6 or almost 7? My son is 6 in 4 months and very gifted in English and advanced in maths. Thinking this curriculum might work for him, x
How long are the lessons/ sessions in night zookeeper?
So there are more specific lesson split up into sections and it really depends on the kid. But for the most part everything is open ended. So I normally just tell my son to do 30 minutes. I am sure everyone uses it differently though.
We got scores as part of a U. study. I'm not sure I would pay thousands for an assessment unless you need the scores. It was helpful for advocating at public school--but not that helpful. We still couldn't reach an agreement and so homeschool.
Thank you for sharing your experience, yeah that is how I feel. It probably isn't neccisary especially for thousands of dollars. I just always feel like such a tool saying he is or saying suspected when he hasn't been tested. haha.
My son is a rising 5th grader. I set about this year to have him tested because I was wondering if the behavior problems he was having was due to IQ. The psychologist we worked with asked a TON of questions and it was all over FaceTime because of coronavirus. She did not mesh well with my son and made him uncomfortable. Then she told him that he had to take a test away from me for about two hours. My son freaked! He does not like situations where he is feeling unsafe especially if I cannot be there. The psychologist just did not make us feel safe and happy so we abandoned the whole IQ testing. I would seek out someone that is safe and gentle and REALLY good with young kids. Do your research. There are people out there that are good, you just need to fin them. I wish you all the luck. 😘😘😘♥️♥️♥️-Jen
I am so sorry you guys had to go through that. Thank you for sharing your experience, it is very helpful and thank you for being so kind. I hope everything is going better for you guys.
8 years old is a better age to test for IQ