How do you find out what you have to teach your child while?

Question

homeschooling. This is in the USA, GA, for 1st grade. I know that you do not have to follow an curriculum but they do have to know certain things for testing. That is the information I need. Can anyone help?

Thank you!

Answer 1

just to get on medicare as soon as possible.......

Answer 2

they dont need to know much, mostly reading skills and simple addition and subrtaction and it will be good if you taught multiplication, then the rest of elementary school gets easy for them

Answer 3

When I first started out, I got the books "What your 1st Grader needs to know"  by The Core Knowledge Series. They have a book for every grade up to 6th. It is a guide, but don't get to stressed out by it. Kids will learn at different paces at different times. Those books turned out to be a good for reference, even if the kids where not in the grade we used them for.

Answer 4

Hello:

Go to your public library, there is a book entitle "What every First Grader Needs to Know"

You may also find this book or be able to order it from Barnes and Noble or any major book store.

You can also get it on line at:      

                  < www.greathomeschoolbooks.com >

Answer 5

You teach your child enough to survive.  Which is something school may NOT.

You teach them to read, do numbers, write

Answer 6

This website may help:

http://www.georgiastandards.org/SearchRe...

However, I agree that you should choose your own program and not focus much on the testing.  The most important thing, IMO, is that your 1st grader be on the road to a solid foundation reading, writing and arithmetic.  At that age everything else is subjective as to what your child should learn and when.

Answer 7

Are you aware of the actual law?

http://www.ghea.org/pages/testing/law.ph...

Since you don't submit anything, if you follow any type of graded program, you'll be fine. Actually, you can do what you want and be fine. The tests would just give you an idea of where they stand compared to other students; nothing's going to happen if they don't "pass" or whatever.

Don't teach to the test. Just help your kids along as far as they can go in reading, writing and math, do what you want for everything else.