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Date: 2026-09-08
Source: Elias_26-27_school_year__-_Elias.csv supplied by Adolfo
Tags: #homeschool #education #elias #curriculum #2026-2027
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# Elías — 2026–27 Homeschool Plan

## Source of truth
- Original schedule: [elias_2026_2027_school_year.csv](elias_2026_2027_school_year.csv)
- This plan uses the schedule’s lesson labels exactly. The curriculum titles represented by labels such as `5-9`, `12T`, and `wk 11` are not named in the source, so they should not be inferred.
- Elías is entering the plan as an advanced, homeschooled second-grade learner. Spring 2026 MAP results: Math RIT 210 / 92nd percentile; Reading RIT 212 / 96th percentile.

## School-year structure
- **Fall term:** Aug 21–Dec 18, 2026.
  - Planned instructional weeks begin Aug 21, with scheduled coursework from Aug 28.
  - **Chiapas:** Oct 2 is marked off; Oct 9 retains limited work while the trip is still noted.
  - **Thanksgiving:** Nov 27 off.
  - **Last fall day:** Dec 18.
- **Winter break:** includes designated work/continuity entries for math (`12-5`), History (`11-4`), Spelling (`week 20`), and Spanish (`3-4 pt 3`).
- **Spring term:** Jan 8–May 28, 2027.
  - **EPA field trip:** Feb 5.
  - **Math practice/review:** Feb 26.
  - **Math sequence transition:** Mar 5 begins `4A 1-3`; subsequent math entries are intentionally blank in the supplied plan.
  - **Spring break:** follows Mar 19.
- **Summer:** Advanced Writing has 15 planned lessons; History continues at `30`; Spelling lists weeks 31–34.

## Planned subject pacing

### Math
- Fall moves from `5-9` (Aug 28) through `12-3` (Dec 18), with flexible alternatives listed on several weeks (for example, `6-3 or 6-4`).
- Winter break includes `12-5`; spring moves from `12-8` (Jan 8) to `15-5` (Feb 19), then review (Feb 26) and `4A 1-3` (Mar 5).
- Because MAP math already shows substantial above-grade-level performance, use the scheduled curriculum as the core sequence while adding limited **non-routine problem solving, logic, modeling, and project math**—not extra repetition after mastery.

### Reading comprehension and grammar
- Reading comprehension alternates levels `3` and `4` across scheduled weeks.
- Grammar progresses from lesson `59` (Aug 28) to `95` (Dec 18), then `97` (Jan 8) through `144` (May 28).
- For Elías’s advanced reading profile, pair the core schedule with discussion, evidence-based explanation, research, and short analytical writing rather than simply increasing reading-drill volume.

### Advanced Writing
- Fall progresses from `wk2` through `wk16`; the Dec 18 entry is marked `?`.
- No regular spring entries are specified; summer lists 15 lessons.
- Use the open spring space for authentic products: a research report, illustrated explanation, persuasive piece, or project journal tied to history, science, coding, or an excursion.

### History, spelling, and Spanish
- History moves from `1-3` in early September through `11-2` by Dec 18, continues at `12-3` in January, and reaches `29` by May 28; summer lists `30`.
- **Discovery Mountain availability:** The `28R` History / Discovery Mountain entry is scheduled for Apr 30. As reported by Adolfo on Sep 8, the locally available Season 28 catalog has only **five episodes**. Do not plan a sixth locally available episode until the catalog is recovered or refreshed. Use the fifth session for discussion, narration, a summary, or a connected history/Bible activity if needed. The official public Season 28 page currently describes six episodes, so the missing local episode is a content-sync/retrieval item rather than evidence that the season was designed for only five.
- Spelling moves from `wk 11` through `wk11` in fall, continues with `21T/21R` through `29R` in spring, and uses `wk31-34` in summer.
- Spanish progresses from `1-4 pt 1` in September through `3-4 pt 2` by Dec 18, with `3-4 pt 3` during winter break. Spring Spanish pacing is not specified in the source.

## Enrichment fit
The plan already provides a structured academic core. External programs should primarily add experiences this schedule does not duplicate:
1. **Coding/robotics:** Code Ninjas or a FIRST LEGO League Explore team if interest is present.
2. **Hands-on inquiry and peers:** Clay County 4-H and field/project work.
3. **Math enrichment:** Beast Academy / later Art of Problem Solving, or Mathnasium only with a written advanced-enrichment plan—not remedial or grade-level worksheets.
4. **Reading/writing depth:** research, discussion, argument, and polished original writing connected to his actual interests.

## Review checkpoints
- **Before/after Chiapas:** preserve continuity without treating travel as a deficit to “catch up” through busywork.
- **February/March:** review whether the transition to `4A` is appropriately challenging and whether the next math sequence should be specified.
- **Spring planning:** decide how Advanced Writing and Spanish will continue after the fall sequence, since the supplied schedule leaves these entries open.
- **End of year:** use MAP growth, portfolio samples, and Elías’s engagement—not lesson completion alone—to choose the 2027–28 level and enrichment balance.